Cotnijoe
Sponsor: iFi AudioFormerly with Unique Melody
So a few interesting things I discovered.
First off, the D14 started off hissing quite a bit, which was strange to me since it was suppose to have a very low output impedance... of like 0.8 or so? Less than 1 for sure. After using it for some time though, the hiss disappeared. Its now almost as quiet as a DX90. Which is awesomely low, and basically means it wont hiss with ANYTHING except earwerkz IEMs.
Second thing which is nice is there is an "iBasso Control Panel" that gets downloaded along with the driver firmware. It allows you to what I'm assuming is the output of the DAC to the amp as well as change the balance of each channel. Nice feature since some IEMs are too sensitive to use with the D14. Being able to lower the volume with the control panel helped a lot.
Also, the D14 tends to get quite warm sometime while im using it... then 15 minutes later it's cooled off. Interesting o.o
First off, the D14 started off hissing quite a bit, which was strange to me since it was suppose to have a very low output impedance... of like 0.8 or so? Less than 1 for sure. After using it for some time though, the hiss disappeared. Its now almost as quiet as a DX90. Which is awesomely low, and basically means it wont hiss with ANYTHING except earwerkz IEMs.
Second thing which is nice is there is an "iBasso Control Panel" that gets downloaded along with the driver firmware. It allows you to what I'm assuming is the output of the DAC to the amp as well as change the balance of each channel. Nice feature since some IEMs are too sensitive to use with the D14. Being able to lower the volume with the control panel helped a lot.
Also, the D14 tends to get quite warm sometime while im using it... then 15 minutes later it's cooled off. Interesting o.o