Hi, does the iodata soundgenic have a built in dac or do you have to buy an external dac?
I am curious tooSo according to their product page, the new Katana 1.2 will be available in 2 flavors;
1) Pure SINAD figures (-113 dB THD+N 1 KHz A-weighted)
2) Better sound quality (more analog sounding) in the expense of 13 dB lower SINAD (-100 dB THD+N 1 KHz A-weighted)
which contradicts from what I learned on this forum (higher SINAD is always better, right?). Can anyone shed some light on this matter?
Unless sound quality improvements are shown in controlled testing, it is not something that I would go by.which contradicts from what I learned on this forum (higher SINAD is always better, right?). Can anyone shed some light on this matter?
So according to their product page, the new Katana 1.2 will be available in 2 flavors;
1) Pure SINAD figures (-113 dB THD+N 1 KHz A-weighted)
2) Better sound quality (more analog sounding) at the expense of 13 dB lower SINAD (-100 dB THD+N 1 KHz A-weighted)
which contradicts from what I learned on this forum (higher SINAD is always better, right?). Can anyone shed some light on this matter?
@amirm,
When you get the ApplePi Volume-Cloker, please run the following tests on the XLR outputs, of ApplePi DAC:
Per my experience all measurements should improve by about 3dB on XLR vs RCA
- Dynamic Range
- SNR (A-Weighted)
- SINAD
- THD
- Jitter
- IMD
- SW vs. HW volume control
Thanks;
Leo
Katana is a DAC that plugs on to the RaspberryPi just like the ApplePi DAC, you cannot use it any other way.You can't buy this as just a DAC correct? That makes the Khadas DAC more appealing to me