Recent content by Jimster480

Test the Mic input please? Also the unit should have way more power.... 181mw into 32ohm isn't more than my FiiO KA13 Dongle that costs $65

Sounds like your USB took a dump. Make sure you don't setup any future unit with anything tugging on the USB input. I killed the one on my DX7 Gen-1 with a tight USB cable that was tugged on one too many times :(

I just don't understand making headphones which cost so much and perform so poorly.... with everything that is on the market... I feel like companies are just doing whatever they want today with no regard for the consumer at all.

Wow that is wild. I've never seen something like this.... in that case just avoid this product overall... Honestly I have a DX7 Gen 1 and a D70S and neither has ever had this problem.... also have an EX5 and its never done that... My speakers run on an SMSL SU-8S as the DAC/PreAmp and I haven't...

However the performance of the entire device is incredible. Trust? What are you talking about.... its a Pre-Amp.... all that means in the context of this product is that it has volume control. It is just a DAC with volume control, therefore there should never be an issue... the device doesn't...

It would sound exactly the same as any other SoTA type DAC. So basically transparent overall.

Ideally you want to use like 44.1/24bit so that audio quality isn't limited and it also isn't resampled. Since the way the audio stack works is that if it is 16bit it just adds 0's which doesn't do anything to the quality of the music. If it is on 48k then it has to resample all music to a...

Nah, look at their headphone. I've never listened to either one. I'd like to try it some day

Oh wow, that is quite a headphone. I must have missed this review in the last years as I don't remember it!

How come you want to run headphones off of speaker amps?

I understand your view. I worked in IT for years and I am primarily a software engineer. However in the case of DAC's.... there really isn't much to update unless there is an already known bug or a new feature being added (very rare)... the most I have seen is more options for turning off /...

So did the OP ever fix this or restore the unit to factory settings?

Is your device working properly? If so don't even worry about firmware updates.

What is the actual output impedance of the HPA?

Lots of companies including SMSL just do designs based on evaluation boards. Most of the companies have limited independent development.