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7/4/10 at 8:39pm

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post #17 of 612
7/4/10 at 9:49pm

Very interesting. I hope that they put flush jacks on the amp that will accept the Viablue 3.5mm connector. (MrProggie, since it accepts single ended in, there should not be an issue using with iPods.)

 

The balanced HP connector looks good.


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post #18 of 612
7/4/10 at 10:01pm
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It looks like release will be around the 8th of July. 

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post #19 of 612
7/5/10 at 9:34am
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The D4 is a DAC & amp combo in one unit. These two are separate units, an amp and a DAC.


Ohhh, so will each part be $229? That makes it more in line with the RSA Protector price, which would make sense...ah well, I suppose I'm back to looking for the D4...

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post #20 of 612
7/5/10 at 9:41am
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Ohhh, so will each part be $229? That makes it more in line with the RSA Protector price, which would make sense...ah well, I suppose I'm back to looking for the D4...


Not sure if $229 is each. The Protector is also just an amp and costs much more and it doesn't have a balance input.

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post #21 of 612
7/5/10 at 9:46am

Jam, is the amp opamp rollable?

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7/5/10 at 9:53am

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post #23 of 612
7/5/10 at 10:06am
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No rollable op amps but very fine tuned, from what I understand. 

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post #24 of 612
7/5/10 at 10:19am
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Not sure if $229 is each. The Protector is also just an amp and costs much more and it doesn't have a balance input.


Good call, it's just an amp with balanced output...I guess there's no harm in seeing what the price will be in total...

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post #25 of 612
7/5/10 at 11:00am
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Very interesting. I hope that they put flush jacks on the amp that will accept the Viablue 3.5mm connector. (MrProggie, since it accepts single ended in, there should not be an issue using with iPods.)

 

The balanced HP connector looks good.


That's the lazy way. If it's possible to convert the line out signal to balanced and get a better sound it might be worth it.

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post #26 of 612
7/5/10 at 11:11am

It's lazy to use the built in inverter from single ended to balanced so instead you want to add an extra external splitter and inverter to go from single ended to balanced? I would think that this extra link in the chain is unlikely to provide material SQ improvements.


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7/5/10 at 11:34am
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It's lazy to use the built in inverter from single ended to balanced so instead you want to add an extra external splitter and inverter to go from single ended to balanced? I would think that this extra link in the chain is unlikely to provide material SQ improvements.


Perhaps, but I am sure someone will give it a try. DAPs with built in balanced out is probably still years away.

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post #28 of 612
7/5/10 at 4:08pm
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Perhaps, but I am sure someone will give it a try. DAPs with built in balanced out is probably still years away.


Build it and they'll come. Much sooner than you may think, especially around these parts.

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post #29 of 612
7/5/10 at 4:23pm
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Hard to say. I am not sure how demand there really is. The price would be high unless there was a real demand and that I am not so sure of in this niche market. I like my iRiver with the optical out with lossless or WAV to a balanced dac to a balanced amp. Or even a good balanced amp, as I have done this with my home system where I could have all balanced from source on and I found my balanced pre and amp did an excellent job. 

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post #30 of 612
7/5/10 at 4:52pm

Making a DAP with balanced out sounds like a job for HIFIMAN. If there are any audiophile manufacturers capable of doing this it must be them.

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