[German Expat in Vietnam]

If somebody is interested in a new leather case in black

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[F208Frank]

Can someone please explain to me PO vs LO on this device?

Thanks much in advance!

 

[Airsculpture]

As I understand it, PO is for headphones, LO is Line Out when you plug the device into an external amp or receiver etc

 

[F208Frank]

As I understand it, PO is for headphones, LO is Line Out when you plug the device into an external amp or receiver etc

Yes that totally makes sense, I vaguely remember LO being for line out but why the heck is PO for headphones? What does PO stand for?

 

[Airsculpture]

Power Out for headphones etc

 

[F208Frank]

Power Out for headphones etc

Thanks this makes sense. Appreciate yall.

 

[fullbass]

LO -- the signal comes from the DAC
PO -- the signal comes from the amp

 

[HK_sends]

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[Altes]

Never realized this until now, but the DX320 seems to have boosted mid-bass (a bit too strong on certain pairing). Does anyone else know what else they tweaked? Andy firmware that is truly neutral?

 

[samandhi]

Never realized this until now, but the DX320 seems to have boosted mid-bass (a bit too strong on certain pairing). Does anyone else know what else they tweaked? Andy firmware that is truly neutral?

Yep, there is a FW that is more neutral. It is called the DX300.....

All kidding aside though, do you think it is this way with all the amp cards? If not, which one(s) are you referring to?

 

[1kHz]

Never realized this until now, but the DX320 seems to have boosted mid-bass (a bit too strong on certain pairing). Does anyone else know what else they tweaked? Andy firmware that is truly neutral?

Yep but depending on Dx320 firmware for me. This has always been a topic for me. I gave up the firmware updates because of signature changed for some reason. I was scratching my head like crazy when my fav headphones sounded off. Then found out it was the firmware. I ended up on older firmware and left it at that. I noticed the boomy bass and was not a fan. I would rather it be a neutral device and let me have the option of signature changes with amp cards or headphones.

 

[samandhi]

Yep but depending on Dx320 firmware for me. This has always been a topic for me. I gave up the firmware updates because of signature changed for some reason. I was scratching my head like crazy when my fav headphones sounded off. Then found out it was the firmware. I ended up on older firmware and left it at that. I noticed the boomy bass and was not a fan. I would rather it be a neutral device and let me have the option of signature changes with amp cards or headphones.

I suppose this is why I (jokingly) mentioned the DX300 because in all the years and all the FW versions I have had it, the sound has never changed (except when I change amp cards).

 

[Altes]

Yep, there is a FW that is more neutral. It is called the DX300.....

All kidding aside though, do you think it is this way with all the amp cards? If not, which one(s) are you referring to?

Yep but depending on Dx320 firmware for me. This has always been a topic for me. I gave up the firmware updates because of signature changed for some reason. I was scratching my head like crazy when my fav headphones sounded off. Then found out it was the firmware. I ended up on older firmware and left it at that. I noticed the boomy bass and was not a fan. I would rather it be a neutral device and let me have the option of signature changes with amp cards or headphones.

Using with the stock amp card which I think I heard is most neutral.
The pros of the new firmware is battery is very solid (I recall battery drain on old firmware (are you referring to the oldest firmware?)

 

[1kHz]

Using with the stock amp card which I think I heard is most neutral.
The pros of the new firmware is battery is very solid (I recall battery drain on old firmware (are you referring to the oldest firmware?)

Yes older firmware 2.0.3, I have not had battery issues but then again i optimized the heck out of it. removing apps and turning off background activity etc. But my drawback from not upgrading is loosing out on fixes and functionality of newer firmware. I noticed I can't use a lot of third party music apps no matter what i do they just wont see the music folder on this firmware, I think it was fixed in later firmware. So i use the stock player for now until i get brave enough to upgrade one day. (highly unlikely though I don't want to do this all over again)

 

[1kHz]

I suppose this is why I (jokingly) mentioned the DX300 because in all the years and all the FW versions I have had it, the sound has never changed (except when I change amp cards).

No you are correct! I almost regret selling my DX300. It did not have this issue that I noticed. The only other player I notice a slight change sometimes with firmware was a few Astell & Kerns. Some of those I had had signature changes but minimal to my ears compared to the DX320. The DX320 was noticeable right after using stock amp.