[darkarn]

   
The DAC output stage is designed for low power, high impedance loads. Hooking it up to a higher power low impedance load could damage the output stage.

 
Does this mean that I should stick with using the amp?

 

[Faber65]

 

The DAC output stage is designed for low power, high impedance loads. Hooking it up to a higher power low impedance load could damage the output stage.

Does this mean that I should stick with using the amp?

Absolutely!!!

 

[darkarn]

Absolutely!!!

 
Thanks! Let's hope the SQ of the Mimby won't be too badly affected by my amp then

 

[fjrabon]

Thanks, good idea, I can always do that too. The resultant impendance is about 73 Ohms I think but definitely about 25 dB reduction

Depending on your headphones, 73 ohms output impedance is way too high and will potentially impact the frequency response and will
Almost definitely slow the decay on the impulse response due to lack of electrical damping.

 

[darkarn]

Depending on your headphones, 73 ohms output impedance is way too high and will potentially impact the frequency response and will
Almost definitely slow the decay on the impulse response due to lack of electrical damping.

 
I see, thanks! Looks like having an amp is better than none in this case

 

[bozoskeletonz]

Hey everyone! I'm more of a reader (you can tell by my # of posts compared to my time on head-if) but I thought I would share my setup, it's a little unique.

Got a modi multibit last week, been on warming up for several days. Finally started listening, and have been super, super impressed. I know it's all the clichés, but things sound cleaner, more details, smoother, all the stuff from the standard gushing review. I have ADHD and can only listen to favorite songs before skipping to another, but this is so good and eye opening I'm listening to all songs in their entirety. It's been an upgrade from my last dac which costs as much as two mimbys.

I have my iPhone 6 Plus feeding to a Nuforce Ido, feeding to the mimby via coax cable, feeding to a mjolnir (1st gen) feeding a pair of LCD 2.2's.

It all sounds fantastic. I've used the cck cable setup several times but to my ears, it seems to degrade the sound quality when comparing to my pic setup. This setup using a coax sounds wonderful.

I'm using the cheapest cables available. Never thought I would use rca's again, I was fully balanced for the last few years. I have some decent ones on the way.

 

[bozoskeletonz]

Here is one more with things cleaned up

 

[CarlosUnchained]

Here is one more with things cleaned up

 
So the iDo in your setup is basically to obtain coax out from your iPhone, or does it have another purpose?

 

[bozoskeletonz]

That's it exactly, getting the iPhone to use coax. You can use it as a dac and it has a built in amp, but I don't use those features.

 

[CarlosUnchained]

I'm looking for the opposite, optical to usb converter. Is there anything like that and does it has any flaws for using it?

 

[almarti]

That's it exactly, getting the iPhone to use coax. You can use it as a dac and it has a built in amp, but I don't use those features.

Why not connect iPhone directly to Mimby thru USB (CCK)?

 

[fjrabon]

Here is one more with things cleaned up

what's the point of the wyrd?  Just left there from when you were using USB?

 

[227qed]

Hey everyone! I'm more of a reader (you can tell by my # of posts compared to my time on head-if) but I thought I would share my setup, it's a little unique.

Got a modi multibit last week, been on warming up for several days. Finally started listening, and have been super, super impressed. I know it's all the clichés, but things sound cleaner, more details, smoother, all the stuff from the standard gushing review. I have ADHD and can only listen to favorite songs before skipping to another, but this is so good and eye opening I'm listening to all songs in their entirety. It's been an upgrade from my last dac which costs as much as two mimbys.

I have my iPhone 6 Plus feeding to a Nuforce Ido, feeding to the mimby via coax cable, feeding to a mjolnir (1st gen) feeding a pair of LCD 2.2's.

It all sounds fantastic. I've used the cck cable setup several times but to my ears, it seems to degrade the sound quality when comparing to my pic setup. This setup using a coax sounds wonderful.

I'm using the cheapest cables available. Never thought I would use rca's again, I was fully balanced for the last few years. I have some decent ones on the way.
 

 
Just curious, what was your last DAC?

 

[djchup]

My NFB-1AMP is arriving in a day or two and I'm getting ready to order a mimby, wanted to order a nice cable (sub-$100 nice, not head-fi nice) to go along with it.  What would be the best way to connect it to my motherboard, Optical or USB?  I have this motherboard.
 
Edit: Or some sort of affordable usb-spdif converter?  Just trying to find out what my best option is.

 

[fjrabon]

  My NFB-1AMP is arriving in a day or two and I'm getting ready to order a mimby, wanted to order a nice cable (sub-$100 nice, not head-fi nice) to go along with it.  What would be the best way to connect it to my motherboard, Optical or USB?  I have this motherboard.
 
Edit: Or some sort of affordable usb-spdif converter?  Just trying to find out what my best option is.

I've been perfectly happy with both optical and USB (cleaned up through Wyrd).  I have and like this cable a lot: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T8HWV62/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
It has no trouble locking on to 192 kHz