DjBobby
1000+ Head-Fier
Congratulations Kebcy, I hope you will enjoy the Conductor 3REF!Hello DjBobby!
Thank you the detailed answer, of course it helps a lot! I already talked with Alex, and my Conductor 3REF is already on the way towards me (Hungary).
So basically it's like a SWING/Fun with much more power, and muscle, right?
The Dual ESS9038 DAC chip improves the overall sound quality, or this serves other purposes, like for streaming or dual music listening in two totally different headphones? For your listening sessions, you used FooBar, right? I do have some .mkv files, and .aac as well, but actually I am not sure if I am better with the simple VLC or with the FooBar..
I am sure, I am not gonna change back to the "old" SWING/Fun combo!
Yes, it could be said like that that the Conductor 3 is the Swing/Fun on steroids.
Using dual ESS9038 chip improves the overall sound quality, nothing to do with the dual music streaming. Using only one digital chip in stereo mode gives you the SNR of -129db. When using dual chips, each one is configured to work in the mono mode, improving the SNR to impressive -140db. It is also better for the crosstalk, as each chip takes care about only one separate channel.
You can of course use two different headphones plugged in at the same time, but listening to the same music. It is very handy if you want to compare the headphones, without loosing time for unplugging and plugging in.
I am on macOS, using the Audirvana, so no idea about the Foobar. Probably other HeadFiers can give you more information about best software for the Windows machines.
Wishing you that your Conductor arrives as soon as possible, I remember how impatient I was, awaiting for the package to arrive .