[Waqar]

I totally love it! Haven't come across one single pair of IEM's or headphones that doesn't sound amazing from it. This goes for everything from the HD800S and HE560 to Meze 99C, MT100, A6, TSMR-3 Pro and many more. It's the real deal for sure. I've got a very large inventory of amp/dac's and I can safely say that this one is the best value for money I've ever come across, it punches way beyond its price. I'm pretty sure that this is the best balanced source one could get under $100 today.

Sorry for getting carried away but this thing tend to do that to me

Just what i needed too hear, but i have unbalnced iems. But they have mmcx cables. What kind of balanced cables work with IT? Regular 2.5mm?
No problem, i have read alot of good stuff about it som i can understand the exitment.

 

[HungryPanda]

I totally agree with your enthusiasm Peter as I'm amazed by this little dac/amp

 

[peter123]

Just what i needed too hear, but i have unbalnced iems. But they have mmcx cables. What kind of balanced cables work with IT? Regular 2.5mm?
No problem, i have read alot of good stuff about it som i can understand the exitment.

Yeah, regular 2.5mm plug. You can get a great 16 core cable for under $10 on the sale. Fwiw I've got several of the most common ones in different brands and they all seem identical to me.

 

[FastAndClean]

Just what i needed too hear, but i have unbalnced iems. But they have mmcx cables. What kind of balanced cables work with IT? Regular 2.5mm?
No problem, i have read alot of good stuff about it som i can understand the exitment.

you can buy a simple converter from 3.5mm to 2.5mm and avoid buying a lot of balanced cables
for me it is too late, i am full of cables now, there is still hope for you

 

[HungryPanda]

Only if your 3.5 mm plug is a balanced one

 

[peter123]

One can use a converter from a balanced cable to a single ended source but never the other way around. I'm sure that's what you meant. Just want to be really clear about this so no one fries something.

 

[Slater]

you can buy a simple converter from 3.5mm to 2.5mm and avoid buying a lot of balanced cables
for me it is too late, i am full of cables now, there is still hope for you

Only if your 3.5 mm plug is a balanced one

Exactly. A 3.5mm to 2.5mm adapter will not magically turn a single ended cable into a balanced cable. It doesn’t work that way, unfortunately.

 

[FastAndClean]

Only if your 3.5 mm plug is a balanced one

according to the comments it works with normal 3.5mm jacks - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/328...hweb0_0,searchweb201602_10,searchweb201603_53

 

[FastAndClean]

that one also works fine - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...hweb0_0,searchweb201602_10,searchweb201603_53

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If u need more power from ur balanced DAP output, this is very good cable for u.... excellent quality, well built, highly recommended 29 Apr 2019 04:52

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Cool adaptor. Works perfectly well. Got these for my Hifiman 400i, as they came with normal 3.5 mm cable, and I couldn't find a balanced cable to drive the planars. This adaptor, works like magic... totally worth, at half the price of other such cables. Totally reccomend. 24 Jul 2019 08:19

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[HungryPanda]

I have 3.5 to 2.5mm balanced adapters and orher way but only for balanced plugs. Single ended to balanced is dodgy as can damage certain dac/ amps

 

[Slater]

according to the comments it works with normal 3.5mm jacks - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/328...hweb0_0,searchweb201602_10,searchweb201603_53

How does it magically split the grounds? A single-ended cable already has the grounds merged. A balanced cable needs the grounds to be independently split. Therefore, an adapter does not do that. The grounds have to be kept independent the entire way from the drivers themselves, all the way to the plug.

Think of it like this. You have 2 containers, 1 with red kool aid (left ground) and 1 with clean water (right ground). You pour them together into 1 glass, which mixes the kool aid and water together (this is like the ground of a single ended cable). Balanced needs the kool aid and the clean water to stay separate. Once the kool aid and clean water is mixed together into 1 container, it can’t be “unmixed” (even if the mixed kool aid is poured back into 2 separate containers).

A 3.5mm->2.5mm adapter is taking already-mixed kool aid and pouring it into 2 separate containers. Sure, it will seem like it’s working, but it’s not really balanced. And such an adapter even risks damaging the source.

 

[FastAndClean]

hey don't kill the messenger, i just tried to save some money to Waqar

 

[HungryPanda]

Its all good we don't want to cost him an amp or phone though, hence the concern

 

[Waqar]

Yeah, regular 2.5mm plug. You can get a great 16 core cable for under $10 on the sale. Fwiw I've got several of the most common ones in different brands and they all seem identical to me.

Nice..

 

[lucasbrea]

I totally love it! Haven't come across one single pair of IEM's or headphones that doesn't sound amazing from it. This goes for everything from the HD800S and HE560 to Meze 99C, MT100, A6, TSMR-3 Pro and many more. It's the real deal for sure. I've got a very large inventory of amp/dac's and I can safely say that this one is the best value for money I've ever come across, it punches way beyond its price. I'm pretty sure that this is the best balanced source one could get under $100 today.

Sorry for getting carried away but this thing tend to do that to me

HI, I'm very Im interested in this device. How is the battery draining out of the phone??
Thanks