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FWIW, I appreciate you posting your impressions, and the time you spent going about figuring out why you were hearing what you were hearing.I got both devices (M500 XLR and DX3 RCA) to sound exactly the same connected to SP200.
M500:
- Line out
- Volume 40 (full volume)
- Tidal: System Controlled (Software MQA Decoder)
- Volume Slider in Windows 100%
DX3:
- DAC on / Headphone off
- Default (low) gain
- Volume 0.0 dB (full volume)
- Tidal: System Controlled
- Volume Slider in Windows 100%
Now there is no more difference in treble and they both sound equally good.
Tinny sound is gone with DX3 - both sound indistinguishable.
I'm sorry if my posts have may have caused confusion / upstirr.
Did you (or another poster) figure out why you had the initial impression that you did?
I'm considering replacing an SMSL SU-8 + Topping L30 stack with this, just to have one less thing on my desk.