Paulus XII
Formerly known as FW214b
I'm looking for a used BL, if you have one, please PM.
Our micro iDSD BL is a transportable device, designed to do as many things as possible. Yes, it can drive your HD800S and quite effortlessly. Yet Pro iDAC is on another level as far as headphones amplification goes. What you need to do is to answer yourself whether you need/want one transportable solution which does it all or are keen to push things higher and complete a desktop only setup over time.
Haven't been paying attention to reviews specifically mentioning HD800 or HD800s but I would not characterize it gets iDSD Black Label as bright itself.
Portable and ultimate are goals that are at odds with each other... If you want tube sound I think there are portable tube amps. No idea how well they pair with your cans (a known tough one to pair with gear).
No. I am saying that I don't think of the iDSD as bright in general. And the bass boost may do good things to warm it up.
Now maybe the HD800s need something that is actually rolled off a bit in the highs. I only know the headphone by reputation (as bright and tough to pair with).
As for connectivity and need to be plugged in, check the product pages. Easy enough to Google.
I am giving serious thought about consolidating the various portable amps & DACs i have and i think this will be my next purchase. I want to use my AK120ii as a transport and it looks like the only connectivity option for my DAP would be optical, however looking at the combined SPDIF coax/optical connector, the size and shape looks like a standard coax connector and the only optical connectors i've seen are either square (at least on one end) or male at both ends but with a much smaller tip. How would that work?
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This SPDIF actually is an optical input and coaxial output combo. The optical part of this interface is deep inside and an adapter is needed to use it, just like this one:
Just so you know it comes with almost every connector you could need or want.Perfect, thanks for that! I think i may already have this adaptor at the end of one of my optical cables...thanks again!
Just so you know it comes with almost every connector you could need or want.
If you are talking about the port that is on the side of the BL, it is used to charge your mobile phone or other devices. It is not used to charge up the BL. Use the port on the back end along with the blue cable like you said.Hi All,
How do we charge using smart power port? When I connect the device to USB through this port, it doesn't charge it and blue light remains off.However using blue cable, device is charging. The device was powered off in both the situations.
Thanks
Can some one share some experience with sound signature of the micro bl. I whant to pair it with lg v30 and hd800s. Do you think the dac of micro bl is better then the quad sabr from lg v30?