I assume we are totally stuck now with USB DAC? I need a WMC-NWH10 to connect an external DAC (in the car) but it seems Sony don't sell this part anymore and onyl options are $$$ on eBay from Japan which I am not going to pay 50% of the player price for the cable - makes more sense to buy a new...

WM-MW1A seems to be out of stock in a lot of places? (Here in uk). If they are releasing hardware, it's not filed with FCC yet: https://fccid.io/AK8

I guess there we will find out tomorrow...

The site seems to be to “celebrate Walkman” - hopefully some actual product and not just a marketing idea!

You would only use the play through Android option if you don't have a DAC connected.

See my post above on Samsung's broken implementation - reading the UAPP page it affects other samsung devices not just the S5

Does anyone know what's going on with the Galaxy S5?   When Android 5 was released my ODAC was working native in all apps, which was fantastic. I stopped using the ODAC mobile (well transported to the office) for quite a few months during which there were a couple of OTA Android updates which...

Ok so probably as designed, if I turn it one way it's louder, the other quieter, does what I need so far ;) Will trawl RS and farnell at some point and see what local options are.

Finally got my o2 together this afternoon, sounding good! Zorrofox does your volume knob sit flush with the panel? I fitted the retaining nut which looks like it should sit under the vol knob but it's proud just wondering what a pre-built looks like (as there from the same place)

  +1 on DIY :D   Or buy a spare from head'n'hifi I think they sell them seperate.     You can use any jack with o2 if you mount it on the panel not the board, any board mounted jack would need compatible leg arrangements however. I also think you need an isolated jack otherwise if its...

Whilst I was paying the shipping I got a second PCB in case I want to build a second o2 later (in a B3-80 with the ODAC as batteries), agree very high quality as far as I can tell.   I like what you did with the separate ODAC, also what I am planning, what LED did you use in the ODAC the same...

  I had a go at the mouser import but the head'n'hifi kit was better value - also bear in mind Stefan uses the better B2-080 cases with the countersunk bolts rather than the self tappers that stand proud to the panel. Can't fault the kit, has everything needed including PSU with right country...

  According to manual my wife's car is good for about 130MPH and my car 150MPH, this makes my car the "better" car, as it measures with higher performance.   The performance of either in the real world is limited to the traffic flow on the local motorway (freeway) of about 70MPH, so using the...

The head'n'hifi kit comes with all the values and the SIP sockets, decided against the sockets and just soldered in the 3x and left out the others for 1x for now.    Nice neat job by the way :D

  So I have low=1x, high=3x, I am using Sennheiser Momentums which on paper are super-easy to drive. The 1x is for the Momentums and the odac as the source, the 3x was just some future proofing and for using 0.5v LOD from an iPod etc.   I don't anticipate using 3x really, it was just a...

  I can't say I have heard both, but if it helps the ODAC designer wrote on his blog in the comments for the post "odac-may-update":   HTH

Well I got all the parts sorted and resistors on last night, took a while to get going with decent flow through to other side as my soldering is a bit rusty! Glad I bought a decent temp controlled iron in a sale recently with a small tip as the pads for the 1/8w resistors are quite small...

Thanks for tip!   I had to order some thinner solder earlier (I mainly solder connectors usually, decided to get something a bit more delicate and easier to control for the o2/odac) so I already picked out a 3mm in red with integral resistor rated 8mcd a max If 10mA.   I will test it on 5v...

  Thanks for correction - too much late night reading and mixed issues there then.   Considering adding LED to my odac (going in separate B2-080), seen diagrams to use the second signal ground and the pad near the coil - assuming the 10mA or so from the USB 5v rail is inconsequential to the...

Just came back from lunch and building security had my package from Stefan!    Read the o2 ODA thread - interesting. Did you mean to include a link to your separate build thread Xenophone?

Do you have link to thread? (PM if not allowed on forum?) will be starting mine soon...   Its not just a portable battery power device, its the o2 running on battery as well, my understanding from the designers site is that 6.5x is there for low voltage inputs when running on battery (EDIT...

  You have a free Amazon prime trial?    Actually just wanted to post to share my good news: Quote Deutsche Post AG: Which even with my rudimentary understanding of German means my o2 kit and odac are in Frankfurt on their way to the UK    Great service from Stefan at Head'n'HiFi...

  I think £150 is pushing it, but there are deals to be had ;-)   I just bought some in Brown about 10 days ago for €213 from Amazon.de, that's £175 of her majesty's british pounds, so not that far out of your budget, and slightly cheaper than the £260 Amazon UK wanted! I see the price is now...

I personally consider it a bit of a"seat belt". If you don't have an issue, it's redundant, if you do have an issue it's going to save you. (Being careful here as I am new!) If you read some odac articles on "the internet", you can see someone once wrote: I have no opinion either way, just...

Some DAC's rely on he timing from the USB port, and if it's oscillator is prone to wander it could affect your DaC timing. Perhaps that what is meant by bad port as different implementations may or may not have accurate timings on the USB? No such problem with odac as it has it's own internal...