[abitdeef]

I tried a ton of different c to c cables with the W2 and of them my best is the custom made ones by XINHS. The DDhifi isn’t bad but I had bad luck with them failing. First one came broken second lasted about 3 weeks. Third is sitting brand new in box.

The woo audio wasn’t too bad. The L shaped on is supper solid but shape isn’t for everyone. The two from XINHS I like the 40cm was $35 and the 17cm was $25. Might be cheaper or more depending on the cable used to make it. I used the cable linked below.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002994387021.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.4e644c4dIOZmTQ

I have the woo audio one but wanted a little longer one. I ordered the dd one on Amazon. Any problems and I'll return it.

 

[senorx12562]

Still wending my way through this thread, but a quick question, has anyone attempted to use the L&P asio driver to play dsd natively? I got about 1.5 seconds of horrible sound and then none. The wasapi driver works fine, but in jrmc 24 at least, it converts dsd64 to pcm at 352.4 khz. Any ideas?

Edit: Nvm. Been so long since I had a dac that plays DSD I forgot to activate bitstreaming in jrmc. That, and I'm really old.

 

[musicday]

I tried a ton of different c to c cables with the W2 and of them my best is the custom made ones by XINHS. The DDhifi isn’t bad but I had bad luck with them failing. First one came broken second lasted about 3 weeks. Third is sitting brand new in box.

The woo audio wasn’t too bad. The L shaped on is supper solid but shape isn’t for everyone. The two from XINHS I like the 40cm was $35 and the 17cm was $25. Might be cheaper or more depending on the cable used to make it. I used the cable linked below.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002994387021.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.4e644c4dIOZmTQ

So I can just write to the seller and ask to make a type c to type c cable from a choice of cables?

 

[galangerz]

Does anyone have a preferred Bluetooth solution?
So far I've only tried the UP5 and the W2 with the m0
UP5 is convenient. LDAC, 4.4, low latency, gets me 7-8 hours
W2 and m0 sound so much better, LDAC 4.4, but only good for barely an hour.

 

[abitdeef]

Never thought of that, BT reciever to W2 - you'd probably need something with a good battery, but geez I would expect M0 to last longer than an hour.

 

[captblaze]

Does anyone have a preferred Bluetooth solution?
So far I've only tried the UP5 and the W2 with the m0
UP5 is convenient. LDAC, 4.4, low latency, gets me 7-8 hours
W2 and m0 sound so much better, LDAC 4.4, but only good for barely an hour.

Fiio BTR5 has decent battery life and LDAC codec on board (although AAC for me). App has different filters and EQ settings to tweak if you like. Price used to be $120 USD, but not sure now

2.5mm output for balance

 

[abitdeef]

No need something that does usb out and is a BT receiver so it can feed W2- which is better than out of most daps.
Even though it will be ldac it still will use out of W2.

I should qualify- better than most daps I've used

 

[Ufanco]

So I can just write to the seller and ask to make a type c to type c cable from a choice of cables?

Yes just message him and let him know you want to buy a c to c otg usb cable.

 

[abitdeef]

Does anyone have a preferred Bluetooth solution?
So far I've only tried the UP5 and the W2 with the m0
UP5 is convenient. LDAC, 4.4, low latency, gets me 7-8 hours
W2 and m0 sound so much better, LDAC 4.4, but only good for barely an hour.

The only thing I can think of that's pretty compact and has a decent battery is r3 pro or r3 pro saber. And the price isn't so far off UP5.

 

[galangerz]

The only thing I can think of that's pretty compact and has a decent battery is r3 pro or r3 pro saber. And the price isn't so far off UP5.

thank you ill look into it. for simply battery life, this fares well against what I'm considering to get:

Hiby R2 (1000mAh)
Shanling Q1 (1100mAh)
M2S (1800mAh)

Seems like I can't find any dedicated Bluetooth DAC/AMP that has a USB out, guess it must be a DAP.

 

[abitdeef]

thank you ill look into it. for simply battery life, this fares well against what I'm considering to get:

Hiby R2 (1000mAh)
Shanling Q1 (1100mAh)
M2S (1800mAh)

Seems like I can't find any dedicated Bluetooth DAC/AMP that has a USB out, guess it must be a DAP.

It would be a good choice and if you get the saber you get a different chipset with a different sonic flavor Although Q1 has saber it's smoother than r3p s. They still sell M2S?

 

[galangerz]

It would be a good choice and if you get the saber you get a different chipset with a different sonic flavor Although Q1 has saber it's smoother than r3p s. They still sell M2S?

Noted thank you

and not sure! just saw it on the shanling website, didn't see if dealers had it. oh well, you've already convinced me on the r3 pro saber sooo

 

[abitdeef]

Noted thank you

and not sure! just saw it on the shanling website, didn't see if dealers had it. oh well, you've already convinced me on the r3 pro saber sooo

Lol I ask because I had an M2S way back when and it was really tiny. I had no idea the battery was so meaty.

Honestly r3 pro saber is a nice little dap and I think it would pair nicely with W2. The only thing that was a bit weak was BT transmitting. BT receiving worked great though.

Honestly I'm thinking about picking up another one for myself just because my phone doesn't take Micro SD cards.

 

[galangerz]

Lol I ask because I had an M2S way back when and it was really tiny. I had no idea the battery was so meaty.

Honestly r3 pro saber is a nice little dap and I think it would pair nicely with W2. The only thing that was a bit weak was BT transmitting. BT receiving worked great though.

Honestly I'm thinking about picking up another one for myself just because my phone doesn't take Micro SD cards.

hmm i also noticed it had not-so-great battery life, even with that battery. guess the chips back then weren't so efficient

ahh that's a shame, hopefully that works out for you

 

[abitdeef]

hmm i also noticed it had not-so-great battery life, even with that battery. guess the chips back then weren't so efficient

ahh that's a shame, hopefully that works out for you

Oh it will, I've used it as a transport before with both w2 and S1. And yes the chips are better and the amps are more efficient and built into the chips.