Dear Sir,My sample has been here for a while.
I took delivery of my new SMSL Raw Dac 1, with AK4499EX today! Very promising first listening...No the price could have been way nicer but I just click the buy button! I have wanted to try a AK4499 dac a long time and given the reviews of the ESS MDA-RAW, the fact that it has two Coax inputs and XLR outputs made me jump the gun on this one
Curious, is this on a Mac or a PC? Connection? Is it happening with only one computer or every device you plug it in?I have updated the firmware. Pretty easy process. However the issue is still not fixed. Loads of pops. Actually there are now pops when stuff loads on my computer now such as a new page, etc... pretty annoying
Are you happy with the 9000n?So... I've had my SMSL Raw Dac 1, with AK4499EX now for a week or so and I think it is sounding better and better. I do not have any
fancy measurement tools to back this up but I think it sound better than my Audiolab 9000N with ES9038 PRO. A/B testing is not
possible at the moment since the remote to my preamp is malfunctioning (Nevo Q50) but with the SMSL Raw Dac 1 everything feels
more dynamic without being harsh (none of them are harsh).
Yes the 9000n is a rock solid streamer but I wish that it would have USB or i2s output when I want to pair it with external dacs. The built in dac is good but at the moment I am using it as a pure streamer via coax to the Raw Dac 1.Are you happy with the 9000n?
Better bought the 9000A + WiiM Ultra?Yes the 9000n is a rock solid streamer but I wish that it would have USB or i2s output when I want to pair it with external dacs. The built in dac is good but at the moment I am using it as a pure streamer via coax to the Raw Dac 1.
I guess it is overkill to use such a device as streamer only but it is a rock solid streamer. No glitches, no hangs, no dropouts.
I instead of an integrated amp I have a Parasound JC5 and a Chapter Preface Plus but since I also bought the 9000CDT I am only missing the 9000A to get a full stackBetter bought the 9000A + WiiM Ultra?![]()
Yes, on the other hand I expect that they use the same usb technology even in the device with the pro chip and should be able to iron this out for both devices. But this is a wild guess. Basically this is the risk if you invest in a device at this pricepoint.since there's a Pro version coming to with the requisite price hike i wonder if these things are being cranked out at a rate that QC is slipping even harder than it normally is...
I think this is the issue. I use a raw mda 1 with a M1 Macbook Pro and a Windows PC and have no popping or clicking playing tracks or playing videos. I only get a couple of light pops powering the DAC on and off. There has to be QC issues with this line causing some to have these issues. I don't use Roon so I can't test that. I can change tracks with the USB-C out with no pops even going between different bitrates. I have tried it with Moode Audio on a Pi, Plex on Mac and PC, and MusicBee on PC and there is no popping I can detect changing tracks and bitrates on my unit. QC is probably all over the place on these.since there's a Pro version coming to with the requisite price hike i wonder if these things are being cranked out at a rate that QC is slipping even harder than it normally is...
I observe DC pop-in and DC pop-out on headphone output within the first 0.5s during opening and right after closing of the audio device. Tested with firmware updated to RAWMDA1MCUV101 (240924) on Linux with raw ALSA driver.Using what software and in which mode of operation?
since there's a Pro version coming to with the requisite price hike i wonder if these things are being cranked out at a rate that QC is slipping even harder than it normally is...