nerdemoji
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The chip itself, but again it’s transparent.9039 chip or the hardware that's implementing it?
Anyway smsl internal engineering is pretty awesome for the price
The chip itself, but again it’s transparent.9039 chip or the hardware that's implementing it?
Anyway smsl internal engineering is pretty awesome for the price
I think the good folks at SMSL have their Minimum Fast and Minimum Slow filters reversed or something.
Using RCA, fixed mode, is better set 0.0 dB or +2.0 dB?You simply need to adjust the volume to 0.0 dB before before setting the Pre Mode to 'Fixed' and it will remain at 0.0 dB.
I own a DO300 and really appreciate the pre mode setting since I do not use volume controls on my DACs. For those who would like to set the volume at another level, the volume level is maintained at the level you have it set to when you set pre mode to fixed. It does not revert to +2.0 dB.
The difference between DACs to the human ear are so minimal that most DACs sound the same once a quality design is implemented. Good DACs start at less than $100. You've been here long enough to be aware that the term Chi-Fi is not allowed due to racist derogatory users of the term.As always great information and references. I've been tempted for a long time to get into a one solution headphone DAC/AMP an very close to getting Toppings DX7 Pro way back in 2019, but hold on because just did not prefer their Sabre DAC. I just recently purchased an SMSL DO300EX almost on pre-order without reviews, aldought careful of overhyped/marketing with these products. Went this route only on experience from previous listening AKM DAPs and following Chifi, forums, and it just look and had what I need. Almost certain, fingers crossed, that it will hopefully be my endgame! Course now waiting on for the reviews
I've been here a while, but had no idea that the term is derogatory, please explain. Because In fact I would argue the opposite, to me it praises Chinese ingenuity and innovation.-The difference between DACs to the human ear are so minimal that most DACs sound the same once a quality design is implemented. Good DACs start at less than $100. You've been here long enough to be aware that the term Chi-Fi is not allowed due to racist derogatory users of the term.
I'm not explaining more than already stated. It's a rule, not a democracy up for debate.I've been here a while, but had no idea that the term is derogatory, please explain. Because In fact I would argue the opposite, to me it praises Chinese ingenuity and innovation.-
You don't need to, your statement already does.I'm not explaining more than already stated. It's a rule, not a democracy up for debate.
Hi,yeah the problem with the term is that it has different connotations when used by different people in different sections of the audio community. Due to basically all IEM companies being Chinese and that they have positively had an effect on the industry there, almost everyone uses the term positively. However, some snobby people like to use the term in other audio communities as derogatory or as correlated with "low-quality". Therefore, the only way to prevent the usage in this way here regardless of use and context is to ban it outright.
Received and heard the DO300EX, it does not disappoint and brings the best of the headphones/iem.As always great information and references. I've been tempted for a long time to get into a one solution headphone DAC/AMP an very close to getting Toppings DX7 Pro way back in 2019, but hold on because just did not prefer their Sabre DAC. I just recently purchased an SMSL DO300EX almost on pre-order without reviews, aldought careful of overhyped/marketing with these products. Went this route only on experience from previous listening AKM DAPs and following Chifi, forums, and it just look and had what I need. Almost certain, fingers crossed, that it will hopefully be my endgame! Course now waiting on for the reviews
https://www.audioreviews.org/smsl-do300-dac-review-kmmbd/Another gripe of mine is the playback of DSD files. Basically – if you listen to many DSD files, skip the DO300 altogether. The replay gain is too high, reducing dynamic range and robbing the DSD files of their nuances during playback. I have a few albums in DSD so overall it was not an issue but the few DSD64 and DSD128 tracks I tried with the DO300, things were not pretty.
And they wrote this too:Hi, I have a good impression of ASR. I find it very edifying.
I want to ask a question, what do you think of the following comment about the DO300?
https://www.audioreviews.org/smsl-do300-dac-review-kmmbd/
Thanks a lot,