[Rogyupii]

I was wondering if I connect a dac amp like dethonray honey to my Shanling M3x dap, which chip is my headphone using?The akm chip from the dethonray or the ESS chip from Shanling?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

If the only input on the Dethonray is USB digital then the Shanling M3X will send a digital signal output that will then go into the Dethonray USB-C digital input and will be decoded by the Dethonray's DAC before getting passed into the Dethonray's preamp and finally the Dethonray's amplifier output stage.

 

[Rogyupii]

Oh, so it's not really a question of which chip is used because the signal gets processed by the m3x then passed onto the dethonray, therefore both devices' chips contribute to the final sound.Did I understand that correctly?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

Oh, so it's not really a question of which chip is used because the signal gets processed by the m3x then passed onto the dethonray, therefore both devices' chips contribute to the final sound.

I specifically said and detailed a process that is the exact opposite of that. Lemme try again.

There is a DAC chip in both the Shanling M3X and the Dethonray. A DAC is a Digital to Analogue Converter.

The only input to feed a signal into the Dethonray is a digital USB input. Therefore, anything feeding it a signal has to send a digital output.

Therefore the Shanling has to output a digital signal so the Dethonray can receive a digital signal input. If the Shanling DACs the audio then you've already converted the signal from digital into analogue (ie, DAC in bold letters), and can't go into the Dethonray to begin with. In short: only the Dethonray's DAC matters, unless the Shanling uses an integrated DSP-DAC chip in which case if you use EQ etc then the DSP section still works. If it's not a DSP-DAC chip (like on some car processors and older receivers) but you still run DSP then the DSP is fully software running off the CPU of the DAP.

 

[Rogyupii]

I specifically said and a process that is the exact opposite of that. Lemme try again.

There is a DAC chip in both the Shanling M3X and the Dethonray. A DAC is a Digital to Analogue Converter.

The only input to feed a signal into the Dethonray is a digital USB input. Therefore, anything feeding it a signal has to send a digital output.

Therefore the Shanling has to output a digital signal so the Dethonray can receive a digital signal input. If the Shanling DACs the audio then you've already converted the signal from digital into analogue (ie, DAC in bold letters), and can't go into the Dethonray to begin with. In short: only the Dethonray's DAC matters, unless the Shanling uses an integrated DSP-DAC chip in which case if you use EQ etc then the DSP section still works. If it's not a DSP-DAC chip (like on some car processors and older receivers) but you still run DSP then the DSP is fully software running off the CPU of the DAP

 

[Rogyupii]

Thank you for clarifying dude, huge help.FIst bump*