[ak622]

Well I stumbled upon this while looking at the Blue Circle website. This is a USB DAC or SPDIF connector. It is called the USB Thingee. Does anyone have one or have any thoughts on it? It can be a good solution for people with limited space or laptop or something.. Below is a link to more information...

http://www.bluecircle.com/index.php?page_id=7196

 

[NotoriousBIG_PJ]

There are some comments on it in the Blue Circle forumns.

Biggie.

 

[Headdie]

Just want to wake up this thread, because I've seen rave reviews from UHF and Goodsound about this black pipe... But nothing about the headphone jack/amp... Anybody knows if it would fit well enough with Shure earphones and Denon D2000? I assume that it wouldn't be enough to power up higher impedence headphones...

 

[psc001]

Could we get some of the links to the reviews ???

 

[Headdie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by psc001 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Could we get some of the links to the reviews ???

Yep !

Contents, UHF 82
Welcome to GoodSound!

 

[gyrodec]

I know its not the most important thing, or even in the top 3, but, wow, that has to be the ugliest product I have ever seen. You really have to try very hard to make something that hideous.

 

[psc001]

Has anybody here used or heard this thing? It sure looks ugly but the review says that it sounds better than Monica Dac, which is very good Dac. I wonder if it's worth the price of admission...

 

[Headdie]

Here's an answer from Gilbert Yeung, designer of the Thingee.

Q. How good is the Thingee as an headphone amplifier? Would it be enough to drive a Denon D2000 at 25 ohms?

A. I have use anything headphone from AKG K240 55ohm, K701 55ohm, to Staton DJ2000 65 ohm, Senn 650 300ohm to some ear plugs type headphone that are about 20 ohms with not issue at all. In fact, those ear plug headphone or some of the higher output headphone can be driven to very loud level. The headphone amp sounded as good as the line level output because they actually share the same circuit. I think your D2000 headphone should work well with the USB Thingee.

 

[22906]

Wow, competes with anything under $2000? Does anyone have one of these can please comment?

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

Quote:

that has to be the ugliest product I have ever seen. You really have to try very hard to make something that hideous.

x2

But hey if it sounds as good as the reviews say, maybe I should get one and check it out.

 

[agile_one]

I have one, and love it. Have used to drive headphones directly (SR 60 and HD 650), and have sent coax digital to dac. It's the best moderately priced usb audio I've experienced. Absolutely zero clicks, pops, dropouts or artifacts of any kind. I use with foobar 2k and flac source files.

Highly recommended.

btw, I love the looks - it's actually even fuglier in person.

Some may have seen mine at CanJam '08.

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

Where did you buy it?

 

[warpdriver]

So if you have one of these things connected to power amp or headphones, how do you control the volume? Through software?

 

[22906]

bump

 

[BIG POPPA]

Man, a new toy to buy