If anyone is looking to purchase this DAC, I would advise you to buy it from somewhere other than Linsoul. I placed an order for one on May 18th and it still hasnāt shipped. Iāve contacted support a couple times and have gotten the run around.
A week of silence after my order I contacted support and was told they were " testing" the DAC and it would ship the next week.
Another week of silence and I contact them again. They say it will ship next week.
Another week of silence. I contact them again. Their response āwe will update the tracking number to you later.ā
Fast forward one more week and here I am. Still nothing. Please learn from my mistake and buy from elsewhere.
After six weeks of pain, itās arrived! Donāt have the E30 anymore so I canāt A/B them but I did notice a difference coming from my mobo (into my RebelAmp lol) and tbh the look and feel of the thing is just amazing. One thing I did notice was it gets as warm as my RebelAmp. Canāt really say much about the sound since Iām not the analytical type but I will say itās staying and Iām just waiting for my Loki to arrive (delay until 2nd week of July) and my endgame will be complete!
Hey, Iāve just found your post in Buy/Sell thread in which you want to sell Aune x8. Can you tell why? Your initial impressions seemed positive. I was pretty intrested in this DAC and Iāve had really hard time to decide if I should cancel Topping D50s order but for now Iām staying with D50s
Hi All,
I have thx 789 and planing to invest in a smooth but natural sounding dac. I love naturally textured and detailed vocals and detailed bass without it being too analytical. not so picky about upper treble since thx feels bit sharp paring with my dx90 which has ess chip. i have hd 598 and er4 xr and planning to invest in 6xx if i set up a good balanced dac.
which one suites best for me between aune s6 pro and x8 purely from a dac and sound quality perspective and is there any other better option under 600 dollars
Personally in that range I would also look into a bifrost 2 or ares ii, the bifrost 2 is pretty organic with a bit of warmth and smoothness without going too far, good body as well with a wider more spacious stage. The ares ii would be that warmer more fun type of tuning, with a bit more focused stage but more depth and more forwardness. Personally I would skip the x8 here as I donāt think it really would compare to the other options in the range. The s6pro is decent as an all in one but imo I donāt think itās worthwhile as a dac only.
I will say that perhaps it might be worthwhile to consider a different amp as well if you are looking to reduce harshness and sharpness from the thx amps
Thanks for the suggestions @M0N . I will consider bifrost 2 and ares 2 also. The only reason I had s6 pro in list is that it was available in the only hifi online store in India. Now that is sold too. Basically if I buy any dac I will have to pay 45 % customs duty of the item I buy .
Ahhhh ok thatās going to severely limit your options then. The bifrost 2 is most likely not going to be an option where you are, the ares ii might depending on how customs would work but my guess is that would be too expensive as well. The x8 is a nice dac and would do what you want it to, I would also look into the allo revolution dac (with the shanti lps upgrade) as well as that would allow you to set the dac to tilt warmer and smoother which is what you are after. Personally I would prefer the allo revolution to the aune x8 (generally I would say the allo is more resolving, refined, and more spatially impressive, and can allow you to change how it sounds through harmonic adjustment and an oversampling filter bypass) but the x8 is still a pretty decent option if the allo isnāt an option.
Hello;) Currently i own x8 with asgard, i have a question about x8, is this dac presents sabre sound? Iām asking because i like this signature, and maybe is it worth to look for more expensive ess sabre dac units?
Added to aune x8 with muses op-amp custom linear power supply, sound changed alot: bass region changed completely, sound become more 3d, switching back to stock power supply shows immediately flat and not energetic level. Im very pleased with the sound. Actually it is like to switch to another dac. I donāt know anything about their power supply, i order from local engineer only for 40$!
The change is way bigger than op amp change, and i noticed thay opamps which i tried, started to show another results as with stock PS.
Waiting for big burson op-amp.
If you already own X8, first step buy or order custom power supply.
Ahh too bad,
I would have had the AUDIOPHONICS LPSU25 suggested unfortunately it does not exist as 9 volt version only 7,12,16 volt and as Usb with 5 volt voltage with an input voltage of 115 and 230 volt.
I bought one for 12 volts and is really good and price acceptable.
Hey guys what is the major difference between various filter settings.
I tried all and no hearable difference or at least I am not able to tell what is different.
What should I focus on when trying these?
Are you based in the US? I have the 1st option in your post, and Iād gladly sell it at a discount. BTW, the Aune XP2 is compatible with your X8 (9V), the bottom option is not.
