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Aiyima A80: TPA3255 Stereo Amplifier with ESS9038Q2M DAC: First Look
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Had a week or so with mine now and upgraded from topping MX3S which in turn was an upgrade from my NAD D 3045 and NAD D 7050. IMO this A80 beats all of them, the Topping is exceptional but doesn't have the power of the A80 and also has a weird USB bug where Windows will unrecognised it until I power it off and on again or disconnect and reconnect the USB cable. None of my other DACs do this so it's specific to the MX3S it seems on my mobo (Gigabytre Z690) and it only happens like once a month maybe twice.
I'm powering a pair of KEF Q300s which I have had for ~12 years and on Tuesday will be having delivered a pair of B&W 707 S3 as I auditioned them today and felt seriously impressed with their stereo imaging and power, finally a more compact speaker than my Q300s that I can call an upgrade in every way for mid-field listening as this is my workstation setup.
I tried OPA828 OpAmps on the A80 too but felt they reduced the sound quality, introduced harshness in the highs with female vocals and reduced the soundstage. Not a good pairing with this amp for sure, meanwhile I find the stock NE5532 to be very good, really well balanced, wide soundstage, nice imaging and balanced highs and lows with no obvious harshness up top so will just use those and call it a day. The tone controls work well too, no complaints.
Only gripe is no numerical volume display, only the volume bar which I've started to accept.
The display does have a coil-whine type high frequency noise I can hear only when it's set to low or medium brightness. It goes away at max brightness or if the display is in the off mode. This seems fairly common with many devices these days with RGB or displays to my ears as they are very sensitive to high frequency coil whine.
The casing gets hot to the touch during long sessions, I measured 49 degrees C on the top of the casing, that's nearly twice as hot as the Toppings and FiiOs I have get. Not sure how this impacts longevity but I do know it can be fairly normal for amps to run hot anyway.
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Do you think it's worth replacing my SMSL AO300 with an AIYIMA A80?
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Hello everyone, I have a question about the A80. I'm running the A80 with a sampling rate of 96kHz and 24-bit under Windows. That should be sufficient! The A80 plays everything without any errors. With 192kHz, I occasionally get errors in the A80 device. It automatically sets itself to approximately 352.8 kHz! I don't know why. It seems to be a bug. Then the frequency doesn't synchronize with Windows, and a "strange sound" appears. And mostly in the YouTube output with some songs that are older (10 years old) or poorly recorded. I've been told I don't need the ASIO drivers, since Windows also has the High Audio 2.0 driver, which I can confirm.
Now to my question. The A80 is connected via USB-A 3.0 to the A80 via USB-C. I can set the A80 to a maximum of 192kHz, but anything above that (384kHz, etc.) gives me a "Device" error, which, for example, means the application can no longer access the "Audio Device." I then did some research and found something that says the maximum frequency can be set to 24-bit 192kHz, which should work in Windows.
Is that true? From what I've read, higher frequencies only work with Foolbar 2000 or the software, which I don't need and won't install. Did I understand that correctly, or is the problem elsewhere?
Now to my question. The A80 is connected via USB-A 3.0 to the A80 via USB-C. I can set the A80 to a maximum of 192kHz, but anything above that (384kHz, etc.) gives me a "Device" error, which, for example, means the application can no longer access the "Audio Device." I then did some research and found something that says the maximum frequency can be set to 24-bit 192kHz, which should work in Windows.
Is that true? From what I've read, higher frequencies only work with Foolbar 2000 or the software, which I don't need and won't install. Did I understand that correctly, or is the problem elsewhere?
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Seems like your machine is struggling with driver. The software they have provided has the latest/better drivers for the usb (Bravo SA9137L controller, supports 32Bit/384KHz) which should not just provide higher bit rate but also be helpful with stability.Hello everyone, I have a question about the A80. I'm running the A80 with a sampling rate of 96kHz and 24-bit under Windows. That should be sufficient! The A80 plays everything without any errors. With 192kHz, I occasionally get errors in the A80 device. It automatically sets itself to approximately 352.8 kHz! I don't know why. It seems to be a bug. Then the frequency doesn't synchronize with Windows, and a "strange sound" appears. And mostly in the YouTube output with some songs that are older (10 years old) or poorly recorded. I've been told I don't need the ASIO drivers, since Windows also has the High Audio 2.0 driver, which I can confirm.
Now to my question. The A80 is connected via USB-A 3.0 to the A80 via USB-C. I can set the A80 to a maximum of 192kHz, but anything above that (384kHz, etc.) gives me a "Device" error, which, for example, means the application can no longer access the "Audio Device." I then did some research and found something that says the maximum frequency can be set to 24-bit 192kHz, which should work in Windows.
Is that true? From what I've read, higher frequencies only work with Foolbar 2000 or the software, which I don't need and won't install. Did I understand that correctly, or is the problem elsewhere?
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Hi, thanks for the answers. But the driver also seems to be only for Foobar. It's to be able to run higher sampling rates.Seems like your machine is struggling with driver. The software they have provided has the latest/better drivers for the usb (Bravo SA9137L controller, supports 32Bit/384KHz) which should not just provide higher bit rate but also be helpful with stability.
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USB-C Input
- Uses Bravo SA9137L controller, supports 32-bit/384 kHz
- Aiyima has included a USB drive with an ASIO driver for it, which works very well with Foobar.
And this driver is just the ASIO driver.
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You don't need the driver either as Windows has native bit-perfect support via WASAPI Exclusive should you use it in apps like Tidal, Foobar etc.
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I don’t think it’s just for Foobar, software does add ASIO but also updates the controller driver. You will see 32bit/384Khz support after installing it under sound settings, it will have lower bit rate support otherwise with default windows driver.
I am not implying that you can’t use it without this software/driver but it may resolve issues you are experiencing.
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OK, thanks, I'll try again. Otherwise, I'll stick with 96 kHz and 24 bit, which is perfectly fine. I just wanted to know if it works and why it doesn't.
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