Even if L50 has max output power of 3.5W @ 32 ohms? Or I shouldnāt take measurements into consideration or more precisely how much should I take measurements into consideration? And Sabaj D5 has 1.9W @ 32ohms balanced.
Since I also have a pair of monitors, no passthrough kind of kills it for me.
I havenāt found any dacs with AKM or CSS chips at that 250ish range. Most of them are ESS I think or Iāve missed them.
I would probably like to stay on SS for now. Iām looking into the rabbit hole, but havenāt stepped into it yet.
yes, yes they are lol. My go to for quite some time for casual and competitive all aroundā¦ granted not as specifically designated for my competitive useā¦ still very very good and I love the sound on these. I eventually traded up to the Aeon 2
The MT-602 headphone jack doesnāt seem to mute the pre-outs, so using them with always-on powered monitors would add a small extra dash of frustration. I use it with a power amp that I only power on when in use which is not concurrent to headphone use.
Lots of questions in there. Output power is often measured somewhere in the midrange, which are usually some of the easiest to drive frequencies. 3.5W or 1.9W at 1KHz doesnāt mean youāll get that much at 30 Hz.
The āhow much should I trust measurements?ā question is much bigger. In general they are a loose guide. The more coarse the measurement (like condensing output power into a single number), the more care needs to be taken in interpreting them.
Both dacs I mentioned have variable output level and can be used as a preamp. You could split the output of the dac and control monitor volume that way.
Okay, I think I get your point now. Iām interested what do you think about the H16 tho, would it be a good fit?
Yeah, but that way I canāt mute the speakers without switching them off. Which is kind of tedious imo, tho I have a inline volume controller, which is single ended. But still I kind of want to go balanced.
Hello,
The Soncoz doesnāt look bad from a technical point of view.
However, it is an Ess chip.
According to the data, the Gustard only goes up to 64 ohm, so I donāt think it is designed for the Aeon, or for driving low-ohm headphones.
There is this.
The Topping E50 looks the worst in my opinion.
I donāt think I would take that one.
Iād rather go for the E30.
The Ify Signature could be a good choice maybe.
Topping still has a Dac that is equipped with two Css.
However, it will be over budget.
Mon I think left the Allo Revolution with the Lake People G103S thoroughly positive.
Somewhere he posted something where other combinations were also quite good.
Otherwise, Jds Labs has the O2 Dac on offer, which is also good, but technically no longer new.
The Grace Design used to be very popular at Drop, but unfortunately it is not available.
Hello,
Yes, the Singxer Sda 2C hehe I have it myself and it is still in use.
You wonāt go wrong with it and it is also future-proof and definitely has no problems with the Aeon R/T.
Even the Lcd 2C is fantastic.
Well tuned, balanced sound, itās a good Aio for the money.
I think itās one of the best devices in its class.
Yes something, makes sense if the Pc makes problems then it has been implemented quite well for that.
Iāll put it this way, youāll have peace of mind in any case.
But if you ever want to connect to the Singxer Su 2 via I2S, it is then superfluous.
The Su 2 will take care of that.
I2S is a different type of connection that transforms, calculates, clocks etc. the signal differentlyā¦
But it is not a must.
I think you are well equipped with the C version, you donāt need an Ify defender or the like.
I think my question was not well formulated. What I meant was, should I get the C version and specifically use USB or instead Iām okay with getting the A version and using optical?
