Veri
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So I was working and listening to music on my PecanPi > Singxer SA-1 set-up all through the day. Somewhere after lunch, I had a problem with my mic and unplugged everything and continued this zoom/teams call I was in with the on-board I/O. Later through the day I kept thinking this Singxer SA-1 amp sounds so clear and with such notable 'heft' / lovely bass etc, your typical 'happy audiophile' nonsense. All listening was with my Audeze Sine planar headphone.
By the end of the day I realised I had continued listening on my Mid-2015 Macbook Pro on-board headphone out rather than my audiophile 'stack'. Everything I appreciated about the sound was just the laptop out, the Singxer+DAC stack realistically doesn't sound any different. All positives I thought I heard were one hundred percent imagined.
Anyway. I sent back the Singxer SA-1. It's a great toy but after all this I can't for the life of me justify owning it. So I'm back to my L30 + DAC stack which still probably doesn't do anything super appreciable compared to proper dongles/standard outputs. But at least I 100% realize that now!
By the end of the day I realised I had continued listening on my Mid-2015 Macbook Pro on-board headphone out rather than my audiophile 'stack'. Everything I appreciated about the sound was just the laptop out, the Singxer+DAC stack realistically doesn't sound any different. All positives I thought I heard were one hundred percent imagined.
Anyway. I sent back the Singxer SA-1. It's a great toy but after all this I can't for the life of me justify owning it. So I'm back to my L30 + DAC stack which still probably doesn't do anything super appreciable compared to proper dongles/standard outputs. But at least I 100% realize that now!