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Pretty sure every click if set to 100 steps.But does the phone buttons affect the volume on each click for you or every 6 or so?
Pretty sure every click if set to 100 steps.But does the phone buttons affect the volume on each click for you or every 6 or so?
Interesting, I've just been messing around with it. You may be right! If I go from say middle of the bar and click up (100 steps), the volume only noticeably changes every few steps. Maybe I had assumed each 100th was very minor but perhaps actually not doing anything!But does the phone buttons affect the volume on each click for you or every 6 or so?
Yea I think the uapp hardware controls are 1 or 2 steps less than the physical ones. Because I'm a sucker for total volume control and I don't like using my external amp when I'm out and about I have the hardware slider 2 volume jumps down from max (as loud as my quietest music needs) and the device at full, then switch to software volume and control smoothly from there. To my ears it sounds the same as when using the hardware slider alone except there's more control. Plus I find having the hardware slider at max adds distortion. Sort of a thin treble addedInteresting, I've just been messing around with it. You may be right! If I go from say middle of the bar and click up (100 steps), the volume only noticeably changes every few steps. Maybe I had assumed each 100th was very minor but perhaps actually not doing anything!
The jumps on the device itself still seem bigger than the increments on the uapp slider though, but maybe that's mind tricks too.
The physical buttons are also totally independent of the uapp hardware controls. So at least you can do a degree of fine tuning as max uapp but one device step down is still quieter than both maxed.
I get a tiny pop sometimes when I select a song. Nothing major though. Think I read its the dac switching from 44khz and 16bit to higher values. I could be and probably am wrong thoughAnyone experiencing loud pops when you start/stop music? At first it was only tolerable pops but now mine got louder to the point I'm wincing whenever it pops. I like the SQ of this dac but I'm getting the urge to sell this because of the popping and get an ibasso dc03 instead.
I get a tiny pop sometimes when I select a song. Nothing major though. Think I read its the dac switching from 44khz and 16bit to higher values. I could be and probably am wrong though
I flashed the BHD firmware on my Sonata HD Pro and after hours of usage I had no problems whatsoever, it did really made the sound so much louder (2x louder more or less) but I reverted back to stock v3.0 firmware since the device gets noticeably hotter with the BHD firmware.
I tried doing this but to no avail. It wont let me flash my sonata hd pro with bhd firmware. it just gives error and my sonata hd pro wont work after that. luckily enough i can just flash the old firmware back into it. pity. that constant 2 volt definitely is going to help my prospective tin p1.
That might be true for Android. After flashing v2.0 BHD the Sonata Pro HD is no longer recognized from my iPhone 11. Flashed it back and it works again. This high gain automatic is a stupid and useless feature. Wish that could be disabled without needing to plug in a cable, and EACH TIME connect the phones after connecting the Sonata. It is not just one cable more but also more cumbersome handling than necessary.
It's not a useless feature. It is helpful to people who have high sensitivity IEMs.
But I do agree it would be nice if there was a way to disable it.
A simple gain switch on the Sonata, next to the plus and minus volume buttons, would be ideal. Let the user decide how much power they need to feed their cans, especially when the automatic gain feature is flawed.
I wouldn't say it's flawed. Seems to work correctly as an auto-sensing feature.
Although I would prefer if the threshold for high gain was 50 ohms. Based on my use of it, seems like it's set to 150 ohms.
"Warm" and "smooth" sound, you state that like that's some fact. Before we know it we're set back to harsh" ESS and "analogue sounding" AKM chips, let's not go there please....
"I'm trying an iFi Hip-DAC now, which has a slightly warm Burr-Brown DAC chip" so no, nothing about what you said indicates that. Feel free to check out https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/serious-question-how-can-dacs-have-a-sound-signature-if-they-measure-as-transparent-are-that-many-confused.9245. Or not. I have a feeling you won't be persuaded by err, facts.Get over yourself, dude. It's warm and smooth to MY EARS. It was never stated as a objective fact. It was a subjective impression, which comprises about 90 percent of the discussion here.
Your mileage clearly varies, which is totally fine. The VAST majority of this hobby remains subjective. One person's trash is another's treasure.
"I'm trying an iFi Hip-DAC now, which has a slightly warm Burr-Brown DAC chip" so no, nothing about what you said indicates that. Feel free to check out https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/serious-question-how-can-dacs-have-a-sound-signature-if-they-measure-as-transparent-are-that-many-confused.9245. Or not. I have a feeling you won't be persuaded by err, facts.
I owned and returned the hip dac for that very reason. I found it too warm sounding and it baffles me when people say it isn't warm soundingFair enough. I really like the sound and features of the Hip-Dac. Sorry, no measurements to validate my subjective opinion, so you're just going to have grit your teeth and live with it.
I owned and returned the hip dac for that very reason. I found it too warm sounding and it baffles me when people say it isn't warm sounding
It's not a useless feature. It is helpful to people who have high sensitivity IEMs.
But I do agree it would be nice if there was a way to disable it.
iFi's sales repsAgreed. Even iFi's rep who participates and posts often at Head-fi admits a bit of warmth is the Ifi "house sound."