That's treu, pro version does this just fine, but the normal Meizu hifi dac doesn't. And the appeal of the Meizu dac is the price to performance ratio.
And the pro version is in price so close to the 9038s and other dac amps that it's starting to lose its appeal. At least in my opinion.
But that all sad I hope you enjoy the Meizu pro, as that's what it is all about enjoying music.
At the moment using the meizu dac on bt 92khz with the m1060 as I'm waiting on 2.5 balanced cable to use the m1060 on the 9038s.
But my comment was more for new people looking for a dac amp piggy tail. The non pro is not worth it of you want to use flac files.
I've changed almost of my cables to balanced. They are better now than the stock cables. They under 8 bucks. Very soft and comfy on your ears. Here you are if you want them. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33032475562.html
That's treu, pro version does this just fine, but the normal Meizu hifi dac doesn't. And the appeal of the Meizu dac is the price to performance ratio.
And the pro version is in price so close to the 9038s and other dac amps that it's starting to lose its appeal. At least in my opinion.
But that all sad I hope you enjoy the Meizu pro, as that's what it is all about enjoying music.
At the moment using the meizu dac on bt 92khz with the m1060 as I'm waiting on 2.5 balanced cable to use the m1060 on the 9038s.
But my comment was more for new people looking for a dac amp piggy tail. The non pro is not worth it of you want to use flac files.
What happens if you try to listen to 44.1?
one reason the 9038s is for some less attractive is simply the format. it is not really for mobile use imo, at least not for me. Also price is still nearly double of pro version.
Edit: I tried my Meizu non-pro again and it worked flawless with UAPP at 44.1khz.
At least for 2 songs in total about 15min.
For my settings: only usb optimization enabled is #2 and buffer size is 600.
I will use the dongle the next days, if I find there are issues I will post again.
I am still very happy with the DAC, it has by far enough power for the HD650 (the Ztella does also power it well btw).
I also like the sound, it is just neutral and works well with all headphones that already have a signature of your liking imo.
So e.g. I have a pair of IEMs that have an extremely wide soundstage and to me they work well together.
E.g. the Ztella does do too much with that pair imo, but for the HD650 on the other hand (which has for an open headphone a rather narrow soundstage) it is a great pair.
For the headphone button hardware compatibility: it turned out that both the ztella and the meizu support them while the ztella seem to have issues occasionally with some of my headphones.
My 50 cents
Btw, I would love to try the 9038s (or d when it comes out, also because I always like the ESS sound) but the format is just not practical for me and I already have too much stuff lying around here.
Edit2: And for the MQA discussion: I find the MQA tracks do indeed sound really good. But without doing a/b test I could never tell that the mqa output works better than using bit perfect. Both sounds just great.
Edit3: And to add a point to the discussion Ztella vs Meizu, I found the sound of Ztella for longer sessions definitely more fatigueing but I must admit my ears are sensitive with higher frequencies.
My headphones - Marshall Major III are not balanced cable "compatibile" I'm affraid...I have two two 3.5 mm jacks on my cable, and a 3,5 socket in headphones. Both sockets powers two headphones at one time (not separate cables fo separate headphones).
What happens if you try to listen to 44.1?
one reason the 9038s is for some less attractive is simply the format. it is not really for mobile use imo, at least not for me. Also price is still nearly double of pro version.
I've changed almost of my cables to balanced. They are better now than the stock cables. They under 8 bucks. Very soft and comfy on your ears. Here you are if you want them. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33032475562.html
Yhea mabey we are just not so lucky, used the 9038s all evening and must say it zips through power both v1 and m5 are depleted now zipping troughy phone battery.
That's a good feature of the meizu it doesn't zip power like crazzy.
Do you actually feel the difference that it was upscaled from 44.1? I think you did that too. I mean upscaling.
When I got those I made a test for all my USB DACs. Meizu was taking 3%/an hour of a juice from my 5000mAh battery smartphone in airplane mode and DC01/9038 - 5%/hr.
Do you actually feel the difference that it was upscaled from 44.1? I think you did that too.
When I got those I made a test for all my USB DACs. Meizu was taking 3%/an hour of a juice from my 5000mAh battery smartphone in airplane mode and DC01/9038 - 5%/hr.
Meizu takes next to nothing here. But 9038s zips treu the fiio m5 with in 2 hours, and also around 2.5 hours on the v1.
For example the m5 lasts over 5 hours on the meizu dac.
Here the dc01 zips less power than the 9038s. on my phone (don't know the size of the battery) the 9038s takes more than 10% a hour the dc01 less than 6% and the Meizu not noticable so let's say less than 3%
Noted this is with hard to drive headphones like the HE4xx and tin HiFi p1
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