octaviansan1
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What driver do you use ?
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HIDIZS S8 USB-C Headphone Adapter Review
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What driver do you use ?
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Ditto- albeit only ever used with Android , not PC. PC seems to be where the issues lie.
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We are just here for the fun. You talk about work. That is up to you!!!
L5730
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I think he's hinting at you not having a life at all, and instead, after spending time getting measured results with the AP, writing up that part of the review, then plugging into numerous computer and tablet/phone systems and trying it out with a plethora of software. Just for a week or two. Then reporting any trouble with compatibility or whatever.
So, no more time wasted on dental visits or pickling vegetables or sleeping, there is more testing to do!
Clearly you don't live just for this place and actually have a life, so yeah, not happening.
It's a forum, problems get reported as folks pick things up and try them themselves in different scenarios. This is what it is. We're glad there are some measurements rather than everything being a complete unknown described with cryptic and contradictory adjectives.
Summary of your comment: "hey i think this guy thinks about my idol like this so he must be thinking this way"I think he's hinting at you not having a life at all, and instead, after spending time getting measured results with the AP, writing up that part of the review, then plugging into numerous computer and tablet/phone systems and trying it out with a plethora of software. Just for a week or two. Then reporting any trouble with compatibility or whatever.
So, no more time wasted on dental visits or pickling vegetables or sleeping, there is more testing to do!
Clearly you don't live just for this place and actually have a life, so yeah, not happening.
It's a forum, problems get reported as folks pick things up and try them themselves in different scenarios. This is what it is. We're glad there are some measurements rather than everything being a complete unknown described with cryptic and contradictory adjectives.
Seems like you either have a flaky computer or a flaky Sonata HD Pro. Probably easier to return the Sonata HD Pro.
In my case, none of the pc or sonata is flaky. I got helped from some guys on the website that mainly about frequency response graph, the problem was "fixed" by them. Pop noise is still there but way less audible, it needs focus and rapidly switching songs to notice the noise. In short situation got much better than before
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So no real need to go off on one about Amir then?
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I run mine off an old MacBook Pro into a Schiit Heresy. No drivers needed for Mac, and it’s on stock firmware.
But I found JRiver had an unacceptable amount of popping between tracks. I switched to Audirvana and the popping went away. This suggests it might be worth playing around with different playback software.
L5730
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Amir is certainly not my idol. Blimey, some people have a strange take on things.
You ranted off complaining that the reviewer, in this case the forum host, needs to worry less about measuring stuff and focus on making sure something works. I pointed out, maybe not obviously enough, that would take huge amounts of time to test multiple scenarios.
It worked for him when testing it. It works for many of us.
What might be more useful is detailing the problem exactly, and then making the solution public.
As for myself and others here, we've had some clicking/dropout problems when simply playing audio. Installing the driver in Windows 10 cured the problem for myself. I haven't updated the firmware from what it came with, which I assume is not v3.0 (haven't seen an easy way to view it).
So.... what did you change that reduced the popping you experienced?
my previous comment is still there, you can read it whenever you like
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Yes, I know. In all its angry little man glory. Care to share how you resolved your problem and add a bit of value to the site?
Oh good. So what was the solution? it would be great if you would share here in case it benefits anybody else.
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same
my setup: sonata -> topping a30
When i pause every music stream (yt, windows sounds, discord, chrome, spotify, etc) a get a slight pop after 2-3 seconds.
I have 2 more tempotecs on the way. I'll test those aswell (they are for some friends). Maybe its just this unit.
Again, im using latest firmware, and latest drivers.
If im not using a amplifier, then no pops, no glitches.
Which is weird.
It is unfortunate that he didn't come back to explain his solution. Seems like he was mainly here to gripe at the community.
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I'm getting intermittent dropouts running a Hidizs S8 via USB-C from a laptop. No obvious triggers; pause/play and alt-tabbing don't do it. Just little drops here and there.
I'm running Windows 10, default Windows driver, MusicBee, Equalizer APO with AutoEQ preset. I tried to use the Sonata 3.0 driver, but got confused by the package that downloaded with it. It seemed to install software that did nothing and the driver remained unchanged. And I wasn't able to select a driver file manually.
I also tried switching to the other USB-C port - same problem. I guess I could try the USB-A ports.
I'm running Windows 10, default Windows driver, MusicBee, Equalizer APO with AutoEQ preset. I tried to use the Sonata 3.0 driver, but got confused by the package that downloaded with it. It seemed to install software that did nothing and the driver remained unchanged. And I wasn't able to select a driver file manually.
I also tried switching to the other USB-C port - same problem. I guess I could try the USB-A ports.
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go to device manager -> update driver -> choose driver (c program files tempotec), wait to update. Then you have latest drivers.
On my desktop, I have Sonata HD Pro connected with a micro USB to USB-A cable. No issues.
Maybe it will work for you.
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My meizu does this too, on that dongle I thought it came from synchronous transmission of data rather than async, and sporadically it breaks up. If it's the same problem with the hidizs it's difficult to fix. A driver can help, but when using linux/osx/iOS for example you're out of luck.
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