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Mainly an exercise to create price willingness. But yes, I'd give it at least 90% they'll go for the lowest option. 0% they'll go for the highest.

As I stated in the post you quoted.

True - we do have an absolute max on the table. But we also know Wiim's plan.

I love this place. I'm not sure there are many other places than ASR, where someone will quote C source code to answer a question that is NOT about coding. Thanks - fantastic. :D

If you'd selected headphone, this might make sense. Ipad/Iphone (at least in europe) is requried to limit max high volume on headphones to protect hearing. With "other device" or even better ; "Speaker" there should be no such restrictions. If I were you Id check what it is currently set to -...

XKCD has something for all circumstances. A bit USA centric, but applies to the legal basis to FOS around the world...

62 and I can hear test tones up to about 13.5Khz. I was not aware though that lower bitrate MP3 implemented low pass filters below 20Khz.

Probably just a level difference. If you are really interested, you could measure the output voltage (with a voltmeter) with a 60Hz test tone in both modes to check.

All this is meaningless. Wiim are just playing a psychological game with everyone. Give three prices. Ask everyone to vote. They'll all (or at least mostly) vote for the cheapest. Wiim will pick the cheapest. They've just created market price willingness for the $350 they want to charge...

Depends on the device. Those with class 1 insulation will have the housing connected to mains ground. More often than not, they'll also have the electronics grounded to that also.

Even so - you won't measure the ground noise at the output of the DAC, but at the other end of the interconnect (ie the input to the amp). And if you are only testing the DUT (without the rest of the system) then any external noise injection is a fault of your test setup.

I take it you didn't do a controlled/level matched/blind comparison. The pro plus DAC is transparent (inaudible noise & Distortion), so unless the Theta is adding significant noise or distortion itself, there should be no audible difference. If it is adding audible distortion, then it is not...

To clarify that a little. There are no differences unless there is a source of external noise injection into the system. The difference between balanced and unbalanced is in their ability to reject external noise, and nothing to do with their inherent (internal) performance. (ignoring typical...

How can it sound mediocre if it is an accurate reproduction of the recording. Unless that particular recording is mediocre. In which case the solution is not to use an amp that makes the reproduction less accurate, but to either; not listen to that recording (why would you want to listen to...

To build on this: First XLR will only help with noise picked up on the interconnect between sender and receiver (typically ground noise, but could also be radiated interference). Any noise generated within the electronics on either side of the interconnect is not impacted. Having said that -...

That's just a black heatsink, isn't it?

This. And there won't be any sound degradation - or if there is it will be obvious pops/clicks, and it can be sent back as faulty.

Seconded. Fourthed :p

OH NO!!! *runs of to buy expensive DACs* Wait...what? - we've heard that one before haven't we? :facepalm: PS - thanks for reading that, so I didn't have to.

I'm not convinced it will be entertaining enough for the length. Not going there.