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SMSL DO200 MKII DAC Review
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Thanks, @amirm !
What about Jitter through S/PDIF, both toslink and coax? USB is usually not very discriminating.
What about Jitter through S/PDIF, both toslink and coax? USB is usually not very discriminating.
Tons of people. The vast majority, actually. 121.4dB SINAD is plain useless for most use cases, BTW.
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Truth!!
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The smsl do 200 has unfortunately MQA as well, see here: https://www.smsl-audio.com/portal/product/detail/id/803.html.
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Yes, you are correct, thanks. Edit completed.
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He's gone shopping
An RMEHe's gone shopping
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An RME
but seriously, 30% price increase for the RME is really hefty...
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I like that it uses the “correct” filter at factory default settings, and it does its job nicely, hopefully more product would do the same in the future.
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It seems to measure well, I have read reviews about this DAC and they are all very positive, in this case, would that be a comfortable and brightless sound, which is interesting to me, but... are there any downsides to the sound quality that I haven't noticed?
From what I see here there is considerable noise from 30k onwards and in this case it wouldn't be a problem, it's under -130 dB and so on, right?
Without wanting to be annoying, but I just ask, this is certainly inaudible in normal hearing, but in this case, could this noise well below the audible cause some roughness? this occurred to me now because I remembered the Allo Revolution DAC, where the manufacturer comments that he tried to make noise and distortion as low as possible, even if a good part of the noise is inaudible, it ends up being ''felt'' in a way and causing fatigue .
I believe that most speakers do not reproduce exactly anything beyond 20k, the same for human hearing, right? or I didn't quite understand this question and why this review showed this noise above 20k.
I realize that I practically don't even hear the 18k for example in a frequency test, but that's all I feel a evident annoyance even when I forget the frequency is ringing, which means that in a way I hear it but in an extremely subtle way.
From what I see here there is considerable noise from 30k onwards and in this case it wouldn't be a problem, it's under -130 dB and so on, right?
Without wanting to be annoying, but I just ask, this is certainly inaudible in normal hearing, but in this case, could this noise well below the audible cause some roughness? this occurred to me now because I remembered the Allo Revolution DAC, where the manufacturer comments that he tried to make noise and distortion as low as possible, even if a good part of the noise is inaudible, it ends up being ''felt'' in a way and causing fatigue .
I believe that most speakers do not reproduce exactly anything beyond 20k, the same for human hearing, right? or I didn't quite understand this question and why this review showed this noise above 20k.
I realize that I practically don't even hear the 18k for example in a frequency test, but that's all I feel a evident annoyance even when I forget the frequency is ringing, which means that in a way I hear it but in an extremely subtle way.
Could you see the wide band noise test -96 dB Hmm.
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I'm tired of these DAC's without features like loudness and EQ. Would rather own the RME ADI-2 FS DAC with better remote and awesome features. And Amazon has it for $1039.
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A possible catch: Since this would be a re-import for a European customer, he might have to pay tax.
The prices from German shops are for now:
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
RME ADI-2 DAC FS; High-End DA-Wandler & Kopfhörerverstärker mit ESS Chip (ab Juni 2021); Sampleraten: 44.1 kHz bis zu 768 kHz; High-Resolution Wiedergabe von PCM, DXD und DSD mit bis zu 768 kHz; SteadyClock FS; LCD-Display; AutoDark Funktion für...
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But yes, even so, it has more features (which is why I got it)
We are more of topic now. Would be great SMSL, Topping and all others read the hundreds posts repeating theA possible catch: Since this would be a re-import for a European customer, he might have to pay tax.
The prices from German shops are for now:
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
RME ADI-2 DAC FS; High-End DA-Wandler & Kopfhörerverstärker mit ESS Chip (ab Juni 2021); Sampleraten: 44.1 kHz bis zu 768 kHz; High-Resolution Wiedergabe von PCM, DXD und DSD mit bis zu 768 kHz; SteadyClock FS; LCD-Display; AutoDark Funktion für...
But yes, even so, it has more features (which is why I got it)
same message. And for us (customer) a little competition would be great technology and price wise.
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