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    Review and Measurements of Audeze Deckard DAC and Amp

    To be perfectly honest, I think it was a very worthy and needed upgrade from my Micca. I am not able to hear distortion with it, compared to a friend's O2+SDAC. I am quite happy with it. Oh, and it is so powerful that even my ZMF can only be driven on medium gain. The impression I have is that...
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    Review and Measurements of Audeze Deckard DAC and Amp

    Hi @Masterxyr , I have a Deckard, in fact this very reviewed unit here. I really like it so far, but I upgraded from a simple Micca Origen+. However, bear in mind that for US$ 200,00 you can get the Atom + Khadas Tone Board that is (and probably will be for a long time) unbeatable in terms of...
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    Audio from USB back-pannel "clicking/popping"

    It is a different hub, yes. I just didn't expect the capacity to run out, even more since I unplugged pretty all but the keyboard and mouse, and since there are a couple of USB ports unused. I will try a different cable tomorrow and see if it solves anything! Maybe USB cables do make a...
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    Audio from USB back-pannel "clicking/popping"

    Dear ASR colleagues, I just received an Audeze Deckard that I bought from another user here. I also have a Micca Origen+ at my desktop setup. Both are USB DACs which I use, not at the same time. Yesterday I tested the Deckard at my friend's laptop and it was great, loads of power. Today when I...
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    Review and Measurements of DACPort HD and Dragonfly Red

    I have one as well. There is no need for the drivers anymore, so good news!
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    Recomendation for desktop DAC/Amp [IEM and full-sized Headphones]

    The iFi Micro iDSD already has the IEMatch function, so it should not give you a hard time using the volume knob. But hey, if you have the money, don't let me stop you! The ADI 2 DAC does measure better.
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    SMSL SU-8 Version 2 Balanced DAC

    Same price as on Amazon, though: https://www.amazon.com/Decoder-SMSL-2ES9038Q2M-768kHz-Balance-x/dp/B07DQDNF6S
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    Review and Measurements of Apogee Groove DAC and Amp

    That's like amp²! But from some reports online, it does work with mobiles. Which is a great feature nowadays that phones don't come with (decent) headphone jacks anymore. If only the output impedance was lower...
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    Review and Measurements of Apogee Groove DAC and Amp

    I have a portable unit for work. Although I could leave a desktop unit there, like the DX3Pro, I prefer to bring it home with me.
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    Desktop DAC/AMP Recommendation

    Actually, I get you. It is not feasible to adjust the volume on each speaker (volume control is on the back) and having a switch could actually saving you from potential disaster, i.e., putting the amp in high gain and turning the volume knob up, while the speakers are powered could possibly...
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    Desktop DAC/AMP Recommendation

    One device that I know that does that is the Micca Origen(+/G2), which in turn has measured pretty much worse than anything else. The design is great though...
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    Review and Measurements of Monoprice Portable Amp and DAC with THX

    I was just going to post this. The wait is over, the game is on!
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    Review and Measurements of New JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amp

    Thanks for the nice explanation! Another problem that I have run into since I bought my IEM was that I usually cannot get the volume knob past 11~12 o'clock at low gain. Of course, I could remedy that with something like the IEMatch.
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    Review and Measurements of New JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amp

    That is probably the USPS rate. I would pay US$ 35.64, for instance.
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    Review and Measurements of New JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amp

    Dude, shipping and taxes are so high where I live that I end up paying double for anything I buy from either US or EU...
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