HIDIZS S8 USB-C Headphone Adapter Review

[vivo]

And the sonata is full aluminium case! the Hidizs is cheaper case in plastic/alu

 

[vitalii427]

Hi everyone, this is the Hidizs S8 (on the left) vs the sonata HD Pro (on the right)
For me, it is exactly the same...

Sorry for my english....

Hello from France!
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Wow!! Where did you get this photo?

 

[vivo]

i buy the two and i open it, and it's very difficult to open the tempotec!
So don't buy the hidizs or just for the bigger bouton of volume, but the difference of the price...

 

[staticV3]

Hi everyone, this is the Hidizs S8 (on the left) vs the sonata HD Pro (on the right)
For me, it is exactly the same...

Sorry for my english....

Hello from France!
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Thank you so much for the commitment!
While I'm glad I got the S8 for just $60, it also sucks that the same SQ can be had for little more than $25...
Lesson learned I guess

 

[vitalii427]

i buy the two and i open it

Man, you are the hero!)) I've ordered Tempotec and will measure it when it came.

 

[vitalii427]

Thank you so much for the commitment!
While I'm glad I got the S8 for just $60, it also sucks that the same SQ can be had for little more than $25...
Lesson learned I guess

Where do you have such prices?

 

[ZolaIII]

Well now you who bought any of these need to put some pressure on TempoTec (after holiday) for a proper driver.

 

[staticV3]

Where do you have such prices?

on Taobao

 

[sejarzo]

Hi everyone, this is the Hidizs S8 (on the left) vs the sonata HD Pro (on the right)
For me, it is exactly the same...

Thanks for that.

 

[sejarzo]

I'm getting a similar problem. Whenever I stop the music or change tracks, I get a little click/pop. Every time a track starts or Windows plays a sound, the noise floor is elevated for about half a second. It sounds like it's turning on and shutting down an internal component to save power, causing some unpleasant output at every switch.

Just discovered that when I connect the HD Pro to a USB port on the front of my PC under the desk rather than the USB3 .0 hub on top of my desk, that ~1.3 second drop out seems not to occur using WASAPI event or push mode. I always connected the FiiO K1 to that hub and never had a similar problem. Weird.

EDIT:

It's not necessarily the hub. I moved the hub to a port on a PCI-E add-in USB card rather than one connected directly to the motherboard, and the HD Pro worked just fine connected to the hub. I've had some thumb drives that don't like particular USB ports on this PC (HP Z220) too. Still a little weird, but at least this is a heads up if you have similar problems.

 

[wyup]

Hi everyone, this is the Hidizs S8 (on the left) vs the sonata HD Pro (on the right)
For me, it is exactly the same...

Sorry for my english....

Hello from France!
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On the picture the Tempotec Sonata Pro is longer than the Hidizs S8. According to specs both are 47 mm long.
S8: 47 x 18 x 7.8 mm Sonata Pro: 47 x 17 x 8 mm. And the S8 is alluminium alloy..

 

[vivo]

The Two are in aluminium, Hidizs had two cap in plastic. Tempotec is full aluminium.
But the Hidizs seems isolated to the chassis with "red paste" on the screws, tempotec don't have this red paste, the pcd seems touch the chassis by the screw.
the soldering of the jack plug seems better on the hidizs, tempotec soldering seems DIY...
I just open it, they still functional.

 

[vivo]

The forum saved me a lot of money by saving me from buying overpriced devices. With this saved money, I was able to contribute to the forum.

 

[neutralguy]

Just discovered that when I connect the HD Pro to a USB port on my PC under the desk rather than the USB3 .0 hub on top of my desk, that ~1.3 second drop out seems not to occur using WASAPI event or push mode. I always connected the FiiO K1 to that hub and never had a similar problem. Weird.

The issue I described is probably not the same issue because it occurs on both PC and Android. I'm sure it's an issue internal to the device. On PC I can work around it by playing something on loop in the background at a very low level.

 

[mrnikt]

Just opinion from other Audophile forum
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/usb...ts-find-the-best.908839/page-66#post-15434430

Actually, an internet friend of mine compared his Sonata Pro to the Meizu Pro and found the Meizu Pro to be a lot better while I easily prefer the S8 to the Meizu Pro. This is suuper subjective but it might be a sign that the two are not in fact identical.

It looks like they share the same parts but SQ might be different.
Its just subjective opinion but ...

 

[tifune]

Hi everyone, this is the Hidizs S8 (on the left) vs the sonata HD Pro (on the right)
For me, it is exactly the same

Given this new info, anyone have an idea as to why S8 can use mic but Sonata cannot? Not a deal breaker but is nice to have during physical activity

 

[oliveoilthansnakeoil]

Hi everyone, this is the Hidizs S8 (on the left) vs the sonata HD Pro (on the right)
For me, it is exactly the same...

Actually, I knew already. I promised them that I would never tell the truth in public. But now, I think, it doesn't matter because a hero tore stuffs down.

 

[IVX]

Aha, so it is exactly the same device. BTW, it is rather similar to Meizu HiFi DAC non-pro because it also has no buffer-opamp, and the output taken from CS43131 directly. I see no any signs of USB power filtering too.

 

[vivo]

Tempotec can use mic, it was enough to update the firmware( priority mode, call mode or pure sound mode) but I have not tried yet.
http://www.tempotec.com.cn/en/2-Product/Sonata/SonataHD/firmware.htm

Hidisz can olso to be updated:

https://www.hidizs.net/apps/help-center

 

[vivo]

I try before open it, for me it's the same sound. I try With HD650 and AKG K702. The HD650 need more power but with the K702 it's very good.