Time to get new aftermarket cable ....normally stock cable are not that good ...the wire in housing after a few bend and twist ...connection will eventually cut off ....
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Time to get new aftermarket cable ....normally stock cable are not that good ...the wire in housing after a few bend and twist ...connection will eventually cut off ....
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Since we're talking about cables here's the silver plated onest11 interconnect I ordered for my NX1.
It arrived a little late and I never got to try it. If anything gives me an excuse to purchase another NX1 amp.
It arrived a little late and I never got to try it. If anything gives me an excuse to purchase another NX1 amp.
Since we're talking about cables here's the silver plated onest11 interconnect I ordered for my NX1.
It arrived a little late and I never got to try it. If anything gives me an excuse to purchase another NX1 amp.
Nice lookin' cable .....where did u get it ? How much u paid for ?
H20Fidelity
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Through this eBay seller based in the UK: http://cgi6.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=onest11&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1
His work is great though the cable cost on par with an NX1 amp, (about $43 AUD)
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I think I might get one. many thanks for DMax99 for organizing to send the Australian tour unit around and h20 for facilitating
For the price, battery life and size I hardly think one can complain. About $50 and I didn't have to charge it once in 2 weeks. The build seems solid. The interconnect feels solid as well.(you know how you cam get really seedy ones with cheap amps?)
I don't like it with clip+ it does seem a bit midsy to me compared to straight clip(despite the measurements) and maybe the bass feels a bit softer with it too. (or it did something to mids detail from the clip+ that I don't quite approve of that didn't recur with D2) <- didn't think I'd ever be calling an amp midsy lol.
BUT. I do think it fixes Cowon D2 quite nicely . Seems like it helps the bass roll-off and the impedance rollercoaster FR changes (by virtue of low OI) and the slightly muted highs on the D2. (cowon d2 usually sounds like utter crap). So maybe people with bad sources that put ok quality out into LO while putting out horrible sound while driving HP will find it to be a cheap fix.
It'd be interesting to see measurements and rmma of nx1 out of cowon d2 and clip, to see how much I'm imagining
One thing I did dislike was the high noise floor on the high gain mode for NX1...(idle or otherwise, regardless of volume set on the source but depending on the vol pot position)
I hear it with IEMs in quieter bits and maybe as extra distortion . That said - most IEMs of my IEMs aside from low sensitivity ones (Lear's Bd4.2) would be ok with low gain mode.
I still heard it a tiny bit on the on quieter songs for low gain mode but it was pretty minor.
(at first I tried cowon d2+ nx1 with high gain and was disappointed re above but low gain is really nice on it )
On the other hand, the HG mode works for full size cans. e.g. I didn't have many problems with Thinksound on1 or GMP450 pro and no noise issues. buuut, I dunno, maybe the lower gain needs a bit more gain?
Oh um, one more odd thing. This _only_ happens with the nx1 connected to D2+ - when d2 boots up with it attached, you can hear feedback noise until the boot into rockbox is complete. Then it stops doing that. (Doesn't happen with just H300 connected). happens consistently, seems harmless. anyhow.
tl;dr: it's amazing for that price. Imo, for 50 you're likely to get a $50 mint candy tin cmoy that'll last 5h and have major issues and you'll need to change the 9v battery for every 2h(like picking up RF or the vol pot being hand made out of Papier-mâché , channels mismatched, or it having a 10% chance of spontaneously combusting in your pocket because it's made by EE major who needs crack money and it might short something with wiggling wires if bumped in your pocket)
For the price, battery life and size I hardly think one can complain. About $50 and I didn't have to charge it once in 2 weeks. The build seems solid. The interconnect feels solid as well.(you know how you cam get really seedy ones with cheap amps?)
I don't like it with clip+ it does seem a bit midsy to me compared to straight clip(despite the measurements) and maybe the bass feels a bit softer with it too. (or it did something to mids detail from the clip+ that I don't quite approve of that didn't recur with D2) <- didn't think I'd ever be calling an amp midsy lol.
BUT. I do think it fixes Cowon D2 quite nicely . Seems like it helps the bass roll-off and the impedance rollercoaster FR changes (by virtue of low OI) and the slightly muted highs on the D2. (cowon d2 usually sounds like utter crap). So maybe people with bad sources that put ok quality out into LO while putting out horrible sound while driving HP will find it to be a cheap fix.
It'd be interesting to see measurements and rmma of nx1 out of cowon d2 and clip, to see how much I'm imagining
One thing I did dislike was the high noise floor on the high gain mode for NX1...(idle or otherwise, regardless of volume set on the source but depending on the vol pot position)
I hear it with IEMs in quieter bits and maybe as extra distortion . That said - most IEMs of my IEMs aside from low sensitivity ones (Lear's Bd4.2) would be ok with low gain mode.
I still heard it a tiny bit on the on quieter songs for low gain mode but it was pretty minor.
(at first I tried cowon d2+ nx1 with high gain and was disappointed re above but low gain is really nice on it )
On the other hand, the HG mode works for full size cans. e.g. I didn't have many problems with Thinksound on1 or GMP450 pro and no noise issues. buuut, I dunno, maybe the lower gain needs a bit more gain?
Oh um, one more odd thing. This _only_ happens with the nx1 connected to D2+ - when d2 boots up with it attached, you can hear feedback noise until the boot into rockbox is complete. Then it stops doing that. (Doesn't happen with just H300 connected). happens consistently, seems harmless. anyhow.
tl;dr: it's amazing for that price. Imo, for 50 you're likely to get a $50 mint candy tin cmoy that'll last 5h and have major issues and you'll need to change the 9v battery for every 2h(like picking up RF or the vol pot being hand made out of Papier-mâché , channels mismatched, or it having a 10% chance of spontaneously combusting in your pocket because it's made by EE major who needs crack money and it might short something with wiggling wires if bumped in your pocket)
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Broken then. If you move the cable in any way you get static and the music cuts out. The FIIO cable I am now using does that maybe 1% of the time so I think that the Topping cable was bad but the jack may also have a slight issue. It does this with more than one source so I an going to get another cable to eliminate or confirm that it is the amp.
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This amp is pretty neutral but there is a lot of EMI when pairing it with a phone (Nexus 5).
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I found the same with my Note 3
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Sorry to hear that.. Probably why i wont get one. My cmoy has the same issues, i need something with out EMI to replace it as a portable amp. After all, EMI is everywhere when on the move. It´s a damn shame
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I have very similar experience with NX1 and clip+. It sounds very mid centric and I don't really like it that way.
The background noise of NX1 is really annoying with sensitive IEM, low gain is acceptable, high gain is not. With larger cans it works pretty well. I briefly tried it with HE-400 and it sounded quite right, but I didn't have time for a proper test yet.
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Can the NX1 be used as a desktop amplifier?
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Technically it can, that is you can connect it to whatever desktop source you have. I'm not sure how practical it is, but with it's batter life you don't have to keep it connected to usb power all the time, which means cleaner power source. I happen to use my portable amps as desktop amp, when I want some change in sound signature or when I'm experimenting, but this is their part time job
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Yeah sure you can use NX1 as a desktop amp, ideally you want to pick up a cheap/decent DAC and connect it that way, but there's no huge drama using your laptop/PC headphone out. My main desktop source is an Aune T1 (line out) with an RCA to 3.5mm jack cable. Then I just plug whatever amp in I want. Helps mix things up and switch out synergy for different pairings.
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Cool thanks! Could you recommend me some cheap desktop amplifiers then?
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