The world's best $100K external clock will still lose to a basic budget clock that's placed on the DAC's PCB directly beside the DAC chip (minimal trace length).
How so ?
If I express it in just one sentence, the music sounds much more transparent and detailed to me. I'm not saying that's a change for the $700 price, but there is a definite change here and I can hear it. But I'll give it time to settle in, I don't want to jump to any conclusions. So let everyone make up their own mind about it. Maybe it can be in something else. I also bought a new Pangea power cable, connected a new headphone cable.
No, there is not. That's all in your head, I regret. And I'm not talking about the Singxer Vs RME headamp, where there's logical explanation why you hear differences. A S/PDIF interface can't change the sound of a good DAC. Otherwise, it's a bad interface.
Nope... let's not do that. Seems like you don't really understand the way this place (ASR) works. This is not a forum suitable for arguing opinions about imaginary differences being existant or not. If these differences are there, they have a technical explanation for it (meaning : we can measure it). And I'm not talking about subjective preferences regarding headphones or speakers.
Now, you must be joking.
OK. I understand that everyone likes to reach for measurable results. I'm also looking for measurements of the given devices here on ASR, at least for comparison (so that you don't buy a rabbit in a bag, as they say). But sometimes the measurement itself is not everything. The device does not have to be in the TOP10 to be able to play at its best. And in the end, the most important thing is to have a good feeling from listening to music
This is by design, as spdif is limited to 192kHz, whereas USB does whatever you throw at it (almost). You also want to keep the buffer as low as possible.
What headphones that the RME cant power single ended ? I have a THX 789 amp strapped to my RME but only use it for the Hifiman 6 SE via balanced output that the RME is just a little underpowered for. Everything else I can play from the RME directly and most HP I play at below -10db on the RME- plenty of headroom for things like the high impedance Senn HD800 and Beyer T1
Of course there are. Improving SQ is not one of them.
Yes, unfortunately transmission via coaxial cable is limited to 192kHz. Exactly the same as the optical cable. Ideally it would be via AES/EBU. Or the already mentioned I2S, with which I have no experience at all. Only from reviews written by other users. In fact, it is not a completely standardized protocol. But the SU-6 manufacturer states for I2S: PCM up to 32bit 384kHz, Native DSD up to DSD512. I am guessing that AES/EBU will have the same bandwidth.
Um, I understand. HiFiMAN HE6se headphones are difficult to play, they have a slightly higher impedance. I just read this independently from several sources. But if the amplifier plays them, they are said to be very good headphones. Can you please write me something more about them? I pondered over them for a while. And I'm also still considering the HE1000se. This would be a mega upgrade of the headphones
Even though I'm actually currently satisfied with the Arya Stealth I have at home. I have the RME set to -6dB when I use the Singxer SA-1 amp with them. I set it up according to the instructions from the RME forum. And I'm using oratory1990's PEQ setup in RME for the HiFiMAN Arya Stealth. And Arya Organic won't make such a shift again. Maybe a different brand. I haven't heard Meze Empyrean play either.Good question. I don't think so. I know it's not ideal at all to play music from YouTube or Spotify. It is important to have a quality recording in good quality, for example FLAC or a quality recording from Qobuz. But then there's also Loudness War. So if a person had to deal with everything in absolute detail, he would also have to choose between individual recordings, remasters, originals, etc. I am not dealing with this at all for now.
Which in no way answers my question.
Optical by spec is limited to 96 kHz, AES/EBU maxes out a 192 kHz.
