[emilsal]

Hi all, just wanna make sure about this dap. I just purchased and havent arrived yet. The question is, does it support external dac/amp? As im using ifi micro as dac/amp when at home

Thanks in advance

Yes it supports USB OTG to an external dac/amp. I use mine the with a Schiit Jotunheim using a micro usb to usb b OTG cable.

 

[Hay2104]

Hi all, just wanna make sure about this dap. I just purchased and havent arrived yet. The question is, does it support external dac/amp? As im using ifi micro as dac/amp when at home

Thanks in advance

It’s a crapshoot.

Mine never wanted to support any kind of dac/amp. Regardless of what adapter/usb cable I plugged into it. From ifi adapters to custom cable adapters I tried amp to dac combos in the bunch and the results were always the same.

Connect, freeze, crash. Went ahead and tinkered with all the settings and nothing.

Maybe you won’t get a dud

 

[letlive]

Got a balanced cable today. Unfortunately, I have no sound with it. When the cable is plugged in, there is no symbol for "headphones connected". But it should be there like in the 3,5mm output mode, right?

 

[Hay2104]

Got a balanced cable today. Unfortunately, I have no sound with it. When the cable is plugged in, there is no symbol for "headphones connected". But it should be there like in the 3,5mm output mode, right?

You have to go into settings and set it manually

Settings—>Sound & Notifications —> Output Select—>Balanced

 

[letlive]

Already did, still no headphone symbol and sound

 

[Hay2104]

Already did, still no headphone symbol and sound

Who’d you buy the adapter from?

I don’t know what it is about balanced 2.5mm cables, but out of 5 cables that cost me $30 to $80 dollars, only 1 cable ended up being NOT faulty.

You probably got a lemon. Time demand a prepaid return label.

 

[letlive]

But the symbol "headphone connected" should be there, even if it's a balanced cable, right?

When I disconnect the cable, music doesn't stop playing unlike in the unbalanced mode. Is that normal?

 

[Hay2104]

But the symbol "headphone connected" should be there, even if it's a balanced cable, right?

When I disconnect the cable, music doesn't stop playing unlike in the unbalanced mode. Is that normal?

Nope.

When connecting a 3.5mm cable headphone, a little headphone symbol will appear.

When connecting a 2.5mm in balanced, the headphone will not appear but it still plays.

 

[Hay2104]

BTW I’m using ArticCables. Out of the custom cables, they are yet to fail on me.

I did use periapts at one point but the physical cable was too heavy.

Not to mention the failed 2.5mm cable that was created by “cablearchitect”

 

[letlive]

Thank you for the pics! Does the music stop playing when you disconnect the custom cable?

 

[Hay2104]

Thank you for the pics! Does the music stop playing when you disconnect the custom cable?

Nope, the music will keep playing regardless of whether a 3.5mm or balanced connector is plugged in.

It will only stop when you press pause or when the app crashes or resets.

 

[letlive]

That's weird. When I disconnect my 3,5mm cable, music stops immediately.

 

[zombicube]

That's weird. When I disconnect my 3,5mm cable, music stops immediately.

It might depend on what app you use to listen to music, whether the music stops when the cable is removed.

 

[letlive]

Yes, I mean the Pioneer music app.

 

[RowBearToe]

I'm looking for some help with tagging files. I have a bunch of albums whose album art shows up in media monkey, but when I sync it with my 300R, there is no album art associated it. Why isn't the 300R finding the album images, is there a certain way this needs to be done? If so, is there an easy (automated) way to do this to all of the albums in my library in media monkey? Appreciate any suggestions!