What about the sound quality of Schiit Modi 3 +

Mar 30, 2022 at 11:53 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 13

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Hello everyone, I want to choose a low-priced decoding for my headphones, do not know how this decoding sound? (or Modi 3e) although it costs $99 in the US, it costs $160 in my country (which is why I hesitate)

Listen to a friend said the decoding of the high frequency may have burr? Is there a good man who can elaborate on that?

My headphones are 250 Omega versions of the BEYERDYNAMIC DT770

Because I do not speak English well, so this message is translated by a translator: (

大家好,我想为我的耳机挑选一个低价位的解码,不知道这个解码声音怎么样?(或者modi 3e)虽然它在美国的售价是99美元,但是在我的国家购买需要支付160美元(这也是我犹豫的原因)
听朋友说这个解码的高频可能会有毛刺?有好人可以详细说说吗?
我的耳机是beyerdynamic dt770的250Ω版本
因为我的英文说的并不好,所以这个消息是用翻译器翻译出来的:(
 
Mar 30, 2022 at 2:40 PM Post #3 of 13
I have two Schiit Modi 3's. One on my computer feeding a pair of powered Kanto YU4 speakers. I'm very happy with the sound of it. It's the best sound I've ever had on my computer! The other Modi 3 is on my TV feeding into my HiFi. I previously had a $20 DAC on my TV and there were times when I had trouble understanding fast spoken words. With the Modi 3, that almost never happens. Also, music sounds much better now from the TV. The current price for a Schiit Modi 3 DAC is listed as $129.00 on the Schiit website. The Multibit model will not be available again until December.
 
Mar 31, 2022 at 6:30 AM Post #7 of 13
I have two Schiit Modi 3's. One on my computer feeding a pair of powered Kanto YU4 speakers. I'm very happy with the sound of it. It's the best sound I've ever had on my computer! The other Modi 3 is on my TV feeding into my HiFi. I previously had a $20 DAC on my TV and there were times when I had trouble understanding fast spoken words. With the Modi 3, that almost never happens. Also, music sounds much better now from the TV. The current price for a Schiit Modi 3 DAC is listed as $129.00 on the Schiit website. The Multibit model will not be available again until December.
我有两个席特 · 莫迪的3。其中一个在我的电脑上给一对关东 yu4扬声器供电。我很高兴听到这个消息。这是我在电脑上听过的最好的声音!另一个莫迪3在我的电视上播放着我的音响。我以前的电视上有一个20美元的 DAC,有时候我很难听懂快速说出的单词。对于莫迪三世,这种情况几乎从未发生过。而且,现在从电视上听音乐更好了。在 Schiit 网站上,Schiit Modi 3 DAC 目前的价格是129美元。多比特模型要到12月才能再次使用。
That sounds great

I've placed an order for this decoder

Thank you for your response
 
Mar 31, 2022 at 9:58 AM Post #9 of 13
Hello everyone, I want to choose a low-priced decoding for my headphones, do not know how this decoding sound? (or Modi 3e) although it costs $99 in the US, it costs $160 in my country (which is why I hesitate)

If you're in China as in the Mainland there are other options over there. Like Topping DACs.


Listen to a friend said the decoding of the high frequency may have burr? Is there a good man who can elaborate on that?

I'm not sure what the translator did here. "Burr" is for something else entirely, ie the metal shavings that accumulate on the edge of a knife that's being sharpened for example. If you mean a "Burr Brown" DAC, I wouldn't get too caught up with the brand of the DAC chip as a reason to buy it, however I do try to stay away from DACs that used Cirrus Logic before because whoever designed the circuits tended to allow for sharp treble on these. That said, that's not a problem on my Hidizs AP80 player, which I got for all other reasons and ignored the DAC chip brand. Got lucky that it doesn't sound like a whole bunch of Cirrus Logic CDPs and some DACs that I got to listen to long ago.
 
Mar 31, 2022 at 11:55 AM Post #10 of 13
I have a Modi 3+ that I seldom use because I've been a longtime Modi multibit fan but I did order Modi 3E today. I've only owned one DAC with an ESS chip and that was the Topping D50s which I didn't care for. The Modi multibit just has great synergy in my headphone system ( Audiolab 6000CDT transport and Asgard 3 amp ) but I'm looking forward to trying out the Modi 3E.
 
Apr 1, 2022 at 5:31 AM Post #12 of 13
If you're in China as in the Mainland there are other options over there. Like Topping DACs.
如果你在中国和在大陆一样,那里还有其他的选择,比如一流的 dac。




I'm not sure what the translator did here. "Burr" is for something else entirely, ie the metal shavings that accumulate on the edge of a knife that's being sharpened for example. If you mean a "Burr Brown" DAC, I wouldn't get too caught up with the brand of the DAC chip as a reason to buy it, however I do try to stay away from DACs that used Cirrus Logic before because whoever designed the circuits tended to allow for sharp treble on these. That said, that's not a problem on my Hidizs AP80 player, which I got for all other reasons and ignored the DAC chip brand. Got lucky that it doesn't sound like a whole bunch of Cirrus Logic CDPs and some DACs that I got to listen to long ago.
我不确定翻译在这里做了什么。“ Burr”完全是指别的东西(例如,积累在削尖的刀刃上的金属屑)。如果你指的是“ Burr Brown”DAC,我不会因为 DAC 芯片的品牌而买它,但是我会尽量避免使用之前使用 Cirrus Logic 的 DAC,因为无论是谁设计的电路,都倾向于允许在这些芯片上使用尖锐的高音。也就是说,这对于我的 Hidizs ap80播放器来说不是问题,因为其他原因我得到了这个播放器并且忽略了 DAC 芯片品牌。幸运的是,它听起来不像一大堆 Cirrus Logic CDPs 和一些 dac,我很久以前就听过了。
Maybe my translator doesn't work very well (after all I'm a free user: () , I mean does the decoder have some high-pitched voices that are too sharp? The fact that I'm using the topping E30 DAC right now is a serious problem.
也许我的翻译器工作不太好(毕竟我是一个自由用户: () ,我的意思是解码器有一些高音调的声音太尖锐了吗?事实上,我现在正在使用顶部 E30 DAC 是一个严重的问题。

Thank you for your response
谢谢你的回复
 
Apr 1, 2022 at 7:23 AM Post #13 of 13
Maybe my translator doesn't work very well (after all I'm a free user: () , I mean does the decoder have some high-pitched voices that are too sharp? The fact that I'm using the topping E30 DAC right now is a serious problem.
也许我的翻译器工作不太好(毕竟我是一个自由用户: () ,我的意思是解码器有一些高音调的声音太尖锐了吗?事实上,我现在正在使用顶部 E30 DAC 是一个严重的问题。

That problem has more to do with the headphones; it just gets attributed to the DAC (and the amp) because if a headphone does have that in its response, the amp and/or DAC can make it much worse. Alternately, it gets attributed to the DAC and HPamp because most headphones actually do have this problem to begin with, but conversely, that also means that even if you get a relatively smooth-sounding DAC, it might not work.

If you want to be absolutely certain that it won't have this problem, try looking for a multi-chip non-oversampling DAC using Philips TDA154x or Analogue Devices ADxxxx chips. These tend to have the board designers really go for a result that will smooth out the response. Had a DAC-AH (upgraded with Mundorf caps) with a Little Dot MkII (with Mullard tubes) before, and...that combo was already excessive for my HD600. I found the DAC-AH with a decently smooth solid state amp to be sufficient. Unfortunately my DAC-AH only used SPDIF and I needed USB, so I eventually sold it. Have not found that sound in any other DAC, although Meier DACs come close.

Even without the Mundorf caps though the DAC-AH if you can find it, even the USB version (note: I'm not sure it works with anything other than Windows), is at least double the price of the Modi3. The other DACs I'm kind of sure are what you're looking for are Meier DACs and these cost way more.
 

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