I'm trying to find a small headphone amp, that has to drive Chi Fi IEMs atm like the KZ ZS10 Pro or the BGVP DM6 I both own. It doens't have to be battery drivable, I'd just want it to do proper USB DACcing to Windows 10 PCs with no hiss if possible. I'm not sure if 24bits/96kHz or so are needed .. but I guess it's aplus when I can tell myself my FLACs now sound magical.
I tried a StarTech ICUSBAUDIO2D unit, which contains some CM chip I think ... It doesn't sound bad at all for such a silly small unit But I have hiss when nothing plays and the volume is totally down on the unit. Is this coming from USB? I now have it directly in a USB2 port of the desktop PC, with a USB extension in between of maybe 1.5m .. passive. I noticed it gets crazy if I put it into a USB3 hub .. tons of noises. The slight hiss is not that important but maybe there's something somewhat better at the pricerange? I'm a big fan of cheap & good and do not like overpriced things. So I thought ASR is the right forum to ask this
I tried a StarTech ICUSBAUDIO2D unit, which contains some CM chip I think ... It doesn't sound bad at all for such a silly small unit But I have hiss when nothing plays and the volume is totally down on the unit. Is this coming from USB? I now have it directly in a USB2 port of the desktop PC, with a USB extension in between of maybe 1.5m .. passive. I noticed it gets crazy if I put it into a USB3 hub .. tons of noises. The slight hiss is not that important but maybe there's something somewhat better at the pricerange? I'm a big fan of cheap & good and do not like overpriced things. So I thought ASR is the right forum to ask this
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