[Duncan]

Interesting - I have a USB OTG cable that allows for the slave device to have its own power - will try this, and see if having the DFR as 'self powered' makes a difference.

 

[canali]

Does this touch upon the area of line and signal conditioning, like iFi's 2.0 or 3.0 usb hubs,
or the or uptone regen, etc? Would not the jitterbug take care of some of this? I'm no tech person so am probably mistaken.

 

[Duncan]

Does this touch upon the area of line and signal conditioning, like iFi's 2.0 or 3.0 hubs? Would not the jitterbug take care of some of this? I'm no tech person so am probably mistaken.

Quite possibly, I guess I can find out, having the capacity to look at both sides of this.

 

[indieman]

Anyone know of a small USB hub that would work for iOS? I have one but it's an awkward shape. Would be nice to find one that could be "stacked" similar to an amp or something. I still have the df 1.2v so I need a hub

 

[Duncan]

There was a clever USB hub released a few years back, wish I remember what it was called - Dr Wizard, or something like that, where it was self powered, but was able to still allow items that needed 500mw to work on any device...

If I can find it, or remember it's name, I'll post back.

 

[elvis_presley]

   
For my Sony Z3 Tablet (5.1) the Dragonfly worked without without me having to make any changes.
 
My Nexus 5 (6.0) wouldn't work initially but is working now.  I had to go into Developer options (Google "Android enable developer mode" if you haven't already) and change the "Select USB Configuration" option to be "Audio Source".

 
Guys this worked perfectly for me and I'm finally able to use my streamed google music from my one plus one, to my matrix mini portable via a USB OTG.
 
So much win over youtube music as well.
 
My only ammendment to the above is after you make the system change on your android device, just reboot it and profit!

 

[canali]

There was a clever USB hub released a few years back, wish I remember what it was called - Dr Wizard, or something like that, where it was self powered, but was able to still allow items that needed 500mw to work on any device...

If I can find it, or remember it's name, I'll post back.

 
this?
 
https://www.bbcdoctorwhoshop.com/store/canada/doctor-who-eleventh-doctor-s-tardis-4-port-usb-hub
 
 

 

[Duncan]

this?

https://www.bbcdoctorwhoshop.com/store/canada/doctor-who-eleventh-doctor-s-tardis-4-port-usb-hub

haha, no it was actually Dr Bott...



Should be quite a few head-fi posts about it

 

[indieman]

haha, no it was actually Dr Bott...



Should be quite a few head-fi posts about it

Thanks! I'll try to track one down.

 

[canali]

 
 
lmao...thought it was a bit...'weird' for a headfer...

 
 
 
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haha, no it was actually Dr Bott...



Should be quite a few head-fi posts about it

 

[god-bluff]

Double post. sorry

 

[god-bluff]

Cyrus have an interesting  rival to the Black, the soundKey. Launches on Kickstarter in the next few days.

 

[canali]

  Cyrus have an interesting  rival to the Black, the soundKey. Launches on Kickstarter in the next few days.

 
i'm not sure if it does anything different from what the dragonfly does, however.
 
http://soundkey.cyrusaudio.com/
 
http://www.whathifi.com/news/cyrus-turns-to-kickstarter-to-fund-development-its-soundkey-dac
 
http://www.the-ear.net/news/can-cyrus-soundkey-unlock-mobile-market

 

[AJTSin]

FYI I just received a Magni 2 Uber in the mail. I bought the Uber primarily for vinyl and my HE-400i cans. However out of curiosity I tried running the DF Red as a DAC from my iPhone into the uber. It sounds amazing and the Uber definately can drive the 400i cans louder. The DF works well at 100% volume as a DAC into the Magni.

It is a very good combo, but I gotta say Vinyl is on a whole other level.

Love it.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

FYI I just received a Magni 2 Uber in the mail. I bought the Uber primarily for vinyl and my HE-400i cans. However out of curiosity I tried running the DF Red as a DAC from my iPhone into the uber. It sounds amazing and the Uber definately can drive the 400i cans louder. The DF works well at 100% volume as a DAC into the Magni.

It is a very good combo, but I gotta say Vinyl is on a whole other level.

Love it.

 
 
Happy to hear this!
 
My plan is to just get the DF Red and pair it with my iPhone 6S and a set of Sennheiser HD600 or HD650.
 
However, if I find that the cans need a bit more juice, then I can add a Magni 2 to the mix.
iPhone 6S > DFR > Magni 2 isn't as portable a set-up as I'd like, but I could deal with it if it would make a significant difference in getting better sound out of the HD600/650.
 
As the HD600/650 are open-back, I don't ever plan on going portable outside of the home, but I do need the ability to move around the house and change rooms on short notice.  The fact that I can just use my iPhone (as opposed to having to use my laptop) makes this much easier.  The only pain-in-the-ass would be having to lug the Magni 2 along with me and plug it in whatever room I'm in.
 
This is still easier than having to lug both a Mangi and a Modi 

 
Very happy to hear that you're getting great sound with this set-up!!!