iBasso Boomslang DB-1 & DB-2 and Toucan balanced portable dac and amp . pg 1, 19 , 25, 26 . . . .

[LionPlushie]

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Yes and no.....  Pins always go into their respective numbered partner...for example, male pin 1 goes into female receptacle 1 etc, but keep in mind that they face one another.  The numbering will *appear* to be reversed when looking at them each head-on. 
 
You will notice that male plugs are numbered on the rear while females are numbered on the face.  If you wire according to the printed numbers on each, you will be correct. 
 
Ron
 

I must be looking at the wrong way then.

 

[nc8000]

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This is obviously a noob question.. But I just bought my HIFIMAN HM801, and how do I access its digital out? (PS, though it's bigger than the iRiver so even if I figure this out I might just use my iRiver..)

As far as I'm aware it does not have digital out, one of the points being that it incorporates a superior dac from the start

 

[MrProggie]

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As far as I'm aware it does not have digital out, one of the points being that it incorporates a superior dac from the start

 
You're right its a coax-IN not OUT. For some reason I've always believed it got a digital out.

 

 

[jamato8]

I ordered and have a Toucan winging its way here. I will be on the road, as I am moving to Pohnpei, Micronesia but will have full mail service there and email (I hope). The amp I will have before I leave Monday after this coming Monday. 

 

[mrarroyo]

I too am waiting for my combo, should be a lot of fun to try with a few of my cans. Next I will need a few plugs to convert some of my headphones to balance operation.

 

[pekingduck]

Wow..I am buying one soon...Can someone build me a balanced cable for my JH13's, please?

 

[richbass]

When is boomslang coming ?

 

[paulybatz]

About 2 weeks

 

[shanghaiW3]

Could an adapter be used (mini to balanced) or is a recable necessary?

 

[Xan7hos]

an adapter would (most likely) not work because a mini jack utilizes a shared ground, whereas the point of balanced is that it has indepedent active grounds per channel.
 
if your cable had an indepdent ground and lead per channel (4 seperate wires), you can just reterminate the cable into a balanced connector. if the cable utilizes a share ground (Left Channel, Right Channel, Common Ground) then a recable would be necessary

 

[nsx_23]

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Wow..I am buying one soon...Can someone build me a balanced cable for my JH13's, please?

I need a cable for my UE18 which doesn't cost the Earth.

 

[pekingduck]

One question: is balanced headphone out disabled if non-balanced input signal is fed?

 

[wuwhere]

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One question: is balanced headphone out disabled if non-balanced input signal is fed?

And is SE out disabled if the input signal is balanced?

 

[Xan7hos]

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I need a cable for my UE18 which doesn't cost the Earth.

you might want to see if the original cable has 4 conductors and just reterminate them, or just buy a UE replacement cable...i think they go for around $40. and of course, always the DIY route (think mogami/canare)

 

[nsx_23]

For some reason I have this inability to DIY cables. I can do amps and most soldering jobs, but not cables.....