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    S.M.S.L DA-9 vs AO200?

    Hey @jokan, what cabinet are you using to hold the rme/ao200/sony stack? Looks good.
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    Compact desktop passive speakers under $800 recommendation

    I'm looking for some speakers similiar to Dali Oberon 1, same sound style and form factor but considered a step up with a price under $800 which is easy to find in Europe. I have tried and listened to Tannoy Mercury VRi, Monitor Audio Bronze 50, Klipsch RP-500M, B&W 607 S2, Q Acoustics 3010I...
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    SMSL DA9 - Wait and see, or solid buy?

    @jokan @AdamG247 @barchetta @SOUNDSONIC @PatentLawyer Thank you for the warm welcome and the explanations. So the NJW1194 chip acts as a preamp with a tone control (frequency cut/boost) on each channel which is bypassed as highlighted when the EQ setting is set to Direct. The other EQ values...
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    SMSL DA9 - Wait and see, or solid buy?

    I'm interested in learning more about this amp (or amps in general) and the following might be a stupid question but how does it do EQ on the analogue inputs? Does it convert analogue to digital, processes the signal and then converts it back to analogue? Is that the case for Direct?
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