[OpiateSkittles]

THANKS, this above post inspired me give my mess of cables and 5V/2A battery another final try with PDV2 and phone/Hiby....never had to go near cable cutting thankfully.....found my issue - just by dialing and dialing around...I had a small female/female USB-C adapter to get things all hooked up....the adapter was strangely directional and I never thought it would be - one way it did not work, and I kept hooking it in the way it would not work up till now (about 4 times)....soon as I finally flipped it round, Hiby popped up the E1DA connect screen !
Y.E.S.
Been dying to use PDV2 out-and-about melting my chest with that crazy heat it puts out (haha) with my battery/DAC sling cable mess I'll have it in.

Happy to help, my man.

 

[ballog]

Good morning folks. Would someone here have the chance to compare the 9038S Gen3 with the Fiio Q5s SQwise?

 

[travellersolo]

Hi, I want to buy a E1DA DAC to connect from my PC sound card to my vintage hifi system. I read that the output is 2.5mm balanced. May I know what kind of cable should I buy to connect it to my amplifier? Any example from Amazon or other sites?

 

[OpiateSkittles]

Hi, I want to buy a E1DA DAC to connect from my PC sound card to my vintage hifi system. I read that the output is 2.5mm balanced. May I know what kind of cable should I buy to connect it to my amplifier? Any example from Amazon or other sites?

I think the whole system (amp, etc) would have to be balanced in order to not fry the 9038S. This is a question best asked on the E1DA Discord channel, though. Those guys are more knowledgable than myself.

 

[Infoseeker]

Hi, I want to buy a E1DA DAC to connect from my PC sound card to my vintage hifi system. I read that the output is 2.5mm balanced. May I know what kind of cable should I buy to connect it to my amplifier? Any example from Amazon or other sites?

You won't be able to with out making your own diy solution.

 

[travellersolo]

I think the whole system (amp, etc) would have to be balanced in order to not fry the 9038S. This is a question best asked on the E1DA Discord channel, though. Those guys are more knowledgable than myself.

so in that case, if I'm using a conventional vintage amplifier, I'd have to get a DAC with 3.5mm output?

And, where is this E1DA Discord channel?

 

[Krassi]

You can find it on the E1DA website https://discord.gg/U9Z28KC

Problem with connecting the balanced thing to an amp is pretty simple.
The 2,5mm TRRS cable only carries the signal but no ground from those dacs.

So you need to to cut open the usb cable and add a wire that carries the ground to your amp. I have plugged this on my passive speaker output of my tube amp.

Without passing on the ground you might get michael bay explosions

Also with a cellphone connected you need one of those very rare wireless ground cables. those can be hooked to simens airhooks (.. *jokelamp is burning intensely)

 

[OpiateSkittles]

so in that case, if I'm using a conventional vintage amplifier, I'd have to get a DAC with 3.5mm output?

And, where is this E1DA Discord channel?

Without doing some DIY cable modding, yes. It'd be much easier to get a DAC with single-ended output.

 

[travellersolo]

So you need to to cut open the usb cable and add a wire that carries the ground to your amp. I have plugged this on my passive speaker output of my tube amp.

Can you provide more details on this? Pictures?

I read a lot of good things about E1DA, I have thousands of lossless files in my hard drive, I really wish to play them on my hifi thru a good DAC.

 

[]eep]

Can you provide more details on this? Pictures?

I read a lot of good things about E1DA, I have thousands of lossless files in my hard drive, I really wish to play them on my hifi thru a good DAC.

they are found in the same category as the Zündkerzen Funken and the discount package of 5 o' clocks, plinth escalators etc...

Simple, any normal amplifier has a common ground, input ring of cinch-inputs are all connected. The outputs of the E1DA are signal + and - . If you connect R- to L- by connecting them to common ground on the amp you will fry the circuit of the E1DA output. The unbalanced version hasn't come out yet.

I use my Tempotec HD pro as makeshift dac and that works pretty well. The 9038s is only best used as HP amp.

 

[Akira1977]

Hello i have purchased the 9038S 3Gen, it's simply amazing!!!

What are the settings for the best audio quality with Neutron and USB Audio Player PRO? ( Android)

Thank you!

 

[OpiateSkittles]

Hello i have purchased the 9038S 3Gen, it's simply amazing!!!

What are the settings for the best audio quality with Neutron and USB Audio Player PRO? ( Android)

Thank you!

Just make sure you have the software volume maxed, as well as the left/right hardware sliders. Use the master hardware volume as the sole volume control.

 

[Akira1977]

Just make sure you have the software volume maxed, as well as the left/right hardware sliders. Use the master hardware volume as the sole volume control.

That's for UAAP, but for Neutron? For example, does the 64 Bit elaboration help?

 

[Lohb]

Just picked up Gen3 9038S from the 'cult of E1DA'.
"See the music".

 

[illumidata]

I’ve tried various ways of mounting / connecting the 9038s, settled on this semi-permanent arrangement (double sided tape under the dac to counter the tension from the usb cable). Tried L-connectors as well but was getting too much lateral play in the 9038s port, and random disconnects (cheap connectors, though it’s a shallow port, which doesn’t help).