The Loxjie D30 DAC look nice

[peterwen]

Click for more info: https://hifi-express.com/collections/loxjie/products/loxjie-d30-ak4493-hi-res-dac-amp

 

[JohnYang1997]

Actually Ak4497 can achieve this performance so saying 4493 can be on par with 4497 is certainly a lie.

The screen is tilted isn't it?

 

[peterwen]

The Loxjie D30 in very good design.
All-aluminum integrated casting process shell.

 

[peterwen]

View attachment 84190View attachment 84191Actually Ak4497 can achieve this performance so saying 4493 can be on par with 4497 is certainly a lie.

View attachment 84192The screen is tilted isn't it?

Thank you for questioning, but you didn't have evidence that this is a lie

 

[JohnYang1997]

Thank you for questioning, but you didn't have evidence that this is a lie

The graphs are the evidence.
-Also ak4497 is not the flagship anymore. ak4499 is.-

 

[Hugo9000]

The graphs are the evidence.
Also ak4497 is not the flagship anymore. ak4499 is.

It does say "last generation flagship," not "current generation flagship," so their statement in the promo materials is correct in that sense with regard to the AK4497. "Last generation" meaning previous generation. Latest generation would of course mean the current/newest. I'll leave the technical discussion to you, though! haha

 

[JohnYang1997]

It does say "last generation flagship," not "current generation flagship," so their statement in the promo materials is correct in that sense with regard to the AK4497. "Last generation" meaning previous generation. Latest generation would of course mean the current/newest. I'll leave the technical discussion to you, though! haha

You are right.

 

[boXem]

The screen is tilted isn't it?

I believe that's the entire picture that is titled. SMSL style

PS: out of curiosity, are your plots from D70 or from something else?

 

[peterwen]

I believe that's the entire picture that is titled. SMSL style

PS: out of curiosity, are your plots from D70 or from something else?

He may plots from topping D30?

 

[kkeretic]

This looks very interesting at 159€ (Audiophonics). At least the DAC section and features. Looking forward to see how well its HP amp section measures.

 

[ninetylol]

Although im a bit wary regarding the D20 performance, the official measurements Look good and I love it got its own internal (hopefully) high quality Power supply. I ordered mine and will be back with impressions tomorrow.

 

[alekksander]

we'll see about measurements, but hopefully it will beat dx3 pro(2) which – as i assume is a direct competitor to. the design is slightly better than dx3 pro, price is slightly lower, HP amp is promising too… only the display is unappealing to me.
@ninetylol when You receive this unit, could You please tell us about possibilities in options? i'm especially wondering about the display – can color be changed, or can it be dimmed to low velues.

edit:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pzRkCWQHgYrkyqNtWKqxne7w6rMJZyY9/view looks like the screen color can be changed to various others. still wondering about dim results.

 

[ninetylol]

we'll see about measurements, but hopefully it will beat dx3 pro(2) which – as i assume is a direct competitor to. the design is slightly better than dx3 pro, price is slightly lower, HP amp is promising too… only the display is unappealing to me.
@ninetylol when You receive this unit, could You please tell us about possibilities in options? i'm especially wondering about the display – can color be changed, or can it be dimmed to low velues.

edit:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pzRkCWQHgYrkyqNtWKqxne7w6rMJZyY9/view looks like the screen color can be changed to various others. still wondering about dim results.

yo i just got it connected for about 20minutes. yeh you can change colors from a wide variety of colors. you can also turn the display off and on with the remote control. but no dimming as far as ive seen. its not too bright during daylight, gonna see how it is in a dark room. Other impressions so far, very clean no distortion or any noise when amplified with Topping L30 on high gain max volume and dac volume on 0 or 1 (of 60). Gotta have to test the headphone out more, but i did not trust it thats why i also ordered a L30. Quick volume test with my Hifiman Divas was quite loud enough though. Remote control works quite fast in the menues like i want to see it.

 

[Zek]

Are there any pop/click noise when changing tracks, or bit rate, or PCM to DSD files?

 

[ninetylol]

Are there any pop/click noise when changing tracks, or bit rate, or PCM to DSD files?

Connected via optical atm, so i cant tell about DSD. Only got Spotify Premium at the moment, maybe im gonna try Tidal exclusive mode later to change different bit rates. (no Tidal subscription at the moment)

But i could try foobar right now.
Edit: No pops during bit rate or bit depth change

 

[alekksander]

Are there any pop/click noise when changing tracks, or bit rate, or PCM to DSD files?

yes, also is there any of these when pc is booting with this dac turned on…?

Connected via optical atm, so i cant tell about DSD. Only got Spotify Premium at the moment, maybe im gonna try Tidal exclusive mode later to change different bit rates. (no Tidal subscription at the moment)

could You please try my consideration with usb?

 

[ninetylol]

yes, also is there any of these when pc is booting with this dac turned on…?

could You please try my consideration with usb?

No noise when switching bit rates or depth or when restarting PC on optical. Maybe im gonna test usb later, but i never use usb because of ground loops.

 

[ninetylol]

You can also set the "Dimmer" on the device itself. Acts the same as turning off the display with the remote. Means you change volume etc the Display goes on and turns off again after a few seconds. I also noticed some flickering on the display every now and then (always the sames pixels).

Headphone output doesnt sound bad (got no golden ears though) and goes quite loud even with harder to drive headphones.

If the display didnt have the flickering i would give my recommendations, but sadly thats a bummer :/

 

[jbfilho]

The 1kHz tone input is too low, isn't it?

Maybe that's the reason for such a good Sinad numbers...

 

[ninetylol]

The 1kHz tone input is too low, isn't it?
Maybe that's the reason for such a good Sinad numbers...

Only one way to know. @amirm needs to measure this one