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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 19:37:48 GMT
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Oh well, I enjoyed your demo of the different options. You have to be pretty dedicated to go to the trouble of spending the dosh on the gear and then doing demos on Youtube and writing your reviews!!
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Post by dalethorn on Jul 18, 2012 1:34:16 GMT
The youtube is one of those things I don't look forward to - on certain subjects I've addressed large crowds and rambled on about this and that, and then when I'm done shut up and get off. But youtube vids are something that just goes into the can so to speak, and then all those bassheads and gamers get on and ask questions and .... so it seems necessary to give a literal view of the items, but if I could do it differently I'd have them interview style like that Kevin Trudeau guy on those infomercials.
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Post by Will on Jul 23, 2012 19:37:51 GMT
Vaguely related (and out of my normal area of 'experience'), but it appears that the Samsung Galaxy S III phone can output digital audio via it's USB. A few more details at this thread www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=103447.0Halfway way down is where it starts proper, with a picture of a Samsung Galaxy S III >> USB DAC/amp iBasso D2 Boa >> Sennheiser HD 518 setup.
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Post by dalethorn on Jul 23, 2012 20:33:35 GMT
That is a lot to digest. Assuming the USB digital works, getting that "big, detailed" sound instead of the "lifeless" sound is really the key, yes? So two questions: Can the Android O/S or hardware provide the better sound, and would different DAC's make a difference in enabling that better sound? Personally, since I think the Audioengine D1 and Headstreamer are as good as the Dragonfly, I would lean toward those instead. They might be as good as the MusicStreamer, don't really know. That thing about analog volume with the DAC that's also a headphone amp might be tricky. Power across the USB could be tricky too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 8:29:40 GMT
Well Dale, you revived my interest in using the USB out from my computer straight into my Aune amp and you are right, the sound becomes less gritty and more 'controlled' sounding.
It's a more coherent sound actually and does make sense for digital files. This new unit from Aune will be interesting since the amp I have from USB does actually sound very good and perhaps if I get to hear the new unit from Mike, I'll compare.
That unit that you have isn't widely available in the UK yet and where I did find it, boy, it was a price for a dongle!!
The separate units at least have their won power supplies and I do wonder about difficult loads on the dongle. ie K601/701 or 702, even Beyer DT990 pro. Good headphones to use but the computer would see them as quite difficult to drive properly.
Have you tried it with more difficult headphones? I wondered whether it would need further external amping or easier to drive headphones?
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Post by dalethorn on Jul 26, 2012 14:03:44 GMT
The dragonfly drives everything I have just fine, even the Shure 1840 which is somewhat inefficient. But the HRT Headstreamer and Audioengine D1 are much cheaper, just about as portable, and sound the same, so I can recommend any of the three. And there are lots more of these devices coming onto market now.
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Post by sumflow on Aug 18, 2012 0:00:32 GMT
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Post by dalethorn on Aug 18, 2012 2:35:18 GMT
There apparently are three volume controls (VC) in circuit? The system VC, the music player VC, and the Dragonfly VC. So how does anyone really know what's going on, considering that both the system VC and music player VC are digital VC's? How would the DAC know whether you adjusted the system VC or the music player VC? Because they do different things? Maybe one of those is purely(?) digital and the other is not? Or the DAC maker assumes the system VC always reduces bits worse than the music player?
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