[TYATYA]

Andy's gonna kill us by comming RU7 - Dsd
I saw a pic posted somewhere

 

[TYATYA]

Hi, I wanted to ask the more experienced (it would be perfect if Andykong answered me) if I could connect the RU6 via the 3.5mm to my ifi micro iCAN SE amplifier to be able to listen to it with the HD800S or risk something because of the low output impedance from RU6. Thank you.

P.S. Listening to the RU6 through the HD6XX Massdrop is just wonderful.

Seek for input impedance of your ifi and if, not lower than 10 Ohm then you safe 101% to use!

 

[Brain Damage]

Hi, I wanted to ask the more experienced (it would be perfect if Andykong answered me) if I could connect the RU6 via the 3.5mm to my ifi micro iCAN SE amplifier to be able to listen to it with the HD800S or risk something because of the low output impedance from RU6. Thank you.

P.S. Listening to the RU6 through the HD6XX Massdrop is just wonderful.

I have posted earlier in this thread about this as I own the ifi ZenCAN and have paired with the RU6. It works really well. I initially used the SE output of the RU6, but after experimentation with my Beyers (250Ω), OS mode and balanced 4.4 output of the RU6 to the Zen can provides a better listening experience. Set the volume of the RU6 to 72, 74, 76 and there is no hissing or issues with interference. I imagine the XCAN shouldn't be any different

 

[Polky74]

Seek for input impedance of your ifi and if, not lower than 10 Ohm then you safe 101% to use!

I can't find anywhere the minimum input impedance of my ifi micro ican se... and I can't even find a way to contact ifi because it's a too old model that no longer exists on their site...

 

[Polky74]

RU6+Mest MKII = butter and jam

 

[ClieOS]

I can't find anywhere the minimum input impedance of my ifi micro ican se... and I can't even find a way to contact ifi because it's a too old model that no longer exists on their site...

Generally input impedance for most amp goes from a few hundred ohm to about a thousand or so. I won't be too worry.

 

[Polky74]

@Andykong, but also to anyone who wants to answer me, I connected the RU6 (volume 76 SE) to the ifi micro iCAN SE and everything went smoothly, but I have one last question, it would be better to set the Cayin in high gain or better in low gain? Thank you.

 

[Haden2866]

@Andykong, but also to anyone who wants to answer me, I connected the RU6 (volume 76 SE) to the ifi micro iCAN SE and everything went smoothly, but I have one last question, it would be better to set the Cayin in high gain or better in low gain? Thank you.

Try both. Let us know which one you like best.

 

[Polky74]

Try both. Let us know which one you like best.

According to my ears better in low gain...

 

[giuca70]

Hi, connecting RU6 to pc the sound is better than android phone or tablet.
Question: is it a matter of the windows driver that "turns up" the volume compared to the simple android connection?
If yes, the programming of an APP for Android is foreseeable ?
It seems to me that the volume is about half with Android, keeping low gain and volume RU6 49, under the same conditions with the pc.
Thanks in advance for your kind replies.

 

[Polky74]

Hi, connecting RU6 to pc the sound is better than android phone or tablet.
Question: is it a matter of the windows driver that "turns up" the volume compared to the simple android connection?
If yes, the programming of an APP for Android is foreseeable ?
It seems to me that the volume is about half with Android, keeping low gain and volume RU6 49, under the same conditions with the pc.
Thanks in advance for your kind replies.

It's a question of the power supply from the USB port of the PC ... stronger and cleaner than the cell phone.

 

[Surdzo]

It's a question of the power supply from the USB port of the PC ... stronger and cleaner than the cell phone.

Did someone check if better quality signal comes from PC USB C or PC USB A port both 3.0 or better?

 

[ExTubeGamer]

I'm still wondering if a recklocker or usb filter would improve my RU6.

 

[giuca70]

A reply from Cayin about a curiosity of mine would be useful.
By connecting a PD 4.0 hub that accepts data and USB 3.1 gen2 5 Volt 1A charging towards the DAC, with PD 4.0 charging towards the phone (33 watt), the dac has more dynamics, only if set to high gain. Without a PD 4.0 power supply (60 watts) the dynamics decrease a bit. So my question, is it a question of the reduced volume that the smartphone has compared to a PC with Windows 10 and the Cayin driver installed? Am I doing something wrong in the analysis? Thanks to Cayin Support for your very kind replies.

 

[oldkid]

I'm still wondering if a recklocker or usb filter would improve my RU6.

A reclocker might be a little bit overkill to use with a dongle DAC.

But as I have said, my experience with the Audioquest JitterBug FMJ and RU6 combo has been overwhelmingly positive.

To me, it sounds like the RU6 would sound if it had a toslink input.