Sony S Master amp in X Series

Maybe, it's highs are not very detailed as some other DAPs but mids, lows, soundstage, instrument separation, placements are good.

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Originally Posted by LugBug1 

Correct me if I'm wrong.. but if the Sony dap has a digital amp and therefore keeps the signal digital... then you are not losing any information through the process of digital to analogue converstion?

 

help me so I can sleep tonight thanks.   

As I said in another thread, I dont care how they made the milkshake as long as it tastes good, and the X tastes better than any other DAP I have owned. I love the SQ of my 6G Nano - it has more clarity, better SnR and THD figures than the X, but nothing beats the amp in the X for its ability to drive headphones straight from the headphone out. Nothing.

I would spend less time lying awake at night and more time getting out and auditioning as many DAPs as you can. If that isnt viable, order the Clip+ and be happy.

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Originally Posted by DjAmTraX 

I understand that it can output digital, unlike an iPod.

Really? How do you get a digital signal from a Sony X Player?

With a pair of tweezers, two ferrets and a gas-axe.

They only say "digital amp" because it's a fast-switching IC - in other words, a full-range Class D / Class T. Back when D's first came out they had a sharp roll off at about 250hz, so they were relegated mostly for subwoofers in HT and mono amps for cars; at that point some people started calling them "Digital." I'd have to make a guess that 3 out of 5 mag/online articles (not consumer feedback reviews) on the Sonic Impact T-Amp has, after teh intro, an explanation about calling it "digital" is wrong because it never has anything to do with a digital audio signal. Most portable players are Class B, save for the good ones that I think run in Class A/B. The tiny Cube/Hippo/NaNite are advertised as Class A but I suppose it's still A/B biased into A, given the battery size and batt life. A lot of Class A/B speaker amps can be biased to A, too, and some Marantz have an override so it doesn't switch over into Class B after 10:00 on the volume dial.

Actually I think a lot of integrated DAC+headphone drivers (digitally controlled output) have Class D topologies now, except of course there is such a thing as a bad full-range Class D just as there were full range Class A/B's. Least you'd hear are absolutely bad Class A's, but you're more likely to hear about one that has a heat problem or doesn't have enough power. It wasn't much of an option for battery audio though for obvious reasons.