ONKYO DP-X1 | Dual Sabre Dacs | Balanced | Sabre BTL Amp | MQA | DSD 256 | Android 5 |

[addyg]

By design, this is twin boards design. The digital output from android board need to go through the dac/amp board in order to reach your earphone.

It is similar to using a phone pair with mojo (dac/amp).

So no matter what, it is impossible to not go through the 9018 dac.

 

[Riley Beale]

Could somebody please pm me Onkyo Japan's email?  I would greatly appreciate it.  I cannot read Japanese.  Also if anybody else has talked to Onkyo about the DPX1A coming to the states please share your information.  I am very curious.
 
Thank you
 
Riley

 

[bluelavender]

 
​Which is pretty odd considering fiio is advertising their X5iii as a device that will have dual DACs functioning even in 3rd party apps. Perhaps they encoded it in the android architecture.
 
Either way, I can't tell the difference, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing.

 
i remember i read the same thing with even LG V20. It will function at its full capabilities using LG's own music app. Not every third party apps will be able to utilize their quad dac full functionalities (although there are, such as google play music, as tested by some forumers in xda). I imagine it will be very hard as well to test it with almost every piece of third party apps out there, and i believe it is hard as well for every third party music apps to test and rewrite their app to suite all kinds of audio hardwares coming out every month or two.. 

 

[theminstrel]

Would there be any reason why setting the Lock Range Adjust to tighter than neutral would drain the battery more? Surely it takes more power to keep the jitter low & the sound under more stringent control?

 

[fezzyness]

   
i remember i read the same thing with even LG V20. It will function at its full capabilities using LG's own music app. Not every third party apps will be able to utilize their quad dac full functionalities (although there are, such as google play music, as tested by some forumers in xda). I imagine it will be very hard as well to test it with almost every piece of third party apps out there, and i believe it is hard as well for every third party music apps to test and rewrite their app to suite all kinds of audio hardwares coming out every month or two.. 

​quad DAC? what's the benefit to that? Also I don't think it's the apps that are responsible. I may be wrong but it should be possible to block the way audio outputs, and force all audio to go through both channels, But something tells me this would have to be done by editing the source code. Otherwise how would FiiO be able to state that their dual DAC device utilizes both DACs in 3rd part apps?

 

[Bong Hollywodd]

Mqa is the truth. Sold my AK380 so I can get a meridian explorer2 and jutenhiem

 

[DrkHz]

please help me chose a pair of IEM's for my dp-x1
 
budget $300 and change I would like to get a 2.5mm TRS jack IEM balanced
 
thank you

 

[fezzyness]

  please help me chose a pair of IEM's for my dp-x1
 
budget $300 and change I would like to get a 2.5mm TRS jack IEM balanced
 
thank you

​what's your preferred sound signature

 

[DrkHz]

what I listen is vocal trance, trance and symphonic so i guess a IEM that will do good with this type of music

 

[bettyn]

Guess there is no chance the DP-X1A will have a better battery.

 

[DrkHz]

fidue a83 ? might be a good option for 299 ? or sennheiser IE 80 for 202 ?

 

[Riley Beale]

  Guess there is no chance the DP-X1A will have a better battery.

Somebody earlier in this thread said that the DPX1 should get up to 12 hours and DPX1A should get up to 20 hours.  The DPX1A has not been out or available in most of the world.  So don't be too quick to judge unless you own or have tested the DPX1A yourself.  There is still hope.  I do not know this as a concrete fact.   This is just something I heard.  It may or not be partly or completely accurate.  I do not know myself.
 
Cheers
 
Riley

 

[fezzyness]

  Guess there is no chance the DP-X1A will have a better battery.

​If I turn all the extra's off and use Spotify or the media player, I lost about 5-6% per hour, so 20 hours isn't a bad estimate on the maximum you can use your player for when just using it for audio
 
I'm on the X1A btw

 

[guliver]

Something is not right in Onkyo answer. I have both 2.5 and 3.5 and the output (volume) is more than twice on 2.5. Same song I'm listening around 100 volume on 3.5 I have to lower to 47 on 2.5. That makes me believe only 1 amp is active on 3.5

Have you tried the 2.5mm output balanced mode with music application other than the Onkyo one and if yes did you get the same result?

 

[fezzyness]

Have you tried the 2.5mm output balanced mode with music application other than the Onkyo one and if yes did you get the same result?

​no no this person doesn't understand that balanced mode outputs more power.