[Andykong]

I was hinting at a transportable device (Hip-DAC, Mojo... size) and not a dongle. As a dongle, RU6 is already on a slightly larger size and adding a battery to increase the size and weight would be bad. A separate product that sits between RU6 and N6ii + R01, My LG G8x battery level went from 95% to 23% when connected to RU6 (~5 Hours) and having a DAC with it's own battery would mean longer battery for my phone, not to mention more power to drive Headphones better.


Even if such a device costs 2x the price of R01, it's still better than getting N6ii + R01 right? especially for those not looking for a large DAP. I don't know how the pricing is in other places but here N6ii is ~1,500 USD and importing R01 would be ~550 USD excluding customs. So, a portable DAC 2x the price of R01 would be ~1,100 USD vs ~2,000 USD for N6ii + R01.


As a company, definitely understandable.

Let stay with SRP as that will make life easier for me, if I discuss discounted price publicly, I'll be disliked by my dealers.

R01 is $619, if we works on someohting 2x R01, that will be $1249.

I have seen someone done this before, actually quite a few have done this:
N6ii+T01 is $1199, N6ii+T01+R01 = $1818, sell T01 to recover some cost, say $250, the final price is $15xx.

In fact, that's why 600 units of N6ii-Ti sold out quicly, at $1899, the premium are a lot less than other Titanium DAP options.

 

[PA3BPAT]

I believe all R-2R DACs inherently need PCM, whereas sigma-delta DACs inherently need DSD.

That would be a simplification. Passive (DACless, chipless) DSD decoding is possible and there were some schematics of that. Looks for example for Lampizator DSD DAC (I believe it is discontinued now, but you can easily dig some info).

 

[Currawong]

My review is up (finally!)

 

[ducnsh]

Hi guys, I am newbie here, is there any difference among iPhone models on lightning current output to RU6? Thanks!

 

[oldkid]

My review is up (finally!)

Good review with no measurements at all, just comparisons and listening impressions.
And I learned about even order harmonic distortions. I'll look into it as I'm a fan of both R2R and tube sound

 

[yaps66]

My review is up (finally!)

Great review! Love how you contrasted it with the L&P W2 in terms of features (or the lack of it) and how the RU6 was just musical! The RU6 is just different and an outlier in the dongle dac space and such a pleasure (almost guilty) to listen to!!

 

[kadinh]

Hi guys, I am newbie here, is there any difference among iPhone models on lightning current output to RU6? Thanks!

all models with lightning ports should be the same

 

[kadinh]

My review is up (finally!)

thank you for your review. did you find that the SE output sounded better since the 4.4mm goes through an OP?

 

[rarewolf]

Hi guys, I am newbie here, is there any difference among iPhone models on lightning current output to RU6? Thanks!

Despite possible difference between models, not all compatible OTG cables are the same with regard to what you can get from the lightning ports. Someone had reported here on the Hifigo and OEAUDIO OTG cables upping the output voltage to 5V, and someone else had reported having measured the output volts for manufacturers’ (e.g., L&P, Cayin) OTG cables also upping it to 5V. I'm sorry I don’t have the references, but you should be able to search the Hifigo and OEAUDIO stores.

 

[Currawong]

thank you for your review. did you find that the SE output sounded better since the 4.4mm goes through an OP?

Ahh, that was in a different take that I shot before: The SE output seems to have less bass with some IEMs. But I didn’t notice any other significant sound difference Between them. Likewise, external upsampling didn’t seem to help anything either, so it didn’t get mentioned.

 

[adriansticoid]

Got my RU6 a few days ago. Is it normal that there is a bit of a static noise on the left side when a new song starts? I'm using Hiby.

 

[yaps66]

Got my RU6 a few days ago. Is it normal that there is a bit of a static noise on the left side when a new song starts? I'm using Hiby.

I do not have this experience.

 

[alota]

I will try this cable

 

[TYATYA]

Got my RU6 a few days ago. Is it normal that there is a bit of a static noise on the left side when a new song starts? I'm using Hiby.

Static noise or EMI?
You are 1st member report that if I remember correctly

 

[adriansticoid]

Static noise or EMI?
You are 1st member report that if I remember correctly

Not sure if it's EMI because I put my phone in airplane mode and that noise was still there.