ONIX Alpha XI1 - Smallest & Most Affordable ONIX DAC - High-Power Portable USB DAC/AMP

[570315]

Received mine last week, satisfied with it so far.

I'd have three feature suggestions for the next firmware update(s), @Shanling, maybe you could implement some of it eventually, please?

1. Option to turn off the screen after a set amount of time. Screen saver, but really.

2. Option to use less volume steps than 100 (at least in DAC Volume mode). So, for example, doubling the amount of dBs one step changes, ultimately halving the steps. I quite like how on the KA17 by FiiO I can have 60 steps (or 120), it's quicker for me to find the ideal loudness between songs.

3. Option to turn off the sampling rate indicator light of the circular button.

Thank you!

 

[laleeee]

Received mine last week, satisfied with it so far.

I'd have three feature suggestions for the next firmware update(s), @Shanling, maybe you could implement some of it eventually, please?

1. Option to turn off the screen after a set amount of time. Screen saver, but really.

2. Option to use less volume steps than 100 (at least in DAC Volume mode). So, for example, doubling the amount of dBs one step changes, ultimately halving the steps. I quite like how on the KA17 by FiiO I can have 60 steps (or 120), it's quicker for me to find the ideal loudness between songs.

3. Option to turn off the sampling rate indicator light of the circular button.

Thank you!

Can you compare with the ka17 ?

 

[Surf Monkey]

Mine came today and it’s impressive out of the box. It’s quite a bit smaller than I expected it to be. It’s also quite a bit more powerful than I expected too. They’re not artificially inflating those numbers at all. This thing has juice to spare. It sounds very transparent with maybe a touch of warmth to its signature. I’m enjoying it so much with IEMs at the moment that I haven’t plugged a set of full sized cans into it yet. But I’m going to use the HD650 with it next and see if it can drive 300 ohm without issue.

 

[Vartan]

Hi guys, is anyone try ONIX Alpha with HiBy Digital M300 or SONY NW-A306?

 

[smegel]

Received mine last week, satisfied with it so far.

I'd have three feature suggestions for the next firmware update(s), @Shanling, maybe you could implement some of it eventually, please?

1. Option to turn off the screen after a set amount of time. Screen saver, but really.

2. Option to use less volume steps than 100 (at least in DAC Volume mode). So, for example, doubling the amount of dBs one step changes, ultimately halving the steps. I quite like how on the KA17 by FiiO I can have 60 steps (or 120), it's quicker for me to find the ideal loudness between songs.

3. Option to turn off the sampling rate indicator light of the circular button.

Thank you!

Uhm...
If you go thru the options... you will see that they do have a screen saver option as well as a time out setting.

If you set this to control the volume of the source... I don't think you have 100 steps, but mimic the steps of the underlying device.

 

[smegel]

Some further observations...

On my macbook, I can play with the midi settings and I'm using eqMac which has a setting for my Ditia Project M.
(Note: Even without the eqMac, the sound was great although the bass was a little bit subtle. )
eqMac has a preset for the DitaMs and I created my own EQ settings to boost the base slightly.

So I played w the midi application.
I could set it up to be 2 channel 32bit 768kHz which a bit overkill.
Honestly I could have set it to 384kHz and not hear a difference. (Could be due to my source, Spotify) or just my ears. (I'm an old fart in my 50's)

That said... @ToneDeafMonk was right. The Onix Alpha was a good pairing w my Dita project Ms.
Depending on what type of music you listen to... even w no EQ, the sound and separation was great.
I used to play cello (many moons ago) and when I listen to some cello music by Yo Yo Ma and others, you can really hear how well the instrument sounded.

I haven't tried this w my M&D MW65's but will do so later tonight.

Does anyone have thought on the PCM filtering in terms of latency and fast or slow?

Thx

 

[Surf Monkey]

Running with Hifiman Edition XS. They get legitimately loud at about 70/100. Not a lot of headroom, but enough. These would prefer a full watt into 18ohms. But the ONIX Alpha is doing a decent job driving them with half of that.

 

[Edgore 17]

Hola chicos, ¿alguien ha probado ONIX Alpha con HiBy Digital M300?

En un post aquí mismo decía que no era compatible, hay una lista donde ponen cuales si y cuales no

 

[seyuu]

Mine came today and it’s impressive out of the box. It’s quite a bit smaller than I expected it to be. It’s also quite a bit more powerful than I expected too. They’re not artificially inflating those numbers at all. This thing has juice to spare. It sounds very transparent with maybe a touch of warmth to its signature. I’m enjoying it so much with IEMs at the moment that I haven’t plugged a set of full sized cans into it yet. But I’m going to use the HD650 with it next and see if it can drive 300 ohm without issue.

Small? Its a chunky dong!

 

[Surf Monkey]

Small? Its a chunky dong!

I suppose, but I’ve been using a BTR7 wired and it’s significantly smaller than that.

 

[Shanling]

Got a new beta version of firmware update for XI1 which should help with compatibility.

If you are interested in testing it, please send us PM (Be sure to include what phone are you using that had issues with XI1). We are looking for 5-10 volunteers on this.

 

[zie5522]

Got a new beta version of firmware update for XI1 which should help with compatibility.

If you are interested in testing it, please send us PM (Be sure to include what phone are you using that had issues with XI1). We are looking for 5-10 volunteers on this.

I'm interested. Will PM.

PM Sent

 

[felixkopian]

Got a new beta version of firmware update for XI1 which should help with compatibility.

If you are interested in testing it, please send us PM (Be sure to include what phone are you using that had issues with XI1). We are looking for 5-10 volunteers on this.

just wanna adding a little here.. for the next update.. regarding the sound of onix alpha already great just some minor in the vocal that's sound too smooth and laid-back, maybe it could be more forward and detailed or lively or brighter.. that's it.. and thank you

 

[zie5522]

just wanna adding a little here.. for the next update.. regarding the sound of onix alpha already great just some minor in the vocal that's sound too smooth and laid-back, maybe it could be more forward and detailed or lively or brighter.. that's it.. and thank you

Nah its great that way. Yours already sold?

 

[seyuu]

just wanna adding a little here.. for the next update.. regarding the sound of onix alpha already great just some minor in the vocal that's sound too smooth and laid-back, maybe it could be more forward and detailed or lively or brighter.. that's it.. and thank you

If you want bright... use Fast filter.. Its already sounds great not need to tweak...