[Womaz]

Its the one you get with Sky Broadband in the UK

 

[ctaxxxx]

Amp 4 info at carvelink facebook
https://m.facebook.com/carvelink/posts/733486690194913

Google translate at your will.

In sum, they will produce only 250 pieces. Sound is better than amp3 in high and low frequency. (V shape sig?)

I wonder if this will be worth getting if you don't even have a pentaconn connector. I know there are 2.5mm to 4.4mm adapters, but at this point, I would be buying it only for the change in amp sound signature.

Then again the new HD660S will come with a pentaconn cable, and as far as I'm aware, there are no 4.4mm to 2.5mm adapters (not possible I guess).

So far my amp usage goes like this:

• AMP1 - Unused.
• AMP2 - Car stereo and SE Line Out to SE desktop amp. Smooth sound signature.
• AMP3 - Additional power due to BAL. Best sound signature. Waiting to try BAL Line Out to desktop amp.

Also, is AMP5 suppose to be more powerful than AMP3? Or is it just a more powerful AMP2, which will make AMP2 obsolete (unless the sound signature is different)?

 

[jerick70]

Its the one you get with Sky Broadband in the UK

After looking on their page, Sky doesn't list which routers they use.

 

[AndrewH13]

I wonder if this will be worth getting if you don't even have a pentaconn connector. I know there are 2.5mm to 4.4mm adapters, but at this point, I would be buying it only for the change in amp sound signature.

Then again the new HD660S will come with a pentaconn cable, and as far as I'm aware, there are no 4.4mm to 2.5mm adapters (not possible I guess).

The Sennheiser ie800S also comes with a 4.4mm balanced cable.

 

[mrmoto050]

I am non technical I am afraid so I have no idea, also no idea how to find out or to set it at this

It is a setting for your Internet Router usually 2.4GB or 5GB, some of them are dual channel.
Usually you can log into your router and it will tell you which one you can use or both.

 

[Signal2Noise]

It is a setting for your Internet Router usually 2.4GB or 5GB

Or better yet, 2.4 GHz or 5GHz

 

[wirefriend]

Hi
for sure I prefer ARM2 vs dx200+AMP1 in single ended. ARM2 sounds has more body and the difference is, for me, specifcally on the percussions credibility. the punch (that is something you can't "solve" through equalizer...) is definitively more real by ARM2 reproduction. To understand what I mean you need to have both player in your hands and listen them with the same songs. In general the soundstage of dx200 is wider than ARM2 but sometimes too much larger. I mean ARM2 soundstage is enough to be present but not too much to be not beliavable.
For example the DSD64 of Sultain of Swing in live: if you hear it through ARM2 you can concentrate on the Knopfler guitar that drive you along all the song. While in dx200 you have all micro details too much "present" so Knopler guitar appears less clear and the result is less musical.
Using dx200 in balanced mode, in particular through AMP3, the comparison with ARM2 changes and the improvement given by a better channels separation gives depth to the dx200 big amount of details, returning the right space to each instruments and obtaining that sound "body" that in my opinion misses in single ended AMP1.

Thank you for your response.
I think Amp1 has balanced out as well. Isn't that correct?
Which one do you prefer, AR M2 or DX200+Amp3?

 

[mrmoto050]

^
Lurker0's custom firmware includes an optimized version of Hiby, although I do not know really what it entails.

It's used in conjunction with USB Pro driver so it can play Hi Rez files at recorded Bit Rates

 

[DarginMahkum]

At last I got myself very nice closed cans to pair with my DX200: ZMF Eikon! Great sound with DX200 and great isolation. Now I am about to order a replacement cable but not sure which connector I should get. AMP3 is 2.5mm balanced, AMP4 is 4.4mm pentaconn balanced, AMP5 is 3.5mm SE. The latter 2 are still to be announced, so might take a few weeks to lay my hands on them. Eikons are 300 ohm big boys that need to be fed properly.

So the million dollar question is: Will AMP4/AMP5 bring any improvements over AMP3/AMP2 for the sound? Or is it just the connector type that is different?

 

[Womaz]

It is a setting for your Internet Router usually 2.4GB or 5GB, some of them are dual channel.
Usually you can log into your router and it will tell you which one you can use or both.

Just had a look into the properties filed and I cant tell which one it is using ,its a fairly new Sky Hub

 

[ExpatinJapan]

Via iBasso Twitter

 

[jerick70]

Via iBasso Twitter

No line out? That's a deal breaker for me.

 

[cbeaumont001]

You shouldn't have any issues. I download and listen to HiFi content offline all the time. It plays just fine,

I previously had issues with the beginning of each song (approx .5 seconds into the song) stutters when offline files were stored on SD card. Storing offline files on internal DX200 storage resolved the problem. Perhaps the latest version of Tidal has resolved this issue?

 

[cbeaumont001]

@Lurker0 what does switching the XMOS chip to DSD/ USB DAC mode actually do? You've mentioned that it consumes more battery than "normal" mode which is used for files with sample rate <176khz. I've always thought the USB DAC mode (or USB audio and direct driver) sounded slightly better than Neutron and its generic driver (bit perfect) but I'm probably just making it up. Is there anything about listening in XMOS DSD mode that would change the sound for non-DSD files directly on the DX200 headphone output, such as higher power output or disabling background processes on the DX200 or android?

 

[TenderTendon]

I'm too lazy to look back through 600+ pages. Wondering if anyone knows when amp4 will be available. I would love to audition this player, but everything I have now is 4.4mm and I don't want to buy cables or adapter to do so.