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qsk78 · Mar 12, 2017 at 12:13 AM

Very strange to hear about the sound difference since they should have identical hardware inside...Although the software may impact but not dramatically I believe.

To my knowledge Dp-X1 and 300 R sound very similar.

Steve80 · Mar 12, 2017 at 3:32 AM

qsk78 said:
Very strange to hear about the sound difference since they should have identical hardware inside...Although the software may impact but not dramatically I believe.

To my knowledge Dp-X1 and 300 R sound very similar.

Exactly.

lostman · Mar 12, 2017 at 11:54 AM

No Apt-X? Sad!

I'd like to stream Apt-X to my speakers :frowning2:

nanaholic · Mar 12, 2017 at 11:57 AM

qsk78 said:
Very strange to hear about the sound difference since they should have identical hardware inside...Although the software may impact but not dramatically I believe.

To my knowledge Dp-X1 and 300 R sound very similar.

Very easy to tweak sound based on software actually, much easier and noticeable than hardware to be honest. Default some filters and DSP effects in the software and viola!

audionewbi · Mar 17, 2017 at 5:46 PM

The only reason why I kept my DP-X1 was mostly for MQA on the go. As is I like how MQA sounds and I love to have a portable device that can deal with such files. I can't find any source on whether DP-S1 can handle MQA in future. Does anyone know?

One early adapter who I do not know personally sonically things DP-S1 is more mature than DP-X1 but UI is truly lacking on the former.
Edit: MQA will be enabled in the future.

qsk78 · Mar 18, 2017 at 12:23 AM

Well, I can even sacrifice Tidal in case it has otg usb data transfer ability. Any confirmation so far?

Tokyoghoul · Mar 18, 2017 at 3:44 AM

qsk78 said:
Well, I can even sacrifice Tidal in case it has otg usb data transfer ability. Any confirmation so far?

It is not featured yet but they have confirmed that it will support it in the future.

Luge · Mar 18, 2017 at 7:14 AM

tokyoghoul said:
It is not featured yet but they have confirmed that it will support it in the future.

Hi, a noob question here: Does this feature (OTG USB data transfer) allow the DP-S1 to be used as USB DAC for phone (i.e. it will be possible to stream Tidal to the rubato through USB)? Thanks.

audionewbi · Mar 18, 2017 at 8:04 AM

luge said:
Hi, a noob question here: Does this feature (OTG USB data transfer) allow the DP-S1 to be used as USB DAC for phone (i.e. it will be possible to stream Tidal to the rubato through USB)? Thanks.

It means it will output digital signal to other DAC, not input it and decode it. So to answer your question, no.

qsk78 · Mar 18, 2017 at 8:12 AM

audionewbi said:
It means it will output digital signal to other DAC, not input it and decode it. So to answer your question, no.

Exaсtly. Today I use the XDP-300R for that but it is too bulky as a transport)

Luge · Mar 18, 2017 at 8:49 AM

audionewbi said:
It means it will output digital signal to other DAC, not input it and decode it. So to answer your question, no.

Thank you very much.

audionewbi · Mar 18, 2017 at 5:21 PM

qsk78 said:
Exaсtly. Today I use the XDP-300R for that but it is too bulky as a transport)

I am slowly moving away from DAC/AMP. We have enough resources now days to make a decent sounding DAP.

NotKunvinced · Mar 18, 2017 at 6:09 PM

audionewbi said:
I am slowly moving away from DAC/AMP. We have enough resources now days to make a decent sounding DAP.

I agree but can you name some that don't cost an absolute fortune?

audionewbi · Mar 18, 2017 at 6:54 PM

notkunvinced said:
I agree but can you name some that don't cost an absolute fortune?

dps1 is a good start.

NotKunvinced · Mar 18, 2017 at 7:08 PM

audionewbi said:
dps1 is a good start.

Have you heard them? Is the Pioneer version (xdp-30r?) worthwhile as a 'one box' solution?

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