ok, so I have a lot of audio equipment on test right now
the aune t1 was purchased to hopefully be the one that stays
inital impressions are that the silver is very beautiful
sound- I think the DAC part is incredible, as much detail as the audioengine d1 but far more musical, I like it a lot
the amp section is lacking though, it's thin, weak and just doesn't give bass in the k701's
going line out from the aune t1, to the fiio e12 with bass boost is so much better
the music I like is quite bass heavy though
it sounds great, I think it has great synergy with the k701 (admittedly I don't know what i'm talking about though)
couple of things I noticed:
1) the volume knob doesn't do anything in line out, this is actually quite annoying as the audioengine d1 did attenuate the signal over line output, meaning I have to change volume on the fiio e12
2) the blue led is a bit annoying, I have heard of people changing it to orange, which would be nicer- I want the tubes looking like this http://www.head-fi.org/t/290757/night-time-shots-of-our-tubes-glowing-post-them-here/90
3) it really sounds only about 5% (if that) better than just going straight from the super cheap asus u3 gaming usb sound card- £130 for a 5% gain seems like the worst return on investment of all time
4) not sure if it's in my head but listening to this as a DAC sending audio to the e12 constantly makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up- even if it is in my head, that's £130 well spent
I'd like something that sounded identical, but had spdif input, a working volume know, and maybe 2 line outputs so I could send audio to my e12 and another amp for speakers
I had planned to get the woo wa7, but I can't imagine it sounding better than this, and it still doesn't solve my problems
just a quick question- should I leave it on, or turn it off? say i'm listening to it and then I go out to the shop for 30 minutes should I turn it off or leave it on, is there a warm up time ?