DX200=Affordable High End Audio. Dual ES9028Pro dacs. AMP1, AMP3, AMP5, AMP7 & AMP8 ***Firmware support now up for AMP9***
Jun 20, 2019 at 12:32 PM Post #21,316 of 22,021
I'll see if I can find one locally first. However I do not have much time as I'll be flying to Toronto for the summer break. I hope to bring as many of my toys with me as I can. :wink:
Could always use the regular Phone out from Amp 8 in the meantime :L3000:

Not a true line out as there will be double-amping but it should still work. You might even like it more, who knows :ksc75smile:
 
Jun 20, 2019 at 1:12 PM Post #21,317 of 22,021
Ok. I have the AMP3 but I don't think I have a connector that is 2.5 to 4.4. I'll have to see if I have an adaptor with 2.5 male with 4.4 female because I only have a 4.4 to 4.4 connector. I think I only have one that is 4.4 male with 2.5 female.
I am fairly certain the 4.4 acts as both line out and phone out, so amp8 would work perfect for you
 
Jun 20, 2019 at 2:33 PM Post #21,318 of 22,021
Could always use the regular Phone out from Amp 8 in the meantime :L3000:

Not a true line out as there will be double-amping but it should still work. You might even like it more, who knows :ksc75smile:
I've been doing that with the AMP4 for the last week since getting the MK424. It's quite nice but I want to hear what the TRUE sound of the MK424 since double amping will not let me experience that.
 
Jun 20, 2019 at 2:37 PM Post #21,319 of 22,021
I am fairly certain the 4.4 acts as both line out and phone out, so amp8 would work perfect for you
I thought I might have read seething like this before but I'm not sure how that could be because there should be some option on the DX200 that enables me to select between treating the only Output on the amp module as HP or Line Out.

I am going to see if I can get a 2.5 to 4.4 connector made locally here.
 
Jun 20, 2019 at 3:00 PM Post #21,320 of 22,021
I thought I might have read seething like this before but I'm not sure how that could be because there should be some option on the DX200 that enables me to select between treating the only Output on the amp module as HP or Line Out.

I am going to see if I can get a 2.5 to 4.4 connector made locally here.

Yea, I have been trying to find where I thought I had read that, but I think have been getting mixed up with other DAPs (like the n8)... the IBasso website doesn’t seem to give any indication you can use the 4.4 as line out.
 
Jun 20, 2019 at 9:52 PM Post #21,321 of 22,021
I've been doing that with the AMP4 for the last week since getting the MK424. It's quite nice but I want to hear what the TRUE sound of the MK424 since double amping will not let me experience that.

Same, had that option but when using desktop amps I'd rather use only the Dac section of the DX200 :L3000:

Yea, I have been trying to find where I thought I had read that, but I think have been getting mixed up with other DAPs (like the n8)... the IBasso website doesn’t seem to give any indication you can use the 4.4 as line out.

Yep it's the N8 that has that feature, Amp 8 does not have a shared line out.
 
Jun 24, 2019 at 12:06 AM Post #21,322 of 22,021
I plan on buying Amp9 as soon as it becomes available. Will it not be useable until a firmware update is applied to DX200?
 
Jun 24, 2019 at 1:04 AM Post #21,323 of 22,021
I plan on buying Amp9 as soon as it becomes available. Will it not be useable until a firmware update is applied to DX200?

I was told there will be a new firmware for DX200 soon to support AMP9......
 
Jun 24, 2019 at 1:13 PM Post #21,325 of 22,021
I recently bought the DX- 200 as an upgrade to my DX90 with the intention of using it standalone on my daily commute into my SE 846s (as opposed to the hassle of playing the DX 90 into my Hugo 2).

Somewhat amusingly, because of the AMP changing capabilities, it started to make me think about rolling OpAmps and I have started to use my PB 2 again using the DX-200 as a source and thus not utilising the benefit of using the DX200 on it’s own.

The comination of the two is sublime though. I have always loved the OP627 opamps and those combined with the 634 enhanced buffers provides a tube like warm sound and yet still taking the analytical Sabre DAC chip into account. The PB2 is a cool underrated portable amplifier. At home the combination with Senns HD600 is also very good.

I nearly jumped for the AMP 1 Mk11 module but decided to wait for the release of the AMP 9 - real tube sound combo. Can’t wait to try it out when it becomes available AND the DX200 OS is upgraded to be able to play it.

So far very happy with the DX 200. Time to sell my well used but trusty DX90?
 
Jun 24, 2019 at 3:56 PM Post #21,328 of 22,021
Is anyone else refreshing the website 80 times a day for the AMP 9?

Yeah that’s me exactly !
Even trying manually ID’s after that of DX220 in URLs :p
 
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