Well well it appears Amir's minions are up in arms for the puck. I'm not surprised. The Wiim performs magnificently using an external DAC. Purchasing one little streamer having a decent app will not burn the wallet which is pretty awesome. The 'detailed' review however did less harm for the Wiim...
Update: On my second week of Aune X5s operation the following were observed:
- The Aune x5s is not tolerant of some files. Idk about this but it skips files in the middle of the song and took a while proceeding to the next song. My Mac plays these same files with ease.
- The BT receiving is a...
I'm with you. I've funally retired my laptop when the Aune X5s 8th Anniversary edition came up. So easy to use and very responsive.
How does it sound? Clean and glorious. Better than my Node 2i. Aune brags that it's similar to a CD player and it is. Details, clean details. I never stopped...
The Aune X5S 8th anniversary digital music player. Not a streamer but I'm more interested in its capability to play digital files via USB. Plus I want to retire my laptop for listening. The noise, more often than not, is a pain to eliminate.
I agree that DACs differences in SQ is miniscule no matter the price. I switched from a Topping DAC to RME and I can say the money is not worth it. Unless perhaps you have in a chain a powerful amp and a riot preamp. But then it's not the DAC. Subtle differences are a pain in the pocket mind you.
JohnYang1997 hi. Let me put things in perspective. A reviewer, the taww, admired the RME Adi-2 DAC FS dearly and even praised it's preamp. He still however suggested owners to still use another preamp on top of. I won't mention what preamp he used but the combo awed him still. And that's how he...