[roncruiser]

i have those from Amazon, they do the job just fine, no issue.

Thanks! I like the price too. Much more reasonable.

 

[DarginMahkum]

Thanks!

https://audio46.com/products/ifi-4-4-to-xlr-cable
I'm sure the materials are quality based on the price alone.

I found this one...
https://a.co/d/0o9CyBj

It looks good. I see they also connected the ground pin, which wasn't the case for a cheap cable I found, and which is why at the time I went for the more expensive ifi cable.

 

[FiiO Willson]

It looks good. I see they also connected the ground pin, which wasn't the case for a cheap cable I found, and which is why at the time I went for the more expensive ifi cable.

Yes, the quality of signal transmission will be better when connected to the ground

 

[Ichos]

Dear friends , I saved the last 2022 review for the massive FiiO Q7.

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/fiio-q7.26258/review/29878/

Enjoy reading and I wish to all of you a happy new year!

 

[Jfox2006]

Hi guys!
I ask for help, I choose between Q7 and DX320.
And here and there everything suits me, but where will the maximum sound quality be? Any help thanks.

Sorry for my English...

 

[talan7]

Dear friend,

EQ only works in Bluetooth mode.

Best regards

So, there's no bass boost?

 

[FiiO Willson]

So, there's no bass boost?

Yes, Of course there is a bass boost function

 

[roncruiser]

I've been playing with the Q7 extensively. I'm still kind of new at this. Help me understand and please explain...

Is there a way to use the Q7's DAC directly into an external Preamp? Bypassing the Q7's own preamp and amp. I'll be using the external Preamp into active Monitors.
The external Preamp has it's own volume control.

 

[Ichos]

I've been playing with the Q7 extensively. I'm still kind of new at this. Help me understand and please explain...

Is there a way to use the Q7's DAC directly into an external Preamp? Bypassing the Q7's own preamp and amp. I'll be using the external Preamp into active Monitors.
The external Preamp has it's own volume control.

Just set the desired output jack to line out with a fixed volume level and you are done.

 

[roncruiser]

Just set the desired output jack to line out with a fixed volume level and you are done.

So, set to LO and pick a volume level and leave it? Would that be max volume? Is there an ideal volume level.

I had thought LO was a fixed non- adjustable level. I'm a little confused. Does LO bypass the Q7's preamp and amp?

 

[Ichos]

So, set to LO and pick a volume level and leave it? Would that be max volume? Is there an ideal volume level.

I had thought LO was a fixed non- adjustable level. I'm a little confused. Does LO bypass the Q7's preamp and amp?

The Q7 doesn't have a preamplifier, it is digital volume attenuator.
By setting the output to line out you bypass the headphone amplifier circuit and the line output level is set to maximum which is full scale 2V for the single ended and full scale 4V for the balanced.

 

[karloil]

Q7 fixed Line-Out to a C9, awesome pairing

 

[roncruiser]

The Q7 doesn't have a preamplifier, it is digital volume attenuator.
By setting the output to line out you bypass the headphone amplifier circuit and the line output level is set to maximum which is full scale 2V for the single ended and full scale 4V for the balanced.

@Ichos

Thanks for the help. Bear with me. I'm getting there.

I have the Q7 set to Balanced LO with the 4.4mm balanced output connected to the XLR inputs of the external preamp.

With the Q7 set to balanced LO, above, the Q7 volume knob is still active. I can still turn the knob and control the music volume during playback on the Q7. Is this expected? (According to your comment, the level is set to full scale 4V for the balanced.)

Effectively this setup allows me two places to control volume. On the Q7 and on the external preamp.

Maybe I'm not understanding level vs volume. I thought using balanced LO the level out at the 4.4mm out is fixed @4V and the volume knob is not usable.

Or I crank up Q7 volume knob to max to avoid any digital volume attenuation out of the 4.4mm out. So the downstream external preamp sees the full 4V balanced swing.

 

[MartyMcfly3004]

@Ichos

Thanks for the help. Bear with me. I'm getting there.

I have the Q7 set to Balanced LO with the 4.4mm balanced output connected to the XLR inputs of the external preamp.

With the Q7 set to balanced LO, above, the Q7 volume knob is still active. I can still turn the knob and control the music volume during playback on the Q7. Is this expected? (According to your comment, the level is set to full scale 4V for the balanced.)

Effectively this setup allows me two places to control volume. On the Q7 and on the external preamp.

Maybe I'm not understanding level vs volume. I thought using balanced LO the level out at the 4.4mm out is fixed @4V and the volume knob is disabled.

Use the LO Volume option in the main menu. You can set it to fixed or adjustable.

 

[Ichos]

@Ichos

Thanks for the help. Bear with me. I'm getting there.

I have the Q7 set to Balanced LO with the 4.4mm balanced output connected to the XLR inputs of the external preamp.

With the Q7 set to balanced LO, above, the Q7 volume knob is still active. I can still turn the knob and control the music volume during playback on the Q7. Is this expected? (According to your comment, the level is set to full scale 4V for the balanced.)

Effectively this setup allows me two places to control volume. On the Q7 and on the external preamp.

Maybe I'm not understanding level vs volume. I thought using balanced LO the level out at the 4.4mm out is fixed @4V and the volume knob is not usable.

Or I crank up Q7 volume knob to max to avoid any digital volume attenuation out of the 4.4mm out. So the downstream external preamp sees the full 4V balanced swing.

Go to main menu, highlight LO Volume , enter the sub menu and select Fixed level.

I assume that you have already selected BAL output and you have set it to LO.