[peter123]

More fun stuff arrived today:

 

[yorosello]

More fun stuff arrived today:

How is the dap? I'm considering it together with the Sony A55

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv]

How is the dap? I'm considering it together with the Sony A55

i'd go with the Sony. i have the A45 and it's smooth as silk, resolving, and musical. love mine <3

though i await the review of from peter.

 

[yorosello]

i'd go with the Sony. i have the A45 and it's smooth as silk, resolving, and musical. love mine <3

though i await the review of from peter.

No doubt man, it's sony we are talking about

 

[citral23]

i'd go with the Sony. i have the A45 and it's smooth as silk, resolving, and musical. love mine <3

though i await the review of from peter.

The V1 is only a transport, so you can only compare their interface and output possibilities related to your usage, the V1 has no audio out you need a USB dongle, dac, or to plug it to a coaxial dac/amp etc.

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv]

The V1 is only a transport, so you can only compare their interface and output possibilities related to your usage, the V1 has no audio out you need a USB dongle, dac, or to plug it to a coaxial dac/amp etc.

really? that's disappointing for me then.

 

[citral23]

really? that's disappointing for me then.

Despair not, as tempotec has the V1-A for your needs. Albeit I don't think it's a super duper dac and has a pretty low output power iirc, it should do fine with sensitive IEMs

 

[yorosello]

One silly question. If I have one dap, let say it's sony A55 & I plugged my dac/amp dongle to it, will it work?

 

[peter123]

How is the dap? I'm considering it together with the Sony A55

They're totally different devices. The Sony that you mentioned is a regular DAP with analog output. The TempoTec V1 does only offer digital outputs (USB C and 3.5mm coaxial). I bought the V1 because I've got a quite large collection of amp/dac's and USB-C dongles that I don't use enough since I don't like to use those (except the dongles) with my phone due to it being inconvenient for me and I don't like the battery drain they create.

 

[peter123]

really? that's disappointing for me then.

They've got a version with 3.5mm analog output as well but that was not what I was looking for. It might suit you better but unfortunately I've got no idea how it sounds.

 

[peter123]

One silly question. If I have one dap, let say it's sony A55 & I plugged my dac/amp dongle to it, will it work?

It depends on the DAP, most won't work that way.

 

[yorosello]

It depends on the DAP, most won't work that way.

Ohh, so it will only work on like the V1 you bought?

 

[peter123]

Ohh, so it will only work on like the V1 you bought?

I'm sure there's others with the same features as well but from the DAPs I own it's the only one that works this way.

Newer design and USB C connector will probably make it more likely to work. The TempoTec version with analog output works as USB C transport as well the way I understand it. Might be worth checking out.

Just for the record: I bought my V1 on singles day so it's not a review unit.

 

[citral23]

Yeah some people swear only by the E1DA 9038s sound, so for them it could be something to not drain the battery of their phone, avoid EMI etc.

It's kind of a niche but makes sense for people who would want it. Let's say your favorite source is not one built in a DAP, but a desktop DAC/Amp (also you could simply need a lot of power to drive planars, which DAPs usually don't do), you could plug this to it in the bedroom instead of having a laptop hooked to the DAC/Amp.

 

[yorosello]

So I decided to get the Sony A55. But since I don't have a standalone amp, only a portable bluetooth amp a.k.a the shanling UP2, does it still going to work if I amp my iem through LDAC?