Dethonray Honey H1 - USB DAC/AMP
Aug 19, 2020 at 2:10 PM Post #31 of 1,004
News from Anson :)

Price: USD 530.-

Release date: same as previous post

Final design:
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Aug 19, 2020 at 3:05 PM Post #32 of 1,004
Stupid question - line out/optical - is that analog out and optical out?
 
Aug 20, 2020 at 12:45 PM Post #37 of 1,004
Aug 29, 2020 at 10:44 PM Post #39 of 1,004
News from Anson :)

Price: USD 530.-

Release date: same as previous post

Final design:
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F3122255-FAE2-4550-B167-DB687A1371F9.jpeg
530 dollars? wow not cheap so from that price I want to assume this dac / amp should be equal to or better than the DTR1 in sound quality, now if it works better it should need an update to the AK4490, maybe a 4497? maybe I'm asking a lot but there are several dac / amps that even carry the ak4497 at a noticeably lower price, I think I'm doing a lot of speculation, finally I must admit that it looks very beautiful aesthetically it is already a winner for me, but let's go to what else we care: sound quality will define everything
 
Aug 30, 2020 at 1:30 AM Post #40 of 1,004
530 dollars? wow not cheap so from that price I want to assume this dac / amp should be equal to or better than the DTR1 in sound quality, now if it works better it should need an update to the AK4490, maybe a 4497? maybe I'm asking a lot but there are several dac / amps that even carry the ak4497 at a noticeably lower price, I think I'm doing a lot of speculation, finally I must admit that it looks very beautiful aesthetically it is already a winner for me, but let's go to what else we care: sound quality will define everything
Anson claims that the H1 should be better than the DTR1, but even if it sounds equally good it would be a great achievement. About the DAC-chip, well, as always, implementation matters. Personally, I don’t care much about the chip, but I understand some await a more advanced one in a new product.
 
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Aug 30, 2020 at 2:55 AM Post #41 of 1,004
So this month it's released in China. He should reveal the specs soon then.
 
Aug 30, 2020 at 4:12 AM Post #42 of 1,004
Aug 30, 2020 at 9:37 PM Post #44 of 1,004
530 dollars? wow not cheap so from that price I want to assume this dac / amp should be equal to or better than the DTR1 in sound quality, now if it works better it should need an update to the AK4490, maybe a 4497? maybe I'm asking a lot but there are several dac / amps that even carry the ak4497 at a noticeably lower price, I think I'm doing a lot of speculation, finally I must admit that it looks very beautiful aesthetically it is already a winner for me, but let's go to what else we care: sound quality will define everything
I hear the DAC chip will be the AK4497.
 
Aug 31, 2020 at 2:31 AM Post #45 of 1,004
Anyone who has heard or own the Dethonray DTR1 Prelude, may likely agree that if Anson can turn an AKM4490 DAC to sound so good,
he can likely turn any DAC to sound as good if not better.
 

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