[shenzhenaudio]

Voltage output?

Depends on the country's voltage, it's not fixed.

 

[shenzhenaudio]

Inside pictures please ?

Alex

 

[eliwankenobi]

Excited to try this!
Great to see some products finally ditching MQA.

Looking forward to your review

 

[eliwankenobi]

Will the voltage output at full volume or setup as pure DAC present an issue with the thx-789 amplifier?

 

[GoldenSound]

Will the voltage output at full volume or setup as pure DAC present an issue with the thx-789 amplifier?

Unfortunately most dacs will

The 789 in high gain only has a 1.7vrms input limit which is lower than even standard rca line level (2vrms),and way lower than standard xlr output line level (4vrms).

In low or medium gain though the input limit is 7vrms so you'll be fine

 

[eliwankenobi]

Unfortunately most dacs will

The 789 in high gain only has a 1.7vrms input limit which is lower than even standard rca line level (2vrms),and way lower than standard xlr output line level (4vrms).

In low or medium gain though the input limit is 7vrms so you'll be fine

Thank you! Good to know about the low/medium gain limit. I use medium gain with my HD600 and whatever new headphone I buy will very likely be more efficient so I don't see myself needing to use the high gain setting anytime soon. Thanks again.

Can't wait to have this in my hands. I've been using a LHLabs Pulse Infinity as a backer since the original Pulse campaign and kept adding more and more options until I went all the way to the Infinity model. Nice sounding DAC/AMP combo! But the USB connection stability has been fuzzy since day one. Needing to power cycle the unit or reset the USB cable (even using their own cables!) to get it to work again. I was able to live through it and not having to buy a new DAC but it was definitely annoying. Adding the 789 amp helped this tremendously, but it sill happens form time to time and it is annoying to deal with this. It also in few and far between occasions, it struggles to change from a redbook title to a dsd title and a 192khz file and back. The display screen stopped showing sample rates. Instead it just shows "Pulse" where the sample rate should be and next to it whatever the volume setting is (always -0.0). It's also dimmer on some areas more than others. I trust on faith that it is doing it's job when it's working.

Now I see this new DAC that measures even better than the previous model (as per ASR, it's top 3 in their SINAD chart), but it's a lower price, it's smaller than the Pulse, and regardless of sound quality, has way more features. I like the form factor as well. Should stack nicely with my amp. Was a no brainer. I held up as much as I could. I hope this one is a solid stable product.

 

[ezduzit2500]

I have no idea why it took so long to realize nobody uses MQA.

I do. It's very convenient for me being a veteran and receiving a small discount. Makes it very affordable.

 

[ezduzit2500]

Would say yes, now we finally don't have to pay extra for a future most of doesn't use or even want. This is best thing a consumer can hope for. Wish everyone would offer this, including dap makers. Would even go further and ditch Bluetooth, wifi in all these devices as well.
In a perfect world every manufacturer would offer their dacs and daps with two sku's one with mqa, Bluetooth, wifi and one with just pure focus on music without all these features.

I wouldn't say "most of us", many of us would be more accurate. There are many others that like and use Tidal.

 

[ezduzit2500]

Speak for yourself here, you are one of few that believe that Bluetooth sounds good. I'll take cables every single day and moment. Would never ever want those features. For me those are just extra costs for features that can not hope to compete with cabled connection. A good sounds better on everything. Just cause you have your biases doesn't mean others perceive it the same way.

I'd rather have the flexibility, myself. Horses for courses...

 

[ezduzit2500]

According to Qualcom they have a new chip out.... will be nice when we have nice wireless headphones that sound as good on bluetooth as they do wired... wont' be long now

What is Qualcomm Snapdragon sound?

Qualcomm adds Bluetooth Lossless Audio Technology to Snapdragon Sound. ... aptX Lossless is a new capability of the proven aptX Adaptive technology and a new feature of Snapdragon Sound™ Technology that is designed to deliver CD quality 16-bit 44.1kHz lossless audio quality over Bluetooth® wireless technology.

Ananda BT. Very close to the wired version. Some say Deva too.

 

[OldRoadToad]

I do. It's very convenient for me being a veteran and receiving a small discount. Makes it very affordable.

I would not say that getting a discount on nothing is something, but you enjoy the illusion all the same, sir.

ORT

 

[ezduzit2500]

I would not say that getting a discount on nothing is something, but you enjoy the illusion all the same, sir.

ORT

One man's trash is another man's treasure, haha. I'm able to stream my music from my laptop via USB at a high bitrate or send my music over APTX BT with my phone or tablet when I don't feel like remaining still - all while having the convenience to choose formats and streaming options - and while still sounding better than the majority of "regular consumers'" music and at a price that's easy for me to afford. I call that a win, win, win, situation... Did I say win?

 

[OldRoadToad]

One man's trash is another man's treasure, haha. I'm able to stream my music from my laptop via USB at a high bitrate or send my music over APTX BT with my phone or tablet when I don't feel like remaining still - all while having the convenience to choose formats and streaming options - and while still sounding better than the majority of "regular consumers'" music and at a price that's easy for me to afford. I call that a win, win, win, situation... Did I say win?

MQA does nothing. It is ENC but if you feeeeeel it makes the music "better", by all means, pay for the privilege of being lied to. I have yet to meet anyone that can prove there is a difference. I pay for my music services or purchase CDs and records but to Hell with Stuart's BS.

But wait! Stuart's Folly does do some thing. Separate a frAudiophile and their money.

ORT

 

[eliwankenobi]

Received mine. Immediately noticed the difference in low end of this DAC vs my Previous Pulse which I still think is a very good sounding DAC. It sounds fuller. I was going for a DAC with low distortion and similar or better feature set vs the Pulse but wasn’t expecting a noticeable difference in SQ. I haven’t played with filters yet… but I am very pleased . Especially given what I payed for this, vs what I payed for the Pulse Infinity and the wait time, etc, etc

Bought from Shenzhen Audio. Great purchase experience. Was my first buy from them.

 

[Sonic Defender]

Nobody can hear the differences with filters, unless the filter is incredibly poorly implemented.