I would like to hear from anyone who's heard both of these mini DACs. I love the D3 but issues are slowly developing and I need a widely available replacement as the D3 has been EOL for a long time. The D3 has an AK4396 and the DAC3 has an ESS ES9281A Pro. There are different DACs from...

I am using a USB DAC with the auxilliary 3.5mm input in my car. I assume this is line level which means high input impedance and a dedicated amplifier (but maybe not?). If I can get a high enough output voltage from the DAC to have enough volume with my car volume at less than 50%, will the DAC...

I have found that the Eagle is my favorite DAC for powering my car speakers from a laptop which I use for Equalizer APO as my car really needs an EQ. I used to just use the built in output jack but was unhappy with it being so loose and then found it didn't sound ideal. I tested all of my mini...

I have a good set of bookshelf speakers but unfortunately even with its 2-band EQ, I can't get quite the EQ I want. The bass knob lowers upper bass too much while I need to mainly lower low to mid bass. So I thought if I could get a low latency SPIDIF In/out EQ device that could work. It needs...

What is it with aluminum-cased chinese DACs losing channels? The exact same thing happened to my SMSL Idea five years ago. Just bad engineering by these random companies, I suppose that's where the savings comes from. The HiBy FC3 is in fact a great DAC as long as it works, and mine is still...

I'm quite convinced now that THD+N and resonance control is a huge contributor to a headphones sound. Headphones with high THD, no matter how well EQd, will just sound bad. The Moondrop Chus sound AMAZING EQd and I'm sure the low THD (sub .1% for most of the mid range which is crucial)...

The dynamic driver is part of it but I would still say my ER4SR's sound more like speakers than 90% of the dynamic earphones and headphones I own, mainly because most headphones are badly tuned (or my personal HRTF isn't compatible with most headphones). The RE400s have a slightly echo-y...

I do wonder if the RE400s sound so good because their mid-range peak frequency of 2KHz accounts for the possible bias introduced by the Yamaha NS10's 1.5KHz peak. Not that most producers use the NS10 as their primary monitor these days, but that afaik most producers at least have it for a...

I use include file in EqualizerAPO. I just use the multichannel.txt they already provide but modify it to only affect the channel and dB level I want.

Preferably something like the Etymotic 75ohm adapter, but one in 2ohm and one in 10ohm. Edit: I actually already own a volume adapter that works: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=earphone+in+line+volume+control+cable+male+to+f+3.5mm+stereo+audio+adaptor&_sacat=0...

I tried the EarMen Eagle with my HiFiMan RE400s and compared it with my Audioengine D3. Both sound great but I'm quite sure now that the D3 sounds more forward in the treble than most DACs because of the 10ohm output impedance. Every time I try a new DAC, it's always the D3 that is brighter and...

I got the FC3 and when it connects it cycles through the three LED colors then turns off. Happens on multiple cables, both computers and my phone. Installed driver on one of the computers, still isn't recognized. I will definitely come back and edit in my thoughts on the FC3 assuming the...

The RE400 is the only pair of headphones I own that I do not need to EQ. What a legend.

I found a video with a recording of the idle click sound: So it isn't annoyingly loud like it can be on the worst offenders. I am still surprised it can trigger between tracks depending on the application being used, just bad design.

At what headphone sensitivity (or impedance) is the out of idle sound audible, and does it ever become intrusive? Is there always a startup delay along with the sound or can one happen without the other depending on certain conditions?

So they can't even add a proper time out limit for the power saving? What is it with badly designed chinese DACs. Always like they have no idea what they're doing and entirely rely on the Sabre chips they use with no engineering of their own. Just take a Sabre and put it in a hunk of aluminum...

But even in the split second between tracks? Like on spotify?

I have read some people having their FC3 go into idle mode and cause a delay even between tracks on Windows. Is that really a thing or a rare issue? If so that is extremely annoying and nonsensical.

I appreciate it! Heads up on my EQs is I can get carried away with the upper treble (8-15KHz) when tuning. It usually goes like: oh this sounds clearer so keep going, but then later I realize I've made the treble too fatiguing. So I recommend to anyone pulling from this thread, that you may need...

I had only disabled Realtek in device manager. But after you mentioned it I went to disable Realtek in BIOS, and the audio glitch didn't happen with the HT Omega driver installed, but then I re-enabled Realtek in both BIOS and device manager and it still wasn't happening even though it was...

**EDIT**: The solution that worked for me was to uninstall the HT OMEGA driver in Device Manager after the Win 10 driver package has already been installed. Then the generic driver for "High Definition Audio Device" from May 2020 takes over, and functionality still works. Since this does appear...

I have an interest in getting this perfect because I do enjoy the sound from these when EQ'd. My starting EQ sounded good but what it evolved into sounds loads better but I feel like I might be missing something. Here is that EQ from Equalizer APO: I know I neglected refinement in the bass...

The imaging and soundstage on these are really impressive with an EQ for the price. Stock sound is still decent but V-shaped, but with the EQ these are a great BA + Dynamic combo you can get for so cheap. I would be ok forgoing my Etymotic ER4PTs for these if I had to, and hell it's a good long...

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Update 1/26/2021: It was a ride with these earphones but now I've gotta call it quits. The rubber quality on these is atrocious, falling apart pretty much everywhere now as a result of being used in bed. I tried to patch these areas up but new breaks form and now the wiring has frayed at certain...