Thank you for confirming and for comparing it with Schiit or Augio-GD. I just bought a D90 MQA, and was a little surprised from the quite warm body compared to my D70. But I will feel comfortable with it, not going into the spiral of thoughts.Whenever i was home i went and checked the sound quality and noticed zero issues or downgrades compared to when the stack was just powered on or when i first received it - i am also checking it right now and again notice zero issues. D90 gets quite warm, but nothing in comparison to Audio-GD or Schiit (Which also gave me zero issues despite being so hot i could fry an egg on them).
I find with audio equipment it's so easy to trick your mind into thinking you've got an issue, and when this happens i find it won't go away until the piece of equipment is replaced or you buy something entirely different.
Thank you for commenting this. I just bought D90 MQA, and was quite curious on the operating temperature..I noticed D90+A90 would eventually get fairly warm as well. Not too hot but, definitely a departure from previous THX amps. Probably due to internal power supply. Maybe more so the D90, as it gets warm even on top of a cooler I use for my current heater of a headphone amp.
It's nothing out of hand for sure. Enjoy your D90 it's a great DAC. I fell back to the RME ADI-2 DAC for the EQ implementation but did enjoy my ownership!Thank you for commenting this. I just bought D90 MQA, and was quite curious on the operating temperature..
Mid gain.Might I ask, to achieve the same volume on the A90, does using "higher gain and lower rotary knob volume" or "lower gain and higher rotary knob volume" give the best sound/ lowest noise? (assuming we don't turn the rotary knob to its extremes at any gain setting). Thanks!
Mid gain.
Low gain.Thanks for your reply. One more question (hope it's not a stupid one), if my headphones are too loud in mid gain using balanced output, is it better switching to low gain or change to single ended (to lower the volume) to keep using mid gain?
Thanks again!
Same here, the only thing keeping me from getting the A90 is the volume control which I really didn't like. Maybe @JohnYang1997 will change that for the A90SE or A100Still holding my breath for a potential A90se with a stepped attenuator to pair with the D90se...
As it stands, the only two headphone amps with stepped attenuators that have low noise output are Benchmark HPA4 and the SMSL SP400...
Sounds like a faulty power supply inside :/Just received my a90 today and as soon as i turn it on the led flashes red and it doesn't produce any sound through any input. Smh
has to be because it does not work at all no matter what i trySounds like a faulty power supply inside :/