[DaYooper]

Well, if you've never broken off a 2.5 balanced plug then you might not see the light.

 

[CharlyBrown]

Right, it adds physical stability. Even a 3.5 plug alone seems a little fragile at times…

 

[Tristy]

So what is the point of these duel plug adapters, vs a simple single male to male cable??

It also uses the ground sleeve of the 3.5mm which the 2.5mm doesn't.

 

[rlw6534]

It also uses the ground sleeve of the 3.5mm which the 2.5mm doesn't.

The ground sleeve is typically not used on headphones, but may come into play when using balanced line-out, depending on hardware.

 

[Vitaly2017]

So what is the point of these duel plug adapters, vs a simple single male to male cable??

In simple words yes its adds a tremendous amount of stability as the needle thin 2.5mm jack is quite a scary thing you will eventually have a risk to bend the small jack if you ever pull to hard on your cable.
So here its very solid and 0 wiggle and very sturdy.

For sound quality it also a factor the EA adapter has superior quality and performance to any currently available adapter.

It sounds very a like, like direct connection. I feel minor changes and sounds as good!
But it does sound better then my DD Hifi adapter.

 

[JasonNYC]

@JasonNYC when is the embedded Tidal App fix coming? Last I heard is was just "May", but when in May??

The end of this week, early next week is the tentative schedule. Should have more concrete dates in the next day or two, once the weekend is over. 10+ players with different firmware that all need to be pushed separately. The next firmware will also include bug fixes that were originally scheduled for May. From what I understand, the firmware is done, just going through internal QA testing.

The sideloaded Tidal Android app, which does full MQA unfolding and offline can be used temporarily until the embedded fix is pushed out.

 

[bluestorm1992]

The three limited-edition PW 4.4 adaptors are now available at @MusicTeck!

https://shop.musicteck.com/products...alanced-female-adapter?variant=39412295270462

 

[Vitaly2017]

The three limited-edition PW 4.4 adaptors are now available at @MusicTeck!

https://shop.musicteck.com/products...alanced-female-adapter?variant=39412295270462

Nice one but EA is better

 

[bluestorm1992]

Nice one but EA is better

Will use PW adaptors with PW cables.

 

[cheznous]

I noticed with some adapter/cables between my AK2000 and the Cayin C9 when playing dsf files no sound is heard. AK to headphones work fine and other adapters to C9 work fine.
Why on earth would this be the case?
Update: I realise now that unplugging the 2.5mm and replugging seems to cure the issue but why is there an issue in the first place and only dsf files?

 

[Vitaly2017]

I noticed with some adapter/cables between my AK2000 and the Cayin C9 when playing dsf files no sound is heard. AK to headphones work fine and other adapters to C9 work fine.
Why on earth would this be the case?
Update: I realise now that unplugging the 2.5mm and replugging seems to cure the issue but why is there an issue in the first place and only dsf files?

Make sure when you hook your aka adapter the balance connection icon shows up. If not unplug reconnect.

I always connect my adapter with my headphone cable inserted into the adapter.

I will test dsd to see what happens. But so far I have not experienced sound loss

 

[cheznous]

Make sure when you hook your aka adapter the balance connection icon shows up. If not unplug reconnect.

I always connect my adapter with my headphone cable inserted into the adapter.

I will test dsd to see what happens. But so far I have not experienced sound loss

Yes the balanced icon shows up. File plays but no music. Then if you unplug and plug back it works. Seems to effect some adapters but not all?
Having searched this thread I see this is a known issue but no explanation as to why.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Yes the balanced icon shows up. File plays but no music. Then if you unplug and plug back it works. Seems to effect some adapters but not all?
Having searched this thread I see this is a known issue but no explanation as to why.

You are the second person I encountered with this same issue, it has to be related to this 3.5mm ground thing most likely.

I have a brand new ea aka adapter will see if it affects me

 

[DaYooper]

it has to be related to this 3.5mm ground thing most likely

most UNlikely

 

[Tristy]

Yes the balanced icon shows up. File plays but no music. Then if you unplug and plug back it works. Seems to effect some adapters but not all?
Having searched this thread I see this is a known issue but no explanation as to why.

I also have the same issue with the SE200. I use the standard pw audio adapter (2.5 and 3.5 to 4.4)