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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 5, 2011 20:46:04 GMT
It should be some mistake is the user manual ! When you switch to "P-line out" mode, the volume control can be control the output level. If you want to use as a DAC ,you should switch to "LINE out" mode. Sorry for my English ! aune Audio HONG KONG Distributor KITS-A It was my fault all along! When using as a standalone DAC I was plugging the interconnects going to the amp into the "line in" of the DAC instead of the Line out  My eyesight is getting terrible! Yup, all working now after connecting the damned outputs to the LINE OUT instead of the line in.... what a wombat! Optical in from ASUS Xonar DX, line OUT to NAD 315BEE amplifier.... firing on all four cylinders  Line out setting is a fixed output and P-line out is a variable output controlled by the volume control.... yup, got it now! I really like the P-Line feature that will come in VERY handy and I think I will probably use that more often than the fixed level output... more control baby! OK, now I've actually put my glasses on and hooked the thing up correctly I'll be able to listen to it as a standalone DAC as well as a combined DAC / Headamp, The headamp / DAC combo is pretty typical of the AUNE sound signature.... veering toward the warmer side of neutral and this is to be expected given the components that have been utilised.... NE5532 / OPA2134.... it's a very relaxed, warm, easy going listen and certainly not "top end" orientated as some of the Far East gear seems to be (especially headphones)..... It's no dynamic roller coaster ride or a visit to the dentist to get your teeth drilled without anaesthetic but a very nice "tubey" type listen with absolutely NOTHING that offends. A lot of people will absolutely LOVE the head-out and it is, most definitely, a VERY important part of the design brief and NOT just an "add on".... the DAC section + headphone amp EASILY compares with my dedicated Cambridge Audio DAC and X-CAN V2 (for example) there is very little difference (apart from the price, of course) and a lot of clutter is saved with everything in ONE box. I am VERY impressed with the DAC (as a standalone DAC) now I have put my glasses on and connected it up correctly  My little Tannoy Eyris 1 desktop speakers always sounded a bit dry (and, quite frankly, SHITE) with the Cambridge Audio Dac Magic but this little Aune has totally energised them.... a lot more vibrancy, width, depth, height etc..... it's as if the Eyris have developed some "soul"...... I'm getting confused, music this good cannot be possible unless you pay a LOT of money? BULLCRAP!  I would like to send this puppy to a few people for a listen ( before I do my review) as I don't want to come across as "enthusing" and "gushing" (as I have been recently accused of) so will send to a few guys (including Leo) who will take great pleasure in giving a "warts and all" appraisal... To my ears, so far, this is a SERIOUS piece of "kit" and AUNE are a serious, decicated company. Mike. |
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 5, 2011 21:01:32 GMT
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leo
Been here a while! 
Team wtf is it?
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Post by leo on Sept 5, 2011 21:26:13 GMT
Glad its sorted  |
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 5, 2011 22:13:02 GMT
Glad its sorted Would you like a listen man? |
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Post by bar1 on Sept 16, 2011 15:17:15 GMT
How is the sq compared to the old Aune DAC (MK 2) ?
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Post by postkurt on Sept 26, 2011 14:10:52 GMT
Thanks for sharing your impressions. Great job. How is the sq compared to the old Aune DAC (MK 2) ? X2 That would be interesting. Cheers Niels |
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 26, 2011 20:56:43 GMT
I didn't want to say too much before I had lived with the Mini DAC for a while and got fully used to it's sonic character. I prefer it to the original AUNE DAC as it has more "air" and "space" about it. The original AUNE DAC was incredible for the money but I ended up messing about with the opamps to liven it up a bit which would suggest I wasn't happy with the overall character of the sound. The latest Aune Mini DAC has been fantastic in service and I have never, once, been inclined to roll opamps the presentation is balanced, energetic, detailed and veers "slightly" to the warm side of neutral.... I, honestly, cannot complain and have no need (or desire) to fart about with the opamps. So, in answer to your question.... this latest Aune DAC / head amp is (IMO) a far nicer "stock" DAC than the original... the DAC "itself" is more sophisticated and has better clarity than the original Aune.... the headphone amp section is a LOT better, no doubt about that It is "easy" to get an amp to sound chocolaty and warm.... a lot harder to get it to be a simple "what comes through me goes out the other side with gain" type thing.... the Aune Mini adds a LOT less warmth to the proceedings than the original so is pretty much (IMO) good to go without a chip roll. I have tried it as a standalone DAC and compared it to my trusty Cambridge Audio DacMagic and there is very little between them. The DacMagic wins the day as it has a multitude of inputs and outputs but if all you are looking for is a reasonably priced DAC then the AUNE should fit the bill. It MAJORS on being an "amp / DAC" in one..... that is the MAIN reason I would want one.... either USB / optical / coax from your computer and a top quality headphone amp included.... at the price it's a "no brainer" (as the yanks would say) |
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Post by JohnnyBlue on Sept 27, 2011 6:29:38 GMT
Damn! Was hoping it'd just be a fancy new case...
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Post by tvemanden on Sept 29, 2011 13:54:56 GMT
Wuhuu exciting stuff ... Looking forward to hear more about the AUNE X1 (and in another thread, the X2) ... |
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Post by postkurt on Sept 29, 2011 14:32:54 GMT
I didn't want to say too much before I had lived with the Mini DAC for a while and got fully used to it's sonic character. I prefer it to the original AUNE DAC as it has more "air" and "space" about it. The original AUNE DAC was incredible for the money but I ended up messing about with the opamps to liven it up a bit which would suggest I wasn't happy with the overall character of the sound. The latest Aune Mini DAC has been fantastic in service and I have never, once, been inclined to roll opamps the presentation is balanced, energetic, detailed and veers "slightly" to the warm side of neutral.... I, honestly, cannot complain and have no need (or desire) to fart about with the opamps. So, in answer to your question.... this latest Aune DAC / head amp is (IMO) a far nicer "stock" DAC than the original... the DAC "itself" is more sophisticated and has better clarity than the original Aune.... the headphone amp section is a LOT better, no doubt about that It is "easy" to get an amp to sound chocolaty and warm.... a lot harder to get it to be a simple "what comes through me goes out the other side with gain" type thing.... the Aune Mini adds a LOT less warmth to the proceedings than the original so is pretty much (IMO) good to go without a chip roll. I have tried it as a standalone DAC and compared it to my trusty Cambridge Audio DacMagic and there is very little between them. The DacMagic wins the day as it has a multitude of inputs and outputs but if all you are looking for is a reasonably priced DAC then the AUNE should fit the bill. It MAJORS on being an "amp / DAC" in one..... that is the MAIN reason I would want one.... either USB / optical / coax from your computer and a top quality headphone amp included.... at the price it's a "no brainer" (as the yanks would say) Thx. for that. I'm having a chance of listening to the new AUNE (in a couple of days) for a couple of days  , but never heard the old one. That's why i was interested in a comparison. Thx again. |
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Post by studio on Oct 1, 2011 10:54:52 GMT
And what about a comparison between AUNE X1 DAC & Audinst hud-mx1 & Yulong U100? What better?
Thx
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Post by hydron on Oct 11, 2011 1:26:56 GMT
And what about a comparison between AUNE X1 DAC & Audinst hud-mx1 & Yulong U100? What better? Thx + 1 as a headphone dac / amp |
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Post by clausdk on Oct 16, 2011 15:51:54 GMT
Have you got the AUNE back ??
I got me one and have borrowed a custom PSU for it and it really lift this small thing to a whole new level..
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Post by studio on Oct 19, 2011 14:15:50 GMT
Have you got the AUNE back ?? I got me one and have borrowed a custom PSU for it and it really lift this small thing to a whole new level.. And what kind of custom PSU you use? Voltage? |
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Post by tushma on Feb 8, 2012 10:04:35 GMT
Can someone please short compare aune x1 dac with MF V-dac mkii?Thnx in advance!
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Post by cordyceps on Apr 12, 2013 13:57:53 GMT
Arguably a very late reply, but here goes... I opened my unit today out of curiosity, to check if the component in position U10 was sanded out. It wasn't. The U10 component in my Aune is: brrrrrrrrr drum-roll: OPA2134! No surprise there. So I guess my Aune is slightly more neutral sounding than the one featured in this thread. I'm very happy with it anyhow. That's all. thanks.
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Post by sbrn on Jun 6, 2013 20:30:31 GMT
This is a weird introduction, but: You're my only hope (one of two, to be fair, but since you have already taken this thing apart, I thought you might be able to help)! I got a brand new Aune X1 today - worked great - then I decided to take it apart like you did. But unlike you, I am a complete fool, and so, while reassembling, I missed the plastic ring that isolates the heatsink of the U7 amp (next to the DC jack) from the screw that connects to the plate. This immediately fried U7, and R44 next to it also looks like it may have taken a beating, I can't really see the colored rings too well anymore - pic attached. I can easily order a replacement for U7, it's as standard amp available everywhere, but I'm really unsure what kind of value or power rating I need for R44. So: - on your picture, R44 looks like red-red-gold-gold, so 2,2 Ohms, right? Do you have any guess what the power rating might be? 1W? - any ideas what U7 does? Datasheet describes it as a "high power audio amp", but as there's only one of them and it's in the power supply region, could it be a rail splitter? I would be massively grateful if you had any hints for me! |
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Post by 370lbgorilla on Jun 21, 2013 21:12:01 GMT
Hello. First time poster on rockgrotto. I'm thinking of getting the Aune X1 but am a little confused with the following...
In the owner's manual it gives instructions for "Pure Headphone Sound" and from what I can tell it sounds like Aune is telling us you get a more pure headphone amp sound only when using the Line In jacks. Is this correct? Also, it says to use "A" to select input to "Line IN", and "B" to "Phone". But "Phone" doesn't appear to even be one of the output options. The only two output options I can see are "P-Line Out" and "Line Out".
So, I plan on hooking up my DVD player via the optical out to the optical in on the X1 and using it as a headphone amp only for awhile. Is this still going to operate correctly, and if so, will it still sound good, or should I use the Line Outs of my DVD player and be stuck with the player's inferior built-in DACs (Panasonic DVD-S77 or Denon DVD-2910)?
Sorry if my questions were already addressed during this thread, but I read all posts and didn't come across answers to my questions.
Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions that can help me out here.
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Post by outdoorguy on Jan 1, 2014 19:08:51 GMT
Been living with the Aune x1 for a couple months, much better than the tubed Bravo head amp I'd been using. Little difference...no, big difference.
I'd used the iphone playing flac to drive my Grados, (or whatever was laying around),not great but it worked. Started using the iphone line out to Bravo head amp, night and day improvement! Bought a Shiit modi dac, installed Foobar on the pc, asio out, Bravo head amp...wow...again! Soon after, since the Shiit was part of boy's Christmas, we got everything up and running on his laptop. Along comes the Aune x1, another large step in the right direction, maybe not the difference of iphone vs iphone w/real headamp, but non-the-less impressive, better in all reguards than the Bravo.
Thought I was getting a good grip of the Aune's sound and could do a write up, then I went and connected the main speaker based system to the rca outs instead of the headamp out...things changed. Hopefully I'll get some quality alone time with the Aune before long and have a more thorough impression of it's sound.
Hope to have the Shiit Magni head amp in soon to compare the Aune x1 to the full Magni/Modi combo. A comparison of the two seems a must as they are similarly priced with favorable reviews.
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My eyesight is getting terrible!
Line out setting is a fixed output and P-line out is a variable output controlled by the volume control.... yup, got it now! I really like the P-Line feature that will come in VERY handy and I think I will probably use that more often than the fixed level output... more control baby!
My little Tannoy Eyris 1 desktop speakers always sounded a bit dry (and, quite frankly, SHITE) with the Cambridge Audio Dac Magic but this little Aune has totally energised them.... a lot more vibrancy, width, depth, height etc..... it's as if the Eyris have developed some "soul"......
I would like to send this puppy to a few people for a listen (before I do my review) as I don't want to come across as "enthusing" and "gushing" (as I have been recently accused of) so will send to a few guys (including Leo) who will take great pleasure in giving a "warts and all" appraisal...
