raif71
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Hi all.
Look what just arrived last week. Following in the footsteps of @Pdxwayne , I will do an A/B comparison of two DACs ie the SMSL m400 (akm 4499) and Topping D10s (ess 9038). The amplifier that I will use is the SMSL sp400. Headphones will be Sennheiser hd600, hd800 and Hifiman Sundara.
The A/B switch has the following configuration:
The in/out jacks are 3.5mm female connection so, I’ll be using SE connections for the DACs and amp.
Basically I will route the gears as below:
I will control music files that are being played using my Hiby R5 Player to the D10s. I will then use the optical out of D10s to connect to the other DAC (smsl m400). Both of these DACs are then connected via their rca out to the 3.5mm input of the switch. Lastly the output of the switch will then connect to amp using also a 3.5mm to rca in of the amp.
I will attempt to do sighted tests first as I will need my children’s help to push the button between A or B for blind testing. Need to explain to them on how to go about doing this. This is just an explanation on what I’m going to do. Doing it and when is another matter lol. Feel free to comment. Thanks.
Edit: This is my 1st thread that I started after more than a year in ASR haha