I have a couple of Aiyima A07 amps in my house which in my main listening room and a second one in a bedroom.
They're great in terms of sound quality and build quality for the price. I use them with Rpi's and DAC's (hifi berry and a topping via USB) and also a turntable with built in pre amp in my main listening room. No complaints whatsoever.
I'm setting up a third system in a garden room where I need to amplify a turntable via a separate phono pre amp, RPI with dac hat, and Xbox one. I'm currently using a third A07.
The rpi and phono pre I can use an RCA splitter to input both. Not ideal but it works. The Xbox one however (used mainly for netflix, Amazon etc) needs an optical input.
My attention has been drawn to the Aiyima T9 as an (almost) all in 1 solution.
This has a built in DAC for for Xbox, tone control (which I would like esp when listening to records), Bluetooth (less likely to use but handy to have) and a remote control.
The T9 undoubtedly has a lot of features but how do they actually stack up separately compared to other similarly priced equipment?
As an amplifier, how does it compare to the a07? Is the built in DAC actually any good? The quality of the DAC is less important as I will only use the optical in for the Xbox for watching films rather than music listening. I'm more interested how the Amp itself compares.
Thanks.
They're great in terms of sound quality and build quality for the price. I use them with Rpi's and DAC's (hifi berry and a topping via USB) and also a turntable with built in pre amp in my main listening room. No complaints whatsoever.
I'm setting up a third system in a garden room where I need to amplify a turntable via a separate phono pre amp, RPI with dac hat, and Xbox one. I'm currently using a third A07.
The rpi and phono pre I can use an RCA splitter to input both. Not ideal but it works. The Xbox one however (used mainly for netflix, Amazon etc) needs an optical input.
My attention has been drawn to the Aiyima T9 as an (almost) all in 1 solution.
This has a built in DAC for for Xbox, tone control (which I would like esp when listening to records), Bluetooth (less likely to use but handy to have) and a remote control.
The T9 undoubtedly has a lot of features but how do they actually stack up separately compared to other similarly priced equipment?
As an amplifier, how does it compare to the a07? Is the built in DAC actually any good? The quality of the DAC is less important as I will only use the optical in for the Xbox for watching films rather than music listening. I'm more interested how the Amp itself compares.
Thanks.