Which DAC measurements do you like to see next?

[Kevbaz]

Mark Levinson No 5206
Interested to see how its DAC performs as well as its built in Headphone Amp.
Cheers
Kev

 

[MajorP]

Schiit Modi 3E

 

[zeropoint]

FiiO K9 PRO ESS​

 

[Human Bass]

Schiit Bifrost with the new 64 multibit DAC should be interesting

 

[Veri]

Schiit Bifrost with the new 64 multibit DAC should be interesting

Well you can already see their own measurements right

 

[PatF]

FiiO K9 PRO ESS​

I also would like to see review and measurements of this dac/amp.

 

[Hxx]

FiiO K9 PRO ESS​

I also would like to see review and measurements of this dac/amp.

Ditto although no matter what the measurements say, i still absolutely love my k9 pro (ESS) lol. hopefully it wont measure like crap

 

[Overseas]

No measurements for Audiophonics standalone cheap DACs? Like U-sabre pro dac.

 

[madmalkav]

No measurements for Audiophonics standalone cheap DACs? Like U-sabre pro dac.

I think your nick is also the answer to your question

 

[sprellemannen]

The Violectric DHA V226 headphone amp + DAC, especially interested in the measurements of the headphone amplifier part.

 

[Spitfire93]

Moondrop Down or similar dongles and portable dac/amp combos

 

[recepky]

Schiit Modi 3e

 

[PBN94]

Hi,

S.M.S.L SU-10 please

Thanks

 

[amirm]

Hi,

S.M.S.L SU-10 please

Thanks

This is coming....

 

[oceansize]

FiiO K9 PRO ESS​

This. I'm certainly interested in seeing if the pre-amp section is better implemented than in the K5 pro.

 

[Veri]

This. I'm certainly interested in seeing if the pre-amp section is better implemented than in the K5 pro.

I'd sure hope so, for the price...

 

[Vovgan]

Given the gear tested so far, the only thing I’m interested right now in is the just announced Denon 3800 and their higher AVRs, since they’re touted to have Dirac. Very interested if they have improved their DACs too since they collaborated with @amirm. Hope someone in the US will buy and offer them for testing as soon as they’re available. Thanks!

 

[pavuol]

I can imagine the backlog (of dedicated devices) is very high but it would be nice to see some laptops with integrated audio codecs tested here (dac + HP power test). As I am a long time Lenovo/Thinkpad fan, I've compiled this short list of chips they use. I'd suggest to test some model with Realtek ALC3287, as it is most widely incorporated in recent mainstream/mid models. ALC3306 is another candidate, used in higher end models.
It's been a while we have had some laptop reviewed here (only one until this day I think).

"HD Audio" - Lenovo V14 G1 (IIL+IML),
Realtek ALC1012L - ThinkPad X1 Yoga G4
Realtek ALC3202 - ThinkPad X1 Carbon G1, X230
Realtek ALC3232 - Thinkpad L440/L450/L540/T440/T450/T540/T550 /X1 Carbon G2+G2, X240+X240
Realtek ALC3245 - Thinkpad L460/L560/L570/T460/T560, X260
Realtek ALC3268 - Thinkpad L470/T470/T570/T15g gen1 (discrete GPU), X270
Realtek ALC3286 - ThinkPad X1 Carbon G6+G7, ThinkPad X1 Extreme G1+G3, Thinkpad P1 G1+G3, ThinkPad X13 Yoga G2, X1 Yoga G3
Realtek ALC3287 - Thinkpad L480/L490/L14 G1+G2+G3/L580/L590/L15 G1+G2+G3/T480/T490/T495/T14 G1+G2+G3/T580/T590/T15 G1+G2, X280
- ThinkPad P15v G1+G2
- ThinkPad P17 G1
- ThinkPad X13 G1+G2+G3
- Thinkpad E14/E15 G2
- ThinkPad T16 G1
- Thinkbook 14/15 G1+G2+G3+G4, ThinkBook 16p NX ARH, ThinkBook 14p G2 ACH, ThinkBook 15p IMH (+G2 ITH / AMD),
- ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 3
- V14 G2 (ITL+ALC),
- IdeaPad 5 G6+G7, Gaming 3
- Legion 5 (Ryzen 15"/17" 2020), 5 Pro (2022)
Realtek ALC3306 - Thinkpad T15g G2 (discrete GPU), ThinkBook 16p G2 ACH , ThinkBook Plus G2 ITG +G3 IAP, ThinkPad P17 G2
- ThinkPad P1 G4
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon G9+G10 / ThinkPad X1 Nano G1+G2 / ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4
- ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 6
- ThinkPad X1 Fold Gen 1
- ThinkPad X12 Detachable
- Legion 5 (Ryzen 15" 2022), 5 Pro (Ryzen 2022), Legion 7 (Intel 15"/16" 2020), Legion S7 (Slim 2022)
HD Audio, Conexant® CX11771 codec - ThinkPad X1 Yoga G2
HD Audio, Conexant  CX11852 codec - ThinkPad X1 Carbon G4, ThinkPad X1 Yoga G1
HD Audio, Conexant  CX11871 codec - ThinkPad X1 Carbon G5
HD Audio, Synaptic® CX11880 codec - ThinkPad E14/E15 (G1), ThinkPad X1 Extreme G2, ThinkPad L13 Yoga, Thinkpad P1 G2
HD Audio, USI 4551-513711-00 codec - ThinkPad X1 Carbon G8, ThinkPad X1 Yoga G5

[link to selected pdf datasheets]

 

[Snoopy]

Are there already DACs with the new high-end AKM chips?

 

[Veri]

Are there already DACs with the new high-end AKM chips?

Astell Kern sp3000 link
Shanling H7 link