karmazynowy
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Is this combo more focused on dac or amp section, does anyone knows?
HI,
just baught this DAC and the sound is very impressive, open , detailled and warm .
The headphone amp is not a gadget , drives my Sebbheiser HD600 and Hifilan HE500 without problem.
But i have an issue with DSD files , when i try to play one i have no sound , just chug and the display show PCM 176;4 instead of DSD .
I tried with a Teac UD 501 and no problem at all , i can play DSD files;
I use Daphile on a Toshiba Laptop .Also tried with Win 8;1 (with pioneer drivers installed) and jplay mini , same problem.
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance.
gonna have some demo unit for 2 weeks and see what it's worth
will compare it directly with audio-gd nfb-28 (sabre 9018 in current domain) and m-dac / q-dac (9016)
dont get me wrong - tpa6120 is nice for high impedance HP, like it a lot with hd600/650 etc but it has to be turned almost all the way to show its full potential with this integrated headamp and to really move hd600
with low impedance headphones it sucks so bad, oh boy ... completely out of control of the drivers with many HP I tried in my life