dacs

The Moondrop Dawn - https://shenzhenaudio.com/products/moondrop-dawn-3-5mm-dual-cs43131-chip-portable-usb-dac-amp-pcm-768khz-dsd256-type-c-headphone-amplifier-1 These specifications sound amazing! ...better than my Activo CT10 DAC. The CT10 DAP also has 2v output. I know the specs are...

Have you guys watched this video before? Seems like the designer of the Chord DAC is trying to explain...is what he's saying valid or just techno-jargon?

Hello fellow ASR members, I'm looking for advice with respect to building a headphone system. Although my Activo DAP sounds good, I want to build a "reference" headphone system so I can easily quantify (at least subjectively) different headphones as I buy more in the future, based on perceived...

Laptop internal SSD drastically degrades audio quality on my centrance dacport hd . I have 3 laptops 2 windows laptops running with internal SSD for the OS . one is sata ssd samsung 850EVO, the other laptop uses nvme kingston SSD, and a macbook pro 13 2010 with a HDD . My Centrance sounds...

I started my journey with a NAD 3020e, Wharfedale Diamonds and a Dual turntable. The vageries of life have left me with a Denon AVR fed by an ipad via analogue. This is not acceptable. I have been lurking here for a few months & have been impressed with the knowledge, empiricism and cordiality...

Welcome to my quick tutorial. :cool: What's the use case? Let's say you want to use separate DACs (and have headphone amplifiers & headphones OR studio monitors hooked up) on 1 Windows 10 pc and want the ability to EQ both DACs separately, using 'Equalizer APO'. Requirements: 1. Equalizer APO...

I'm a bit of linguistic nerd and I have been noting how the the words used in the branding/marketing seem to align way too perfectly with what people claim to hear. The most glaring example is with ESS Sabre line of chips. First the name of the company already has an SS, what invokes an idea...

Hello I've recently bought the k712 pro and have no knowledge on amp/DACs. I mostly play games followed by music and movies. I've been told I need something that can do 1w into 320 ohms. I doubt really know what that means but some dude said it when I posted I was buying the k712s. Ye...

I have used multiple dacs and i could swear they all have sounded different but apparently there is no actual difference in how they sound and i'm just imagining it? For example i could swear i can hear a much bigger soundstage if i get a cleaner power supply for a dac and some dacs i have...