GreyArea
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Thanks for all the info again guys!
So basically I am currently going to save money up for the Yulong D-100.
A few more questions though, how would I be able to hook up my Audioengine A5's to the Yulong D-100? Would I be able to switch off between amping through my speakers and through my JH5's?
Well, as for the Audioengine A5s, they're active bookshelf speakers so you can plug the DAC into them using an aforementioned RCA to 1/8 inch jack cable. Use the analogue out RCAs on the Yulong.
As for the JH5s, I'm not sure what you mean. What would you switch off? You could switch off your speakers because there'll be an on/off switch.
Although I'm not familiar with the Yulong, I'd imagine that the headphone jack outputs the same signal as the RCAs constantly while switched on. You'd unplug your JH5s when not listening.
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Also, my JH5's are terminated to 1/8'', what would I need to convert to 1/4'' to fit the D-100?
A standard 1/8'' to 1/4'' converter is fine. Good ones are relatively inexpensive.
Looks like this:
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And just to double check, the best quality possible from my computer would be:
Computer - Coax/SPDIF whatev - Yulong D-100 - JH5's (and i would play my music through foobar2000
Yep. Use the WASAPI driver in Foobar2k. I think it's a separate component you have to download. I've found that it sounds better.
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and for the mp3 the best quality possible would be
Cowon J3 - RCA cable to headphone out - JH5's right?
Nope. You don't need a cable between your JH5s and your mp3 player, surely your JH5s have a cable terminated with 1/8th inch.
I think you mean:
J3 - 1/8 to RCA - Yulong
This unfortunately WON'T work. I hadn't realised earlier but the Yulong does NOT have an analogue input to bypass the DAC and feed into the headphone amp.
You'll have to use your computer.
You could technically buy a Analogue to Digital (AD) converter to convert to something digital that would feed the DAC but it'd be complete overkill and probably wouldn't sound very good.
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Also, should the amp matter? Like if I get a tube vs. solid state? I will mainly be using the amp/dac with my computer and IEM jhaudio 5's, would it be better to get a tube or a hybrid over the Yulong-D100, cuz that one is solid state. Would it matter?
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Well, if you were to get an additional headphone amp, you'd only use the Yulong as a DAC. As far as I know, DAC conversion is done using solid state components and tube DACs, if they exist, they only feature tubes to colour the sound after conversion.
So.... you're in the same position as everyone is when they've bought a stand-alone DAC and are in the market for a headphone amp. People try and find products that sound good together to balance out the sound sig of their setup. However, you need to decide what sound sig you want for your rig. Read up on different headphone amps to choose. Maybe go away and do some searching and come back with any questions you have. There are some decent discussions on tube vs. SS if you look hard enough.
Short answer:
No, it doesn't matter.