obsessive9119
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Doubt that an iPhone user will be interested in this class of DAC....
This DAC has bluetooth - I imagine the vast majority of devices connecting that way would be phones.
Doubt that an iPhone user will be interested in this class of DAC....
May I ask how you came to that conclusion?Doubt that an iPhone user will be interested in this class of DAC....
EQ over bluetooth is not in the cards in these DACs. They use the XMOS processor which acts on streaming data on USB. Supporting other sources is possible but not likely unless the BT adapter supports it. Either way, someone who just wants to use BT should get a much lower cost DAC.This DAC has bluetooth - I imagine the vast majority of devices connecting that way would be phones.
It's not about "just" wanting to use bluetooth; it's about sometimes wanting to use it and still having the same EQ. For example, my lounge room setup is [AppleTV, consoles] -> TV -> WiiM PP -> Amp. No matter whether someone's playing the xbox, watching something on AppleTV, streaming music or connected to the WiiM via bluetooth, it all gets EQ'd the same.EQ over bluetooth is not in the cards in these DACs. They use the XMOS processor which acts on streaming data on USB. Supporting other sources is possible but not likely unless the BT adapter supports it. Either way, someone who just wants to use BT should get a much lower cost DAC.
I would use it (as I do now, when I have just started being at my mother's house for a while to nurse her because they put a PICT in her arm for meds twice a day) to send my desktop computers signal via a Bluetooth Audio transmitter from an upstairs bedroom (through 2 walls to the stereo downstairs [where my mother is staying to avoid the stairs] {since she has WIFI, I added a WIFI setup to my desktop and a Bluetooth transceiver to her stereo}). This Bluetooth gear was gear that a friend had laying around but it works. Now, any music (or even just the audio of video's of Austrian Folk Music (her favorite) being played on YouTube some other site) that I pull up can be sent to her stereo.This DAC has bluetooth - I imagine the vast majority of devices connecting that way would be phones.
That is an issue that I was unaware of. If one is sending the signal from a computer, could one EQ in the computer and then send the signal through the Bluetooth? That would be my use case.EQ over bluetooth is not in the cards in these DACs. They use the XMOS processor which acts on streaming data on USB. Supporting other sources is possible but not likely unless the BT adapter supports it.
Depending on how one finds particular solutions easy or difficult to set up and use, you can go either way.What is the exact advantage of having limited capabilities PEQ in DAC as opposed to sort out DRC/EQ in the source/playback SW?
I didn't realize Mimin could do EQ; that's pretty cool. I don't need it, but ... cool.If you have both a software solution (Minimserver in my case) and the RME DAC (or other), you can use one of them to compensate for your speakers while you vary the other depending on the sort of music being played
Minimserver/Minimstreamer can run ffmpeg commands inline while sending out the stream.I didn't realize Mimin could do EQ; that's pretty cool. I don't need it, but ... cool.
Depending on how one finds particular solutions easy or difficult to set up and use, you can go either way.
If you have both a software solution (Minimserver in my case) and the RME DAC (or other), you can use one of them to compensate for your speakers while you vary the other depending on the sort of music being played.
Both the XMOS XU-316 and Qualcomm QCC5125 inside the SMSL support EQ, so it's just a matter of implementing this in firmware and software.EQ over bluetooth is not in the cards in these DACs. They use the XMOS processor which acts on streaming data on USB. Supporting other sources is possible but not likely unless the BT adapter supports it. Either way, someone who just wants to use BT should get a much lower cost DAC.
Stacking 2 DRC's/EQ's on top of each other creates lot of opportunities to completely ruin the sound and/or speakers.
ANd [but this is just my personal opinion] - adjusting for specific music/tracks is something I avoid - if it sounds like sh..t and it was artist intent, then it should sound like sh..t.![]()
Can the Bluetooth be used for firmware updates?EQ over bluetooth is not in the cards in these DACs. They use the XMOS processor which acts on streaming data on USB. Supporting other sources is possible but not likely unless the BT adapter supports it. Either way, someone who just wants to use BT should get a much lower cost DAC.
It cannot.Can the Bluetooth be used for firmware updates?
That seems like it would be a great use for it.It cannot.
with the price of 1.2k , should be dual ESS9039Pro chipsFiiO K19 has impressive set of features. But with their performance target and current price about $1200 they could use dual ES9039Q2M chips, achieve the same performance and be a bit cheaper.