[KingFiercer]

Just tried other combinations:
2хJRC2114D + LM6172IN = sound is bold and low-detailed, but the bass hit well.
2xJRC2114D + LME49720NA = powerful bass, harsh sound, different from the HP-out's sound - a little less pointed treble and greater detail..
Now listen again 2xLME49720NA + LM6172IN, still more pleasant sound, not as harsh as the previous combination, but also with good bass. I'll stay with this combination.

By the way, LM6172, in contrast to the LM4562, have flatter graph of noise in the treble zone.

Added: Listening music full evening... Everything sounds great.

 

[Shizdan]

I'm having trouble with my Little Dot Dac_II playing 192Khz from the Essence STX!

Does the Essence STX support outputting 192Khz through toslink?

My settings are as follows

 

[wali]

One of your DSP, GX is active. Disable it and enable hi fi instead.

 

[Shizdan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wali /img/forum/go_quote.gif One of your DSP, GX is active. Disable it and enable hi fi instead.

I tried that. Still no 192Khz.

 

[germanium]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shizdan /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm having trouble with my Little Dot Dac_II playing 192Khz from the Essence STX! Does the Essence STX support outputting 192Khz through toslink? My settings are as follows

You will likely not get 192KHz sample rate out of either SPDIF connection as there is copy protection mechanisms once you go over 48KHz. If you are trying to output blu-ray audio through SPDIF at any rate over 48KHz samplerate it will not happen. You have to have a HDMI connection to go over 48KHZ samplerate on any content protected media. If you are trying to upsample & send the result to your external DAC try using the SPDIF output instead of the SPDIF pass though. Not sure if that will work but worth a try. OOPS just noticed the SPDIF out is for the Auzentec card not the Xonar. If you are trying to upsample it may or may not work out the SPDIF connection. You know how the content providers are , they want anything high resolution locked down so you have to come to them for your music at least in any digital format.

 

[Shizdan]

But even so, I would be able to hear the test tone in the Windows Volume Control Panel for 24/192.

When using the SPDIF from the Auzentech I can only do 96Khz (Limited due to multichannel)

 

[gurubhai]

^^ Does the little dot DAC support 192khz input via spdif ?

 

[Marantz]

I have an essence st with 2 LME49720HA on the I/V,could you guys recommend a good opamp for the buffer that would go nicely with the ones in the I/V,i was going to order another LME49720HA but thought i would ask here first,thanks.

 

[dex85]

try LME49720HA in the buffer. it works great for me with stock op-amps in the I/V, but your mileage may vary.

it would also help if you wrote what sound character are you looking for or what speakers/headphones do you use

 

[Marantz]

I'm using the card on Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speaker System.

 

[dex85]

i'm not familiar with that system, so anything i write could be pretty much useless as synergy of all components and your preference for sound is what matters the most.

a small hint - i usually check the frequency response with SineGen first, to see how that area is affected by various combinations of op-amps. jacked up frequency response may sound interesting at first and could be interpreted as better separation of instruments and etc., but it will get tiresome very quickly (especially the peaks, dips are much easier to live with). not to mention it doesn't get the sound of instruments and voices right, it doesn't sound natural.

 

[kumaiti]

Few questions for the owners of this card:

1. How good do you think it sounds with a regular $30, 30ohms headphones? Would I be wasting money pairing such card with a run-of-the-mill headphone?

2. If you had just $150 (or whatever it costs where you live), would you rather buy it or get a $150 headphone amp? In other words: is the built-in amp as good as a cheap non-portable headphone amp?

3. Did you ever had a chance to compare the Dolby Headphone implementation with a discreet Dolby Headphone encoder (like the JVC portable unit, for example).

4. have you tried it with bluray discs? How does it fare with virtual surround from that kind of source?


thanks!!

 

[Mphile]

Hello,

I was wondering what the differences are between OPA2277P, OPA2277PA, OPS2277PAG4 and OPA2277PG4. All are DIP-8 sockets, boasting the same specs.

Confused

 

[dextersventures]

I ordered two opa627ap to put into my asus xonar stx card for my headphone listening. When I put them into the card, the headphone volume is so very low and it distorts a little. I only bought two of them, one for each slot for the headphones. I have no clue what is wrong, I installed them correctly. I heard somewhere, somebody said that these are only single channel and that I need an adaptor or something. Im not sure. So does that mean I need to buy some adaptors and two more. Im so confused, all help will be greatly be appreciated.

 

[Mphile]

IIRC think you need 4 OPA627's, along with 2 adapters for installing 2 OPA627's in each (for 2 channels)

I was about to get the 627's as well, but the adapters n all swayed me away from them