nauxolo
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Originally Posted by nauxolo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Question about this amp: Is it normal to have sound 'leaking' through? When I put the sound through headphone amp mode, there is sound coming out of the back RCA L/R jacks still. Granted, it is much lower in gain and muffled, but still not isolated. Also, if I amplify this sound, would it be the same quality? |
Originally Posted by nauxolo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just thought there might be something faulty with it, since I'm not familiar with many audio equipment. I just thought that since the headamp and the DAC are separate elements, that the switch would have either/or not both. I was also wondering if this leaked sound can be amped so that I can run both at the same time, essentially being able to hook up 2 headphones. |
Originally Posted by Currawong /img/forum/go_quote.gif See my sig, we've got someone in China to build something which also has analogue input for HP amp, so you can bypass the DAC entirely. It's not as cheap as the Zero though, but we hope will be considerably better. |
Originally Posted by K3cT /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is there a possible alternative for the Xitel USB-Optical converter? From a quick research, it seems that Kingwa from Audio-gd is developing such a unit but I cannot find the item in their site. I suppose it's still under development. This is the circuit board of the unit: |
Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey Les have you taken a crack at the kit yet ? Peete. |
Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete /img/forum/go_quote.gif This part is for his high end stuff IIRC and not for a separate USB to SPDIF converter although I could be wrong about that. Have a look at the Reference 1 DAC (an upgrade over the DAC8 using that board + chip) on his front page of the website. Peete. |
Originally Posted by coredump /img/forum/go_quote.gif Unless you have a good DAC get the Zero for sure. Even if you get a better amp you may want to keep the Zero for the DAC. |