I suppose it'll be ok, but you can get better measuring gear than that for similar price. Just look at the master SINAD graph.
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Review and Measurements of New JDS Labs Atom Headphone Amp
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I'm not seeing anything that's better for around the same price point on his chart. Which one am I missing?
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Unfortunately, it doesn't have toslink which is what I'll be connecting it to my system with. Otherwise that looks really nice.
Edit.
Can I use one of those optical cable to mini spdif connector adapters?
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Can’t you do spdif over coax?
This is connecting to my TV's optical out. I'm using this mainly for gaming and movies, and occasionally hooking up to my laptop for music.
Edit AGAIN. Sorry, I was a bit lost on the spdif thing as I'm new. Apparently I would need another converter. Apologies if I ask dumb questions!
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Cheapest one I’ve found in my 2 min search. You could do better.
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=2948
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No. I have one of those to test just to be sure they don't screw it up!
I should have said via an inline adapter (i.e. Source -> Toslink -> Adapter -> Coaxial -> DAC), rather than just comparing outputs, but I imagine your answer is the same in either case.
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I answered as you meant. On the phone so can't type much.
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This is why I left head-fi.org - real measurements and objective appreciation for engineering. Man... 99$ ??? My respect to JDS Labs for their engineering.
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Yup. We truly are in the golden age of audio. Great and cheap! As for headfi... I lurked around there for a while and yeah, not somewhere I really wanna be. Too much audiophile BS and unhinged people taking things waaaay too seriously. It just wasn't fun and honestly as someone who is relatively new and is just really getting into audio over maybe the last few years it kinda turned me off to the whole thing.
The reason I signed up here is because everyone seems kinda chilled out and has actual science and measurements to back up their opinions, not just saying stuff like "well, the DAC had a lot of glare and doesn't resolve enough" or something like that. Kinda reminds me of those overly pretentious wine critics
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Yup. We truly are in the golden age of audio. Great and cheap! As for headfi... I lurked around there for a while and yeah, not somewhere I really wanna be. Too much audiophile BS and unhinged people taking things waaaay too seriously. It just wasn't fun and honestly as someone who is relatively new and is just really getting into audio over maybe the last few years it kinda turned me off to the whole thing.
The reason I signed up here is because everyone seems kinda chilled out and has actual science and measurements to back up their opinions, not just saying stuff like "well, the DAC had a lot of glare and doesn't resolve enough" or something like that. Kinda reminds me of those overly pretentious wine critics
You nailed it!
My background is Math / CS so I do appreciate rigorosity in one's explanation and measurements (imo) are good part of it when it comes to audio. I hope this site will preserve its laid back (while rigorous) character.
Personally - I can deal with people's audiophile BS as long as they chill out (well - to a point, when the logic in my head tries to take over
). One can state an opinion (based or not on measurements) in a decent manner; or he can try to impose ("I know better / listen to me"); attitude matters a lot.Another part of people's personality that I often notice on blog sites is how jumpy somebody is (aka saving face / being an authority / etc). It is bound that at times you might not express yourself in the clearest way; insecure people generally take offense in that (in just about everything)... I have not noticed anything like that on this site.
For example, I criticized Chord Mojo based on my own personal experience - and I do understand that my Mojo might not behave how the majority of the Mojos behave after 2 years. Nobody took that personally. People just related how they like their Mojo and how they would buy again - I respect that!
Good bunch here on this site!
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Rigorosity - sounds like a word I'd make up, but it's not...
Thanks, my vocabularity has been expandiated.
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We haven't had such topic in the past.
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