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Apparently Fender has acquired Presonus and is launching some Fender-branded USB interfaces: They look nice and they have some pretty good converters that perform well but... no gain on the guitar inputs. Why Fender...? Why? :facepalm:

Hi Guys, I am using a Chord Mojo 2 connected to my gaming PC with an optical cable. I used to connect the Mojo 2 to my gaming PC with a USB cable, but to my surprise, changing to optical cable made the sound much more "fluent", if I guess correctly this might be because while using optical...

Hi and Happy new Year! As per the heading I'm trying to get a clean digital signal from my DMP-A8 into the Mac Mini M1. Not sure whether this is the correct forum by the way. As digital outputs, the DMP-8 has: 1. USB audio out (type A connector) 2. Optical out 3. Coaxial out 4. IIS out Of...

Hello everyone, I have a Parasound Halo Integrated amplifier (the original HINT, not the HINT 6). A firmware update failed, and now the amplifier is completely undetected over USB. Symptoms: - Not appearing in Windows Device Manager - Not detected by VIA DFU Tools / USBView - Only “USB...

TL;DR On iOS 18/19/26 (tested on iPhone 17), my external DAC (Fiio BRT7, usb DAC mode) was recognized as Headphones. This triggered Apple’s Headphone Safety path → lower max volume + audible “flattening” of peaks. Fix: disable “Treat USB Devices as Headphones” in Settings → Sounds & Haptics →...

I am looking for a recommendation for a USB to AES/EUB converter. Any suggestions would be welcome. It would be used with a htpc and genelec speakers.

Hey audio peeps. I'm in need of some education since I can't make sense of what's happening in my setup. I'm using a couple of DACs at the moment which are an SMSL DS100 and a UA Volt 2 interface, both USB powered, both connected to a pair of Kali LP6. I was trying to use the DS100 as my...

Hey everyone, I’m hoping someone here can help. I accidentally flashed the E30 II Lite firmware onto my regular E30 II using the Topping DFU tool. Now the DAC powers on (shows PCM when using optical), but it’s completely unresponsive over USB — not recognized on my PC, and the DFU tool shows...

Hello everyone,in this video: I got a tiny Bluetooth amplifier for review. Extremely compact,the dimensions of the amplifier are 60x25x10mm it is powered by a regular (5v)USB,it has an output power of 5 watts (4 ohms load) per channel, aswell as support for TWS technology,which allows...

(I asked a similar question before but I now want to try to troubleshoot/locate the problem) I use one of my TV's as a 3rd monitor (PC) and have the following setup: I have an Aune X8 DAC connected to my PC via USB (and the same DAC is also connected to my WiiM AMP Pro). On the WiiM, when I...

Could someone please point me towards a good technical guide to the (in)compatibilities between different ways of transmitting a digital signal along a cable? Can a digital signal just be swapped between USB, coaxial, toslink, and optical via some kind of adapter or does each type of connector...

Hi everyone. First-time poster here. Since my latest hyper-fixation is reading audio equipment measurements I decided to make an account here on ASR. For years I’ve been using my trusty Behringer UM2 USB audio interface for my DAC/Amp needs. This thing boasts a whopping (!) 16bits/48kHz...

I've got the Issue that when i try to play audio via USB I'm getting a annoying noise that i can't seem to fully fix. From what i found out could it be caused by the USBs "Framerate", which is 1kHz, but how can i stop it? The only Idea i got is getting a powered USB-Hub, but i wanted to ask if...

Hello all ! 70 year old long time audio guy here with a quick question. Thank you in advance for your advice . I just bought a new Apple I phone 15 yesterday. I was connecting my previous i11 to my Musical Fidelity V90 DAC with a USB cable from the phone to play Amazon subscription hi res...

Hello everyone, I recently bought a "cheap" turntable but the warehouse where I bought it gave me a Rega Planar 3 with the Exact cartridge pre-mounted by mistake (lucky me). After setting it up to my soundbar with a chinese Analog to Digital (optical) converter there was almost no power coming...

Hey guys, as the title sais already I am looking for a USB to AES or SPDIF DDC, which is capable of a very good resampling, so it always plays at a fixed sample rate of 96khz (PCM). I tried to find some devices online, but I could never find the info if a fixed sample rate could be set/used...

Hey, I've been using the same $10 PC speaker and 'subwoofer' set on my PC for 20 years. I mostly just use it for playing video games, but lately I've been desiring to hear more bass out of my games. Like, when the ground shakes in a game, it would be cool if I could 'feel' it more. I remember...

G'Day Folks! Long time lingerer, I rarely post, but I'd love an opinion. I've subscribed to Stereophile my whole life and just got April. While the written reviews tend to be an advertisement for the product, John Atkinsons' measurements are what drew me to this mag and quite possibly got me...

I recently got a Moondrop FreeDSP which is an IEM cable with a USB-C termination, comprising both a balanced DAC and a DSP. It's plug and play and the last used DSP profile is automatically carried forward & applied without the need of any software. However, the software you need to configure...

I have been reading for hours and I have a question: I have tried the Cyrus Soundkey DAC/AMP with the Samsung Note 8 and it is excellent for music but the Note 8 sends phone calls to it's own built-in speaker/earpiece. I have also found out that the Samsung Note 8 comes with these USB-C...