[frogmeat69]

Due to the AKM chip shortage JDS is using the ESS ES9018K2M chip in the Atom DAC+, and it measures great for a $109 unit, and will stack nicely with the Atom Amp.
If I didn't already have too many DACs, I would pick one of these up to try out.

 

[JaVerde]

Sigh I just bought an atom dac

 

[PlantsmanTX]

Sigh I just bought an atom dac

Have you received it yet?

 

[holsen]

Sigh I just bought an atom dac

Why the ? Shouldnt it be a or ?

 

[schmalgausen]

Due to the AKM chip shortage JDS is using the ESS ES9018K2M chip in the Atom DAC+, and it measures great for a $109 unit, and will stack nicely with the Atom Amp.
If I didn't already have too many DACs, I would pick one of these up to try out.

A little bit old chip, isn't it?

 

[frogmeat69]

A little bit old chip, isn't it?

What does it matter if it runs properly, and measures as good as the newer chips in similar priced DACs?
Plus, a newer chip would drive up cost for little or no gain in performance.

 

[schmalgausen]

Never heard about tube DACs.
Tone Board uses ES9038 as far as I remember. It is more attractive.

 

[frogmeat69]

What cable do I need to connect the balanced out of Khadas tone 2 pro to the Atom?

All you need are good old RCA cables to hook it to the Atom, the outs are able to run balanced or single ended. If you want to connect the Khadas to a balanced amp with XLR inputs, you need the special cables from Khadas.

 

[frogmeat69]

Never heard about tube DACs.
Tone Board uses ES9038 as far as I remember. It is more attractive.

Khadas Tone Board is a great DAC, you would be well off with either I would think. It's awesome what $100 or a little more can get you today.

 

[JaVerde]

Why the ? Shouldnt it be a or ?

They just released a new one after I just bought the old one lol

 

[tesseus]

Quick dumb question:
1) I'm an idiot and mistakenly plugged my new JDS Labs Atom DAC+ RCA cables into Atom Amp's Output instead of Input, the source was my PC USB cable to DAC+. Took me a while to figure out why I couldn't get any sound and found out I didn't plug it into input like I was supposed to.
Could I have caused any damage by doing that? Thanks in advance!
2) Is it normal for the power adapters to be warm even when I have my dac+ and amp off? Should I turn off the surge protector that they're connected to after I'm done for the night?
3) Anyone try out the tube-like firmware?

 

[tesseus]

Atom amp+ , too bad i got the atom amp last month a little over a month ago
https://blog.jdslabs.com/2021/07/jds-labs-atom-amp-is-now-atom-amp-plus/

 

[megabigeye]

Atom amp+ , too bad i got the atom amp last month a little over a month ago
https://blog.jdslabs.com/2021/07/jds-labs-atom-amp-is-now-atom-amp-plus/

If you purchased it after May 28, you actually received an Atom+ board in an Atom enclosure.
Per their website:

For those who ordered Atom Amp after May 28th 2021, you received a free upgrade to Atom Amp+ in an enclosure labelled as Atom Amp.

 

[megabigeye]

What I'm wondering about is this:

Extra weights are still free upon request.

What weights? Are they something that goes inside the amp (or DAC), and if so, is it something we can do ourselves? Can we send the Atom back to JDS to have them fitted? I don't see them on the website.

The weight of the stack is one of my very few, very minor complaints about the Atoms. I'd love it if it were an easy fix.

 

[PlantsmanTX]

What I'm wondering about is this:

What weights? Are they something that goes inside the amp (or DAC), and if so, is it something we can do ourselves? Can we send the Atom back to JDS to have them fitted? I don't see them on the website.

The weight of the stack is one of my very few, very minor complaints about the Atoms. I'd love it if it were an easy fix.

They're adhesive backed wheel balancing weights. You can see them in the corners of the case in this photo.