Sadly (Or not) no, Aune is a big brand in China now, it's being discussed on almost every Hi-Fi related forums, hifidiy.net doesn't have that many people as before...Good, so does Aune still involved in this hifidiy.net as it was before ?
Aune has really been among the very first Chinese brands to build devices up to the western standards, well before SMSL Topping Gustard ...
I like Aune.
So it beats the dx3pro as a dac except for "intermodulation" thing which is below the lenient threshold. Best high sinad value of the forum?
will use it to feed into the atom.problem for more sensitive headphones
That's fine. Thumbs upwill use it to feed into the atom.
... Best high sinad value of the forum?
Wait... Ain't March Audio DAC1 just Khadas Tone Board with a case?Yeah, but you buy a device, which is old by design, pretty good DAC performance though.
The MarchAudio's DAC1 @ would offer the best value for money if one could get it at $/€ 300 ...
IMHO
Doesn't bother me one bit if the numbers check out. I run a rega dac at home that's quite old but great sounding.which is old by design
It's shown here the 9018 chip performs quite well though. The 9038 doesn't seem necessarily better especially in the budget dac section.Yeah, but you buy a device, which is old by design, pretty good DAC performance though.
The MarchAudio's DAC1 @ would offer the best value for money if one could get it at $/€ 300 ...
IMHO
I am still using one of those! Bought it new and has served me well ever since. I am honestly not sure you could buy a CD player anywhere near the quality of design and construction today. After 25 years I am sure that I could easily buy something that measures better for a fraction of the price, I am also sure that it wouldn't sound any better to my ears and would not be in the same world in terms of build quality and durability. Sony really knew how to nail stuff together, the fit and finish and tactile feel shames most stuff.Nice review of old technology, 25 year old cd player..
https://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/cdp-x303es.htm
https://kenrockwell.com/audio/why-cds-sound-great.htmI am still using one of those! Bought it new and has served me well ever since. I am honestly not sure you could buy a CD player anywhere near the quality of design and construction today. After 25 years I am sure that I could easily buy something that measures better for a fraction of the price, I am also sure that it wouldn't sound any better to my ears and would not be in the same world in terms of build quality and durability. Sony really knew how to nail stuff together, the fit and finish and tactile feel shames most stuff.
It seems to have AES input. Is there any advantage?And now let's hope for another kind loan in the form of (supposedly new, I did not check it for some time now) S6 Pro
http://en.auneaudio.com/index.php?s=Home/Article/detail/id/159.html .
Well, at least it looks like so as I have not found selling it yet, even their own store does not list S6 Pro, but I got a message by one of the distributors in EU they have them coming in next couple of weeks.
any news of that?I'll be comparing it to my EL Dac + Atom here soon
I bought an S6 months ago from Massdrop but had not had a chance to fully review it. It does look very nice.And now let's hope for another kind loan in the form of (supposedly new, I did not check it for some time now) S6 Pro
http://en.auneaudio.com/index.php?s=Home/Article/detail/id/159.html .
Well, at least it looks like so as I have not found selling it yet, even their own store does not list S6 Pro, but I got a message by one of the distributors in EU they have them coming in next couple of weeks.