Will I be too far off saying a perfectly good female 4 pin XLR connector is wasted here?
https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/audio-myth-balanced-headphone-outputs-are-betterWill I be too far off saying a perfectly good female 4 pin XLR connector is wasted here?
there is no rca output neither, only headphones outputOuch... No XLR output! It would have been a perfect match for my newly acquired SU-9 but It would force me to use it via RCA if I want to keep it connected to both speakers and headphones. What a pithy... With that display and stepped attenuator would have been a perfect pre.
It has an xlr output. It's just not balanced, so the same as the 6.35mm in terms of power.Ouch... No XLR output! It would have been a perfect match for my newly acquired SU-9 but It would force me to use it via RCA if I want to keep it connected to both speakers and headphones. What a pithy... With that display and stepped attenuator would have been a perfect pre.
I would get one of the douk audio/ond little bear 1 in, 3 out xlr boxes. Passive, reviewed here, does not affect signal. About $40How does one integrate balanced active monitors with this and a balanced DAC on desktop?
The disparity in placements between the SINAD chart and the SNR at 50 millivolts chart gives it away.
I would like to rephrase that. Where is the state of the art in term of signal relays for such applications. It is one component that didn't evolve that much over the years, they have been big and clunky. The resistor ladder don't take much space but I'd like to know what's proper nowadays fr such applications. Amir said quiet. This is good, and yes the smallish case suggest smaller than the usual as well. Do we know what's the go to, reliable, smallish and quiet model to do something like that nowadays?One question though, how do they manage a 256 step resistor ladder inside such a small case
I did not. It is not a DAC so I usually don't measure that.
One question though, how do they manage a 256 step resistor ladder inside such a small case
It's 8 signal relays. And 16 SMD resistors. Doesn't seem that difficult keeping it on the main board.Probably vertically stacked PCBs.
Are you sure of this? 256 steps? would lead me to think at least 16 relays... 8 per channels...It's 8 signal relays. And 16 SMD resistors. Doesn't seem that difficult keeping it on the main board.
I had another question on how they would manage to get a fast volume setting with that many steps, and indeed it's slow.
My first reaction was oops, Saturday afternoon.Are you sure of this? 256 steps? would lead me to think at least 16 relays... 8 per channels...
SH-9 internalsIn total we are most likely looking at:
16 Relays, 16 Flyback Diodes, 16 MOSFETs
32 SMD Resistors
+ maybe a separate 7812 for all the relays or something
I still think they probably put it on a daughterboard.
It has an xlr output. It's just not balanced, so the same as the 6.35mm in terms of power.
In total we are most likely looking at:
16 Relays, 16 Flyback Diodes, 16 MOSFETs
32 SMD Resistors
+ maybe a separate 7812 for all the relays or something
I still think they probably put it on a daughterboard.