[Discordiain]

I ditched DAPs a while back and went down the phone and (various) dongle(s) route......
But this R4 is incredibly tempting at that price.

 

[onawing]

I'm very new to this space. I have a custom impulse response profile created through Impulcifier. I'd like to use it to watch movies on my Nvidia Shield. Am I correct in understanding that I can load the profile into the R4, connect it to the Shield in usb dac mode, and then watch movies on the tv? Is the R4 powerful enough to run the realtime processing? (am I even thinking about this correctly?)

 

[Murgatroid]

I'm very new to this space. I have a custom impulse response profile created through Impulcifier. I'd like to use it to watch movies on my Nvidia Shield. Am I correct in understanding that I can load the profile into the R4, connect it to the Shield in usb dac mode, and then watch movies on the tv? Is the R4 powerful enough to run the realtime processing? (am I even thinking about this correctly?)

I can't answer your question on if the SOC can handle the processing in your case, but it does have enough power to handle the HiBy plug-ins, like convolution, which is fairly processing intensive. The convolution plug-in may be able to use your profile. You should know that there is latency in audio in DAC mode. The audio will not be synced with the video, unless your video player can adjust the audio sync.

 

[onawing]

I can't answer your question on if the SOC can handle the processing in your case, but it does have enough power to handle the HiBy plug-ins, like convolution, which is fairly processing intensive. The convolution plug-in may be able to use your profile. You should know that there is latency in audio in DAC mode. The audio will not be synced with the video, unless your video player can adjust the audio sync.

I do see an option to add a delay in my video player and they are static values. Is it expected that the delay introduced in DAC mode will be a constant delay (ex. 0.2s) or is it variable? If its variable I dont think my video player supports it

 

[Murgatroid]

I do see an option to add a delay in my video player and they are static values. Is it expected that the delay introduced in DAC mode will be a constant delay (ex. 0.2s) or is it variable? If its variable I dont think my video player supports it

I believe it's a fixed delay. If your player can delay the video for a number of different static values, you should be able to find something that works.

 

[Discordiain]

One irritating thing....
During the preorder period, Hiby will chuck in a free strap, which is great.
But it will be a randomised colour.
So if I buy an orange R4, it might come with a green strap....
In that scenario, I'd be sorely tempted to send mine back for a refund.
Why can't they just match the strap to the player?
Or are orders fulfilled by colour blind robots?

 

[onawing]

I believe it's a fixed delay. If your player can delay the video for a number of different static values, you should be able to find something that works.

Perfect! Excited to try this out. Another step closer to my bootleg Realiser A16 experience

 

[theintention]

One irritating thing....
During the preorder period, Hiby will chuck in a free strap, which is great.
But it will be a randomised colour.
So if I buy an orange R4, it might come with a green strap....
In that scenario, I'd be sorely tempted to send mine back for a refund.
Why can't they just match the strap to the player?
Or are orders fulfilled by colour blind robots?

Seems like a non-issue for a free piece of fabric

 

[roadrat]

525mw out of the 4.4? That seems really powerful.

 

[UnderwaterB0i]

525mw out of the 4.4? That seems really powerful.

Probably why the battery dies in like, 6 hours of use out of that port.

 

[Discordiain]

Seems like a non-issue for a free piece of fabric

You think?
So why did Hiby go to the trouble of producing different coloured devices, with matching coloured themes, and matching coloured straps, only to then send non matching coloured straps to people who preorder?
I'd say that's an issue.
The logical choice for a customer would be not to preorder, but instead buy a strap and take advantage of the $10 welcome code in order to get it for free.
Whoever signed off on that at Hiby would appear to be hard of thinking.

 

[UnderwaterB0i]

I'm never using that strap so I'll send someone mine when it gets here.

 

[theintention]

You think?
So why did Hiby go to the trouble of producing different coloured devices, with matching coloured themes, and matching coloured straps, only to then send non matching coloured straps to people who preorder?
I'd say that's an issue.
The logical choice for a customer would be not to preorder, but instead buy a strap and take advantage of the $10 welcome code in order to get it for free.
Whoever signed off on that at Hiby would appear to be hard of thinking.

Who even knows until you get it? Maybe they will prioritize it that way and it’s a simple mistranslation.

In any event, cancelling a preorder just because the strap is the wrong color is… a choice. Best of luck.

 

[Discordiain]

I'm never using that strap so I'll send someone mine when it gets here.

Head Fi strap on swap shop.....
Sounds fun.

 

[alwass89]

You think?
So why did Hiby go to the trouble of producing different coloured devices, with matching coloured themes, and matching coloured straps, only to then send non matching coloured straps to people who preorder?
I'd say that's an issue.
The logical choice for a customer would be not to preorder, but instead buy a strap and take advantage of the $10 welcome code in order to get it for free.
Whoever signed off on that at Hiby would appear to be hard of thinking.

That’s part of the reason I bought the black. So no matter what color band I end up getting, it’ll match. I don’t love the neon colors, but was still going between the neon green and black, but the random strap giveaway pushed me over the edge to get the black player.