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Line out is differential, HP out is single-ended.Is this true balanced?
Line out is differential, HP out is single-ended.Is this true balanced?
SMSL has a Headphone Amp, Topping has EQ.Idea between smsl raw vs topping d50iii?
Give me input, please..
Ahhh.. currently reading the topping d50iii thread. Thank you, sir!SMSL has a Headphone Amp, Topping has EQ.
The balanced HP out is more important to me than the line out. Shame.Line out is differential, HP out is single-ended.
It shouldn't be.The balanced HP out is more important to me than the line out. Shame.
Thank you for the reply! So you didn't have to press any button (main knob or remote power button) for the DAC to be ready to use, right?I did a mains power off and on for my RAW and it took about 3 secs to be ready for use. Settings stayed same as before power off.
Yes it powers up in about 3 secs as long as you leave the on-unit power switch turned on.Thank you for the reply! So you didn't have to press any button (main knob or remote power button) for the DAC to be ready to use, right?
That might be the DAC/AMP combo I was looking for. Upgrade incoming!
What does this mean in english?Just a concern: from the product pictures i can see, that the clock processing circuit seems to use only 1 quartz crystal based osciallor instead of two for n x 44.1 KHz and n x 48 Khz. I'm not sure if this is something new.
I hope that they not save expensives with dropping top cd performance. This is by far my most important use case.
you don't really need 44.1 or 48khz clock at all. A correctly implemented PLL (as this product has, and whose performance will not be improved by introducing another clock) can easily outperform a naive implementation using 44.1 and 48khz clock.Just a concern: from the product pictures i can see, that the clock processing circuit seems to use only 1 quartz crystal based osciallor instead of two for n x 44.1 KHz and n x 48 Khz. I'm not sure if this is something new.
I hope that they not save expensives with dropping top cd performance. This is by far my most important use case.
As was the case with C200 it seems to come from the HPA of the RAW-MDA1. When using the C200 as a DAC hooked up to L50 there are no pops, clicks etc when there is a sample rate change between songs (which was something I thought was normal as both C200 and Audient ID4 MkII had the same behavior).After 2 weeks of adjusting and trying to live with the pops and cracks from the RAW, I've given up and replaced it with WiiM Ultra. Ultra costs more but also gives more. And finally peace of mind with the pops and cracks. I managed to reduce 80% of it but for near field listening, it was still enough to drive me crazy. I know the pops don't happen all the time to all users but it was a show stopper to me unfortunately. I used to own SMSL SU9 and that unit had no such issues.
I’m not quite tech savvy but I used the Raw with XLR out to powered speakers Kali LP UNF. Didn’t use the HPA. Could the HPA still affect the XLR output?As was the case with C200 it seems to come from the HPA of the RAW-MDA1. When using the C200 as a DAC hooked up to L50 there are no pops, clicks etc when there is a sample rate change between songs (which was something I thought was normal as both C200 and Audient ID4 MkII had the same behavior).
I’m not quite tech savvy but I used the Raw with XLR out to powered speakers Kali LP UNF. Didn’t use the HPA. Could the HPA still affect the XLR output?
Do you think it's a problem with your unit or with the entire production?After 2 weeks of adjusting and trying to live with the pops and cracks from the RAW, I've given up
I don’t know. Whether it’s a problem with the unit or the other components I used with it. I’ve read that others have similar issues. I also faced the same pops cracks problem some time back with the Geshelli J2 Dac but matched with totally different components. And again that issue went away when I changed the DAC.Do you think it's a problem with your unit or with the entire production?
I'm keeping an eye on mine. I definitely have a quick light pop turning it off and on, but no pops I have noticed with headphones or speakers when changing tracks or changing between different bitrates and encoding. Sorry to hear you are having so many issues with yours. I would return it as well under those circumstances.I don’t know. Whether it’s a problem with the unit or the other components I used with it. I’ve read that others have similar issues. I also faced the same pops cracks problem some time back with the Geshelli J2 Dac but matched with totally different components. And again that issue went away when I changed the DAC.
Well, there are two aspects from my point of view.Balanced HP out serves zero purpose on mains-powered headphone equipment. It certainly doesn't increase sound quality.