rebbiputzmaker
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Is that good or bad?The Khadas board is in. I'll just say that now I'm familiar with what people refer to as "ESS sound"
Is that good or bad?The Khadas board is in. I'll just say that now I'm familiar with what people refer to as "ESS sound"
That is a myth. Don't let that pre-bias you to not like those products.
Is that good or bad?
I've never owned one of the AK DACS tho! I already have a Sabre DAC in the Dragonfly 1.2.
I really wish I still had my Creative Labs X-FI. Paid $400 for that puppy back in the day. Had 4 DAC chips, dual mono for each channel. I wonder how it meassures. Best source I have heard.
Don't forget you need to wait 3 weeks until it starts to perform up to spec
Have you LISTENED to the Modi Multibit
And your digging up ancient posts ( Dec 2018) to start some pointless crusade against some imaginary foe.Since the resistances in this architecture are crucial, and resistance can vary with temperature, letting the device temperature stablilize for 20 minutes before performing critical listening doesn't seem so far fetched to me. Of course, you are just trying to score points by piggybacking on the popular target of angst on this website. You aren't even really getting that done though, because you lack originality and are just parroting crap you've only heard others say. Have you LISTENED to the Modi Multibit?
Have you LISTENED to the Modi Multibit?
I have tried multiple ones now. There is nothing to like when you level match them and test blind. The liking comes from the impression that they must be better. In that case with full knowledge of what you are testing, you will perceive more detail, air, fidelity, etc. and contribute that to multi-bit design. In reality, delta-sigma DACs would produce the same sound if someone told you they were multi-bit!
The enemies of correct audio perception are your eyes and brain. The two love to hand you a different truth in audio.....
And your digging up ancient posts ( Dec 2018) to start some pointless crusade against some imaginary foe.
Leave your gear on , who cares.. I leave my amps on.
See, no one gives a flying fig about it.
I think that to differentiate between DACS, we should be re-digitizing the outputs (of music and test tones and sweeps, not test tones only) and compare the waveforms.
I have, its at home right now. It sounds very dark and lacks detail. This is in stark contrast to Schiit marketing materials that reference the military using those AD DAC chips to shoot cruise missiles. My Grace Designs SDAC sounds far more natural and detailed then the Modi Multibit.
"Misinformation" could be pointless claim without technical data or DBT to back it up. The fact you suggest the Multibit sounds better after warm-up may be one:I have no foe here. I just hate to see the spread of misinformation.
Plus, @amirm measured the Yggy before and after warm-up with absolutely no change seeable in measurements.Since the resistances in this architecture are crucial, and resistance can vary with temperature, letting the device temperature stablilize for 20 minutes before performing critical listening doesn't seem so far fetched to me.
I haven't heard the SDAC yet. I would like to get my hands on the balanced version.
I really really wish we had a way to quantize "lacks detail". I don't doubt what you hear, but according to measurements made by Amir, you shouldn't be able to hear the differences.
"Misinformation" could be pointless claim without technical data or DBT to back it up. The fact you suggest the Multibit sounds better after warm-up may be one:
Plus, @amirm measured the Yggy before and after warm-up with absolutely no change seeable in measurements.
The Modi Multibit has a way of squishing everything together and making it flatter and more 2D.
Not here to argue with you about resistors and heat. Resistance can vary with temperature.