cans4dessert
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Thanks for that info. Good to know my unit is not defective
I received my Nos 11 with Hdmi and firmware V2. I am burning it but I realize the sound is less warm and sound stage more opens after running 1 hour.
Mine didn't settle sonically down before +/-100 hours or so. You'll still be hearing some changes (thin sound, ...) before it finally settles down.
You got to use balanced output for IEMs, single-ended is noisy for sensitive headphones/IEMs.
You were 100% right. I got a 4-pin XLR to 2.5mm TRRS and plugged in my IEMs and like magic, the noise is gone! Thank you!
-Collin-
Glad to be of service.. enjoy your IEM driven by 16W per channel amplifier
Is the Master 11 DAC inferior to the Master 7?
Okay, so to answer my own question:
1) It seems that the Master 11 comes with 4 PCs top grade R-2R PCM1704UK where as the Master 7 comes with 8 PCs. I'm not sure what difference that makes other than presumably more is better! and
2) The Master 11 uses 8 groups of high-quality class A parallels connection PSU whereas the Master 7 uses 22. So a better power supply?
If you only use i2s (HDMI), you can get the old version or used item. But if you use another SPDIF, you should get the Singularity.If I were to buy a Master 11 now, I'd be hard pressed to not get a Singularity 11, right? I think the upgradability makes it the best. I'm actually thinking about getting the +9dB Gain Option--I have a bunch of modded Fostex headphones which are HUNGRY (91dB sensitivity)! I'm getting excited just dreaming of this!