[IEManiac]

there we go again. people reviewing stuff they don't even have. ruins your credibility before you even have any.

Par for the (thread) course...

 

[darmanastartes]

Am I misremembering or had they ditched the 2.5 mm balanced jack at some point? It looks like it's back now?

 

[ClieOS]

Am I misremembering or had they ditched the 2.5 mm balanced jack at some point? It looks like it's back now?

They changed the DAC/amp chip mid way from AKM to ESS. However, 2.5mm socket is always there.

 

[bobsi]

hi guys,
I am looking for good short balanced cable for the next qudelix. the best I found is this:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32930997136.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.2f832e0edhjLlb

a little bit expensive for shipping and fiio-brand on the cable....
anyone idea good cable with mmcx 2,5 and L-jacket?

thanks and and sorry for my terrible English

 

[VICosPhi]

@bobsi I think that is the best option for short MMCx cable, Fiio should also make a 2-pin version of it.

 

[d73b3e]

hi guys,
I am looking for good short balanced cable for the next qudelix. the best I found is this:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32930997136.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.2f832e0edhjLlb

a little bit expensive for shipping and fiio-brand on the cable....
anyone idea good cable with mmcx 2,5 and L-jacket?

thanks and and sorry for my terrible English

It's the best option right now (MMCX + 2.5 + short)

 

[maniac2003]

I noticed something off in the specs.
According to the 5K specs page aptX Adaptive is supported.

Qualcomm spec page lists:
Qualcomm® aptX™ audio playback support: Qualcomm® aptX™, Qualcomm® aptX™ HD

So no Adaptive codec

 

[ClieOS]

I noticed something off in the specs.
According to the 5K specs page aptX Adaptive is supported.

Qualcomm spec page lists:
Qualcomm® aptX™ audio playback support: Qualcomm® aptX™, Qualcomm® aptX™ HD

So no Adaptive codec

On the same Qualcomm page, look at the left side of listed spec, under 'features':

• aptX, aptX HD and aptX Adaptive support

However, note that aptX Adaptive is less so to improve SQ but more to improve stability / latency from aptX HD. So if you already getting good / stable connection for aptX HD (or even LDAC) and mainly used it for music, then you might not notice much improvement from aptX Adaptive. What aptX Adaptive brings to the table is basically a more efficient coding / decoding process and lower latency (*by dynamic scaling, which by lowering quality temporary to improve stability) , which means movie / video watching with BT headphone / adapter will benefit the most. However, it is not aimed at improving SQ as it still samples at the same bit depth / bit rate as aptX HD, at 24/48.

 

[maniac2003]

On the same Qualcomm page, look at the left side of listed spec, under 'features':

thanks, missed that.

 

[morndewey]

Hi. Can anyone recommend a decent/affordable 2.5 cable that plugs into L&R inputs on receiver? Thanks

 

[ClieOS]

Hi. Can anyone recommend a decent/affordable 2.5 cable that plugs into L&R inputs on receiver? Thanks

Yep, please don't connect any balanced output to the RCA left and right input of your receiver - unless you can be 100% certain that the RCA input is indeed balanced input (*which generally they are not). RCA input on most receiver are single-ended internally (meaning their share the same ground path). Connecting balanced output to single-ended input could potentially cause the balanced output internal circuit to overload and burn out.

 

[morndewey]

Yep, please don't connect any balanced output to the RCA left and right input of your receiver - unless you can be 100% certain that the RCA input is deed balanced input (*which generally they are not). RCA input on most receiver are single-ended internally (meaning their share the same ground path). Connecting balanced output to single-ended input could potentially cause the balanced output internal circuit to overload and burn out.

A fine heads up! Thank you!

 

[maxcat]

Now on sale!

 

[smorgar]

Pre order is up: https://www.qudelix.com/products/qudelix-5k-dac-amp

 

[ClieOS]

Just paid