Revisiting the Liric 2 & NEW AKSP3000T LIVE discussion!

I had a chance to get another Liric 2 sent to me now that the review tour is over. I wanted to see if I could have better luck with a good seal this time around. Let's discuss this among other topics that always come up!
I also have the Astell & Kern DAP in from Audio46 and want to share my thoughts on it during the stream.
Gear that I use for testing:
Desktop DAC
Bifrost 2/64
Desktop AMP's
Cayin HA-3A
Cayin iHA-6
Schiit Midgard
Schiit Magni Unity
Portable Gear
iBASSO DC Elite
WOO Tube Mini
Cayin RU7
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00:00 Testing Audio (skip this)
02:37 Live Starts Here

[@thepedanticcreature680]

Recently, I tried the Liric 2 at a hifi store and definitely enjoyed it. My big issue was how prominent that spike in high treble was, making stuff like cymbals stick out to an unnatural degree. I would consider a pair but I would need to hear them again - and get a chance to test the E3 (on portable gear, namely the Onix XI1 and the Chord Mojo 2) before committing.

[@AF-rd2vf]

I find that quality DAPs fits my lifestyle. When I’m lounging in bed, sitting on the deck or when on vacation I want my music. I literally have hundreds of full albums loaded on my device. A dongle DAC ain’t gonna cut it for me.

[@Skeeb23]

100%. If I was in that situation, then I'd definitely find a much bigger use case.

[@kevintj604]

Great livestream. I’d love to see a long form video of the gear that you currently own and reasoning behind keeping it vs the stuff you’ve reviewed and passed on. WaveTheory has a great series like that and it really helps form an opinion for the viewers of your channel if we’re indexing for the same sound and purposes as you are.

[@Skeeb23]

I did one a while back on what I use, but, things have updated even since then. Not sure about long video, but perhaps an idea for another live stream. Great suggestion.