[Shlonglor]

  Yes.

Great! Now I only have to figure out if it's better than my Zero DAC/Amp for powering my Denon AH-2000s and Bx5As.
 
Thanks.

 

[Shlonglor]

(double post)

 

[gdpeck]

  Great! Now I only have to figure out if it's better than my Zero DAC/Amp for powering my Denon AH-2000s and Bx5As.
 
Thanks.

Sorry, I can't help you there. I have no experience with that DAC or those headphones. I like my D1, but really mostly use it for speakers.

 

[Itbesandrodoe1]

i used mine for my macbook air (late 2014) and it was wonderful, powered my A2+ speakers and my M50x just fine!

 

[WilliamLeonhart]

I have something to ask... When you plug your amp into the RCA output, it's going to bypass the built-in amp of the D1, right?

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Can you run the D1 as follows: Samsung HDTV Digital Optical Out - Audioengine D1 Optical Input - Headphone output?

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

I have something to ask... When you plug your amp into the RCA output, it's going to bypass the built-in amp of the D1, right?

Yes

Can you run the D1 as follows: Samsung HDTV Digital Optical Out - Audioengine D1 Optical Input - Headphone output?

Yes. Although my son has been going from a B1 BT DAC optical out into the D1 because the B1 DAC is a little warmer sounding, and this lets him use the D1 with his iPad mini retina. But any Optical source can work, including TV and MacBook Pro optical out. I tend to agree with him that the B1 DAC is a little bit warmer and lush sounding, but the D1 DAC is still quite good for the price.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Yes. Although my son has been going from a B1 BT DAC optical out into the D1 because the B1 DAC is a little warmer sounding, and this lets him use the D1 with his iPad mini retina. But any Optical source can work, including TV and MacBook Pro optical out. I tend to agree with him that the B1 DAC is a little bit warmer and lush sounding, but the D1 DAC is still quite good for the price.

 
I can't see myself ever using the Bluetooth functionality, but I'll have a look at sound comparison reviews. Per chance, do you happen to know of any other amp/DAC that supports a digital optical input for around $200?

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

   
I can't see myself ever using the Bluetooth functionality, but I'll have a look at sound comparison reviews. Per chance, do you happen to know of any other amp/DAC that supports a digital optical input for around $200?

DAcs come and go, and the ones I recommended years ago are gone.  The D1 is your best bet under $200, and the RCA output is a bit better than the very nice headphone amp, so you can feed it into a nicer amp and hear the improvement.

 

[Gracesheng]

are these dates match the instructions?
 

 24/96 operation in both optical and USB

- Headphone output is 2V rms max, output impedance is 10 ohms, so 32 ohm HP would run about 100mw, and 300 ohm would run about 12mw

- RCA is 2V max as well, variable

- The audio signal is dual word clocked, and all internal bus is I2S

- USB receiver is TI 1020B

- Standard warranty for all Audioengine products is 3 years.

- I'm fairly sure I read somewhere that the DAC is the AKM4396 (like Slim Devices Transporter)

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

  are these dates match the instructions?
 

 24/96 operation in both optical and USB

- Headphone output is 2V rms max, output impedance is 10 ohms, so 32 ohm HP would run about 100mw, and 300 ohm would run about 12mw

- RCA is 2V max as well, variable

- The audio signal is dual word clocked, and all internal bus is I2S

- USB receiver is TI 1020B

- Standard warranty for all Audioengine products is 3 years.

- I'm fairly sure I read somewhere that the DAC is the AKM4396 (like Slim Devices Transporter)

I think that is mostly correct, but the way that it drives the 300 ohm HD800 makes me think it has more than 2V/12mw of power.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

 
DAcs come and go, and the ones I recommended years ago are gone.  The D1 is your best bet under $200, and the RCA output is a bit better than the very nice headphone amp, so you can feed it into a nicer amp and hear the improvement.

 
Yeah, I picked one up from a Head-Fi user for under $200. It should be arriving next week.

 

[contagion]

New to head-fi (and higher quality listening in general). Lots of great info here. Thanks for that!
 
D1 is en route, will connect to mid-2011 Mac Mini, and will be listening with Grado SR80e (which I just received, and am still trying to determine if upgrade to 125, 225, or 325 is worth the extra $). Quite enjoying the headphones thus far, though only through my iPhone 6.

 

[tingsam501]

I'm just converting over to a new laptop (Lenovo Yoga Pro 3) and just upgraded to Win10 from Win8.
 
On my other laptop the D1 worked fine, but for some reason it cuts in and out frequently.
 
Any thoughts on why?  
 
I clean installed Win 10 too... Frustrating...

 

[varzyl]

Can anyone do a brief comparison between D1 and Modi\Modi 2 or ODAC? Clarity, detail, soundstage, bass?
 
I'm looking for a DAC, and I wonder if the DAC section of the D1 is on par with those, since the price is slighly more while the added features are quite interesting ^_^
 
Thanks!