Darko's 'BEST OF 2024'

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0:00 Intro
0:28 Moondrop MIAD-01
7:01 Campfire & Cortini Clara
15:40 OPRA from Roon
23:48 FiiO R9

👉 As seen in this video...

Moondrop MIAD-01

Campfire Audio Clara

Alessandro Cortini - Nati Infiniti

OPRA from Roon

FiiO R9

Asus Zenfone 10

Sennheiser IE300

Cables and power products by AudioQuest

Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel

Room treatment by Vicoustic

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[Laimack]

First for the last? Thank you, John, for all the interesting (sometimes nerdy but never boring) hi-fi content that you bring to us in such an approachable manner. A great end of 2024 to you and all your followers! Looking forward to more and even better in 2025!

[johnpischedda]

Thanks John, Olaf,and Srajan for the past year's worth of audio banter, great work gentleman !

[frisbiet]

Hi John and crew, thanks for all your reviews and work this year, wishing you and your family and friends and all other audiophiles a merry Christmas and also best wishes for 2025.

[LairdMorris]

Thank you for a year of great content John - wishing you a Merry Christmas and a FAB New Year - Happy Listening 🎧

[marcgoldstein]

I just saw Alessandro Cortini play this album live and it was MADNESS!

[laurentfontanel]

best blooper reel ever. Merry Xmas John. Love your channel.

[RadoDani]

I agree with most of that has been said about Clara and its design objectives, but I’d say Moon Rover has already achieved those objectives and is the best Campfire product. And it sounds amazing with Metal music.

[givemethejob]

LG V60 user here, they made improvements since V40, Meridian designed sound stage and HQ DAC. ☺️

[docox]

Thank you for the bloopers and keeping it real.

[RuiPret]

I love how you spend time and energy on things that doesn’t matter much but it’s the perfectionist and detail on little things that makes this channel special, happy new year 🥂

[PWatsonable]

Fantastic video - thank you for taking the time to make it.

[bitterbuffalo]

Impressed at the guy who collaborated with Campfire DAP and transportable collection - he's deep into it which I find most musicians are not really into this sorta stuff.

[BrettB-ns]

Thank you for the info on OPRA! As a happy Roon user I look forward to trying this!

[alexanderboehm]

Danke für dieses sehr interessante HiFi-Jahr zusammen!

[filiplhotka]

I like your analogy of EQ - you're not changing the flavor of a dish, just adding seasoning

[cakewalk]

I always find myself watching John in the lead up to Christmas. I did it last year, and I've done it again this year. Thank you for all the fantastic videos you make for our enjoyment! Love it all! Merry Christmas to you, Johnny D!

[aaronchan_thereal]

Thank you John for the great video. I love the utility of the FiiO R9 have it next to my sofa as well. One way i found to avoid using Roon ARC in the FiiO R9 (to avoid the bit perfect constraint) is by setting up presets of Oprah EQs on Roon Muse in the desktop app (i.e. per headphone). This allows me to switch EQs via these presents in the Roon mobile app and streaming it to FiiO R9 Roon app. It's not ideal as some prework is required but it keeps me from using the Roon ARC app on the R9 due to it not being bit-perfect.

[fief]

I bought the PX8's and I love it, thanks to you, however I had the Sennheiser hd25's years backs, you can't wear it for longer than 30 minutes, but you can throw 200dbs at those things and they won't even complain.those were some pretty good half cans

[MadBonkersYes]

No Tom Evans Mastergroove? That's the best hifi product of the century surely!

On a more serious note, the MOONDROP MIAD01 looks cool! I carry a massive DAC with me, this beats that!

[mkjeffc]

Thanks John! Like this recommendation but I just worried about the privacy and security issue on those China made smart phone. 😅