MondoAudio
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Where do you get this from? Any random apple or samsung one will do.. there's so many very decent 5V chargers out there.But the Topping, while having notably less jitter on Toslink, has multiple reports of being very sensitive to the USB power feeding it.
Where do you get this from? Any random apple or samsung one will do.. there's so many very decent 5V chargers out there.
Here a universal $11 charger https://allo.com/sparky/5v-power-supply.html
This user though experienced a bad/faulty USB cable. That is another thing altogether. When you have a malfunctioning USB cable, yes it can cause problemsBut I see it even happens with this unit, too:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...0th-mk-ii-dac-review.12148/page-4#post-362042
Just want to make sure I am using all available data points (that matter for my use case: toslink in, variable volume output via remote control) to choose between the two.
This user though experienced a bad/faulty USB cable. That is another thing altogether. When you have a malfunctioning USB cable, yes it can cause problems
About power, head-fi people will always think better power = better sound. No such thing has ever been proven:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...o-you-need-linear-power-supply-for-dacs.7021/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-measurements-of-the-hdplex-200w-supply.7713/
This Sanskrit seems really good choice for USB. For non USB I would definitely save up for the E30. my opinion!Now I gotta find another reason to choose one versus the other. Maybe it'll come down to price. The less expensive one has more jitter on toslink, but probably still not audible for me...
This Sanskrit seems really good choice for USB. For non USB I would definitely save up for the E30. my opinion!
See Wolf's review here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...t-of-smsl-sanskrit-10th-ak4493-edition.10830/Because of the jitter on Toslink?
See Wolf's review here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...t-of-smsl-sanskrit-10th-ak4493-edition.10830/
There is a pretty obvious difference between USB and Coax/toslink in. The digital receiver is not of a very high class, because this is a budget product. It is 'fine', but on USB it is 'very good'. I would personally go for 'very good' in its class because why not.
It could be perfectly fine though. Up to you
I think so. It's just that "better" is hard to justify spending money on when "adequate" will do. But the E30 is better in this regard, yes.Fair enough. In other words, the E30 is better when using Toslink. That is a key factor since I'll be using Toslink.
If this is important to you - SMSL do not remember volume position when turn off and on.(Both have a remote control for volume which is critical in my application.)
As @Tks pointed out, there's like a 20db difference in multi-tone.This DAC doesn't get the same exposure (on this forum or on online) of the E30 even though they should perform comparably. I wonder why is that