Hi amirm,
thank you very much for the measurements. I wonder how the "apple" codecs (SBC and AAC) compared to APTX-X and LDAC.
Maybe you could make some measurements next time you will review a new BT dongle?
Country: Europe
Budget: 2000$
Form factor: open over ear
Use case: casual listening
Source information: Massdrop THX
Things that are important to you: comfort
Your preferred sound signature/other headphones: HD600/650
Anything else you feel might be relevant: should be an upgrade over...
has someone checked out the DAC from the lightning earpods?
I wanna do a mod and solder the lightning jack to my AKG K702 headphones. Has someone tried this before?
The DAC in the EarPods carries a label that reads 338S00140 / A0QK1623 / TW, and the one in the adapter reads 38S00140 / A0MU1621...
what about Shanling UP4 for 99$?
http://en.shanling.com/product/257
Dual ES9218P DAC; 3.5mm Single-ended and 2.5mm balanced output
Bluetooth 5.0 Qualcomm CSR8675 chip; 91mW@32Ohm Single-Ended; 160 mW@32Ohm Balanced output
High gain / Low gain / Dual DAC mode; Battery Life Up to 15Hours...
Please do a review from one of the new MOTUs (M2 or M4).
i've ask MOTU about the output impedance of the headphone jack and the RCA outputs. The answered very fast.
Thank you for your interest in our products! The RCA outputs on the rear of the M2 can be controlled by the monitor volume knob...
i´ve found this one on Audiophincs.fr for under 100€
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/dac-with-volume/trasam-dac3-balanced-dac-es9028q2m-24bit192khz-dsd128-xmos-p-14093.html
TRASAM DAC3 Balanced DAC ES9028Q2M 24bit/192kHz DSD128 XMOS
is it good, bad or ugly? Lets find out :D
SPECIFICATIONS...
The id4 looks nice, but i need a separate knob for the headphone output.
Amazon send me the new focusrite 2i2 3rd today. I´ve compared the max. preamp gain against my umc204hd and the native instruments komplete audio 2.
behringer has the most gain, 2i2 is next and the kontrol 2 the weakest...
Thomann has answered. they dont have demounits, but i can use their 30 days money back garanty and order a unit. but the shipping cost to usa is to high (40$).
i ordered 3 interfaces last week and tested them with my jbl 305 and some headphones (sennheiser hd660/dt880 600ohm).
icon and mackie...
no i havent tried their support, because my unit has also some hardware problems so i decided to send it back immediately.
according to the russian webpage which has been posted above, the new native instrument interfaces (komplete audio 1/2) look very good. i'll give them a try. i also ordered...
i had ordered a 6i6 2rd to use with my win10 system (i5-8700k, 16gb ram, gtx980) last week and got crackling noise even when playing music via media player or vlc. the system was fresh. same with my other win10 pc. the latency in ableton 10 was higher than with my behringer umc204hd by 2ms...
What about the Mackie Producer?
It looks like that Focusrite interfaces are getting cheaper and cheaper in build quality, but the price dont.
I cant support such a company.
have you ever heard about the Icon Cube 4Nano (ProDrive III).
https://iconproaudio.com/product/cube-4nano-prodrive/
The...