betweentheears
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Maybe another thread on the keychain. Is it full bodied or hollow.
Originally Posted by betweentheears /img/forum/go_quote.gif Maybe another thread on the keychain. Is it full bodied or hollow. |
Originally Posted by grokit /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am listening to my HD600s right now through the uDAC with an upgraded cable; I also have tried my HD600s with my iBasso D4. I think that both amps are are underpowered with the HD600s; having said that, I think that the D4 amplifier does go a bit louder than the uDAC with the 9v on, but not by much. To me, the HD600s can sound fatigue-ingly bright when not used with the right amp, and I do not have this issue with the uDAC at all. And it gets plenty loud for most listening. So the uDAC also has better synergy with the HD600s IMHO; the D4 has more of a "reference" DAC in it, while the HD600s sound more musical to my ears with the uDAC. If you don't need to go portable, there is no 9v battery to replace on the uDAC. But there is no way to get full amplification out of the D4 without one, even when it is connected to your computer. The D4 will also work with your iPod for portable use with the 9v battery, while the uDAC will not go portable at all. So although they may appear so as small DAC/amp combos, these are really not directly comparable products and your intended usage should ultimately guide you. Get that rca-1/8" cable! You will hear a huge improvement, then use the uDAC as a DAC/amp until you can get a real amp, as the uDAC scales up nicely. But so does the D4, and without the battery. Try plugging your headphones into your Creative T20s' headphone out, for "exercise" |
Originally Posted by SleazyC /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looking through this thread it looks like an almost overwhelming positive regard for the µDAC. I have a pair of Audio Technica ES7's at work being fed from a Macbook -> Leckerton Audio UHA-3. The only reference I have seen to the ES7 + µDAC combo seems to be slightly negative so I was wondering if anyone else is using this combo and cold give me their impression. |
Originally Posted by sune /img/forum/go_quote.gif The uDac is still in stock in the Nuforce Europe Store. However the "exchange rate" that Nuforce uses between dollars/Euro (as someone put it) means that an iBasso D4 would only be 1.3 (!) times more expensive to get. Would anyone still consider getting the uDac over the D4 under those conditions? I would use a potential amp/dac mainly with a computer, but I don't mind that the D4 offers the posibility of changing opamp and going on the road. On the other hand, something that sounds "more musical" out of the box, is also quite appealing. |
Originally Posted by userlander /img/forum/go_quote.gif But the question is why didn't you raise all these objections and ultra-microscopic definitional concerns and quibbling when the other guy said it sounded "boomy?" He's the one who said it sounded boomy, not me. The comment you just made you should have made 20 pages ago when he originally said it, not to me. |
Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wasn't objecting to you |