[FiiO]

My question is, if somebody can answer it, whether the BTA30 can accept DSD64 over the coax input to be transmitted over BT.
TIA

Dear friend,

I tested and this connection could work.

Best regards

 

[johnston21]

The center pin for the BTA30 is on the antenna, not on the SMA mount. If you are going to use a 3rd-party hi-gain antenna, an adapter with center pins on both ends may be needed (depending on the antenna).



Size matters...

 

[Dje14]

hello sorry for my angalis (I am French). I cannot connect my sony wh1000m3 headphones in bt tx mode. When I switch on the fiio bta30, the light flashes twice and then stays fixed. When I keep the button even, nothing happens. If I press the on / off and pair button at the same time nothing happens. I have to unplug the fiio to turn it off. How can I remedy this?

 

[johnston21]

Welcome to Head-Fi Dje14.

The power light on my BTA30 does not flash twice when first turned on, it stays on steady.

In Tx mode, the Pair light flashes twice until connected to a (previously paired) Bluetooth device, then stays on steady.

I need to hold the power button for approx. 3 seconds to turn off.

When pressing the power & pair buttons at the same time, you need to be in Rx or Tx mode.

 

[Dartin Bout]

Dear friend,

I tested and this connection could work.

Best regards

I can also confirm that this does work and sounds splendid using LDAC TX (I tested the RX on Panda THX, the BTR5 and Fiio EH3).

 

[ionjorj]

I can also confirm that this does work and sounds splendid using LDAC TX (I tested the RX on Panda THX, the BTR5 and Fiio EH3).

Thank you guys, much appreciated.

 

[ionjorj]

I can also confirm that this does work and sounds splendid using LDAC TX (I tested the RX on Panda THX, the BTR5 and Fiio EH3).

If you could please share, I'm curious to find out what is your setup feeding signal into the BTA30 through the coax digital input.
Thanks again.

 

[TooPoorForHiFi]

Hows the USB DAC(Mode) quality on the FiiO BTA30? I'm considering getting one and Connect it to a standalone Headphone AMP

 

[Dartin Bout]

I have a couple of choices, The Realtek coax built into my motherboard. In addition, I have a customized C-Media soundcard for my default 7.1 analog sound, but I use it's coax out tor the BTA30. I have a huge music collection (250k tracks)on my home NAS with the majority in flac but I have 10k of DSD tracks as well. I have other headphones that I run from different amp\dacs but the BTA30 and the Drop Panda is the 1st to really bring Hi-Res to truly wireless plateau. I'm loving it!

 

[Dartin Bout]

Hows the USB DAC(Mode) quality on the FiiO BTA30? I'm considering getting one and Connect it to a standalone Headphone AMP

It is not the best way to use it as it is limited to 16bit 44.1/48k . The optical does 24\192 and the coax does DSD64(DoP) and will TX those codecs over LDAC. The USB is the worst of the three.

 

[FiiO Willson]

Hows the USB DAC(Mode) quality on the FiiO BTA30? I'm considering getting one and Connect it to a standalone Headphone AMP

Yes, his USB DAC is not particularly strong, if you want to use USB DAC Mode you'd better use coaxial or optical for better results

 

[robbiemck]

Hi - I'm facing an issue in DAC mode where the device is going in to its temporary power off mode (requiring the 2 second startup silence) after each song - so the start of each song is cut off entirely. Using SPDIF-IN at 24/96. I read a reply a few weeks ago from a Fiio account saying that this shouldn't be the case unless you physically mute the source the audio is coming from, but I haven't been able to find a fix. Anyone else experiencing this? I definitely think it's a firmware issue.

 

[Dyzson]

Hi, I'm looking for a Bluetooth transmitter for my Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt. I have Audio-Technica ATH-m50xBT and 1more Stylish True Wireless headphones. Will the device be able to work with both these pairs of headphones at the same time? (normal and True Wireless at the same time) Will the dragonfly have any effect on the sound coming from this device?

The device isn't available in my country (Poland). Is it safe to buy this product on Aliexpress?

 

[ionjorj]

I have a couple of choices, The Realtek coax built into my motherboard. In addition, I have a customized C-Media soundcard for my default 7.1 analog sound, but I use it's coax out tor the BTA30.

Thanks for the insight, really helpful.

I too have a collection of FLAC and DSD (*.dsf) files on my NAS which I can play using my BR player. The trouble with that one is that it can send the signal either through the HDMI or through coax, but never both. The HDMI is fed into the receiver that drives my audio system so while switching outputs from player's setting is possible it is rather inconvenient.
Another possibility would be to use a dedicated USB audio card with coax output attached to a computer for playing those files into the BTA30.

Which brings me to another couple of questions, maybe you can help me here:
- are *.dsf files DoP? If now how do you convert from one to another?
- what software do you use to play your DSD files?

Thanks again,

 

[Dartin Bout]

I haven't run into that issue. It does take a few seconds for the TX to my headphone connection to work at the beginning of each new listening session but once connected there are no gaps. Have you checked the Fiio control application from your phone? It's kind of a pain because you have to put the BTA30 in RX mode but there are a lot of settings buried there.