Both versions max out at slightly above 1.7VRMS. 2VRMS is out of the question. As for how well they perform at both output levels, please have a look at this review: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/94991395
i of course never compare volume % across different app, i always compare volume inside the same app pluging/unplugging my iem between the meizu jack and the phone jack while staying in the app
Your phone needs to provide two things to the Meizu dongle for it to work: power and data.
great minds~ ^^
yes the bqeyz spring1 sounds almost identical on my phone internal dac (sony xz premium), my laptop internal dac (macbook white) and the meizu dac so i am about to conclude as you just did that this iem needed no extra amp and that my phone and laptop dac are as clean as meizu dac.the only little problem with that empirical fact is that contradicts most reviews and customers comments i read about internal phone/laptop dac being worse sounding than a dedicated external usb dac, it would also contradict 12 out of 13 reviews of the spring1 saying that it needed extra amp over phone/laptop to sound cleaner. maybe my hearing is not good enough or trained enough to catch such subtle sound difference but what prevent me from concluding this is that i can clearly hear that my phone dac/audio pipeline is a bit bit bass boosted compared to my lapop dac or meizu dac).
Have you tried the Meizu dongle on PC? If it sounds the same there then that's another good indicator that nothing's wrong with your phone.
if did a/b testing between pc internal dac and and meizu dac plugged in the pc but i did not do a/b testing between meizu in phone vs meizu in pc, i will do, thanks.
Just be careful with the volume slider on pc! Needs to be low!
yeah, the volume slider on PC is linear I believe. 10/100 is already pretty loud with my 350Ω HD600 when using foobar.
I would say your problem would come with something like akg 702 with an Impedance of about 60 ohms ish would trigger low Impedance mode but really not enough volume or power for akg therefore sounds better when tricked into high gain. perhaps not such an issue with 32ohm or 16ohm headphones but the extra drive can make a difference to sound or perceived sound best thing to do is experiment yourself and see which you prefer and you are correct volume adjustment are far to big on high gain lowest volume is to loud on sensitive iems. Something like hd 280 pro or akg 702 sound weak on low gain.
The believe on this forum is that dacs sound the same unless they are flawed. however I do not believe this so many factors affect the sound of a dac the power supply has a huge effect on output amongst other things. Not to mention in subjective tests not involving measurements most people tend to prefer the slightly warmer smoother tone of chord and schiit multibit dacs despite quite poor measurements. I have an old jvc Walkman from the 80s probably has 1 of the old Philips chips. I enjoy the sound immensely. And enjoying music is what it's all about so listen with your ears. If you are on a budget go with the standard version. Should be plenty powerful enough. I dont think you can override op amp in pro version to the best of my knowledge.
What makes chord or schiiit 'warm' or smoother sounding? They have literally nothing in common. That alone makes such a sentiment or statement entirely baseless. Can't even tell what makes them warm sounding, lol. "Uh-huh".
All I ment is that people perceive those products to have slightly more bass and slightly less bright treble. I have no evidence whatsoever to substantiate that claim apart from hearsay and speculation. However it is the way I hear it personally as do many others.
comparing meizu hifi pro on macbook white (2009) and on sony xz premium (2017), meizu sounds similar in both device but i notice my regular listening level is 55% when plugged in macbook vs 45% when plugged in sony phone, so volume management is different on different platforms.
