SuperNovaGoesPop
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All single-ended/good ol' regular 3.5mm goodness.Regarding the soundstage, was that using a 'balanced' 3.5mm or standard 3.5mm?
All single-ended/good ol' regular 3.5mm goodness.Regarding the soundstage, was that using a 'balanced' 3.5mm or standard 3.5mm?
I have both the HA-2 se and Q5 with the standard am3a as well as the am3b which has the option for 3.5 and 4.4 pentaconn. If you like slim and a backup battery then I'd say go Oppo. You're always tethered via a cable but It's easy to carry around. Better bass boost too. If you can spend the extra $50 and don't have anything that needs the 220 mW then I'd say go Q5. It has good bluetooth quality sound wise and has options for the optional amp modules. I really like the fact you can do balanced or 3.5 on their am3 series but you only get like 150 mW out of the 3.5 jack but if you do anything balanced then you get almost 500 mW out of the 4.4 pentaconn connector. I think the Q5 sounds better but you have more options as well with the amp modules or bluetooth. HA-2 SE is sexier though lolHas anyone compared the HA-2 with the FiiO Q5 or the iFi xDSD?
The HO will override the LO, so you may need to unplug the headphones. But as a side note, I have had this 3 years and I always unplug the headphones every day, sometimes 2 or 3 times, and I’ve had absolutely no issues (I am guessing at over a thousand times of unplugging and plugging in again, though it could be much more). So you should be fine.Good day! Is it okay to leave both line out and HP out occupied, and use one at a time? Am planning to use this in a desktop setup.
My rationale for leaving both jacks occupied is to lessen the degradation of jacks from pulling / inserting.
The HO will override the LO, so you may need to unplug the headphones. But as a side note, I have had this 3 years and I always unplug the headphones every day, sometimes 2 or 3 times, and I’ve had absolutely no issues (I am guessing at over a thousand times of unplugging and plugging in again, though it could be much more). So you should be fine.
If you see a blue LED among the battery indicator lights, then you’ve got the unit set to offer power via the USB A port, as if to charge a phone. Press and hold the battery button until the blue LED disappears. Then when you quick press the same button, the white LEDs light up briefly to show, roughly, the remaining power.Also, is there a way to bypass the power source of the oppo? it seems it is using the dac's batt when im using it on the pc
If you see a blue LED among the battery indicator lights, then you’ve got the unit set to offer power via the USB A port, as if to charge a phone. Press and hold the battery button until the blue LED disappears. Then when you quick press the same button, the white LEDs light up briefly to show, roughly, the remaining power.
No, the opposite (apologize for confusing you). The blue light means the Oppo is SUPPLYING (or trying to supply) its battery power to something that OUGHT to be connected to its (large-ish) USB-A port (not the mini USB-B port you're using to cable from your computer to the Oppo). So you want the blue light OFF when using it with your computer - and most of the time generally. You ONLY want the blue light ON when you want your device [phone, digital audio player, etc] to receive power from the OPPO and its battery. Of course, that drains the OPPO battery but the presumption is that you do this when desperate to get your device back up and running. BTW, the HA2 manual is available online from OPPOdigital site.So when a blue light appears, it means I am using the power from the USB and not the battery?
have you ever tried this? I have lot of noise issue with the Oppo plugged to a Mac Mini 2012. Before spending $50 on the iDefender, would be nice to see if the Oppo DAC actually works on port B without external power.Someone here had try to use the iDefender 3.0 with no psu with the ha2 ? or any other way to use the ha2 with a laptop but eliminating the battery charge during playback ?
have you ever tried this? I have lot of noise issue with the Oppo plugged to a Mac Mini 2012. Before spending $50 on the iDefender, would be nice to see if the Oppo DAC actually works on port B without external power.
Other option is to see if port A could be used with a Mac instead of an iPhone. Anybody tried this?
Other option is to see if port A could be used with a Mac instead of an iPhone.
thanks @MikeyFresh for both answers! I ordered a iDefender and will see if it solves my noise problem...That will not work, the USB Type A port on the HA-2 only works with iOS devices.
sorry never had the chance to....have you ever tried this? I have lot of noise issue with the Oppo plugged to a Mac Mini 2012. Before spending $50 on the iDefender, would be nice to see if the Oppo DAC actually works on port B without external power.
Other option is to see if port A could be used with a Mac instead of an iPhone. Anybody tried this?