I woke up before sun rise this morning & had an idea. I use an old Samsung View as my source, because its all I have for now. More on that later. I use an iFi Zen Blue V2 DAC as Bluetooth is the only way to get audio out of the old tablet it seems. The iFi unit via 4.4 balanced output fed my Singxer SA1 XLR input. The SA1 feeds my Avantone CLA200 speaker amp via XLR.
I took the Singxer SA1 completely out of the chain. The iFi feeds the Avantone via balanced. The result seems to be increased clarity & dynamics on first impression. I was just listening with the SA1 in the chain, before I took it out. Bonus is I don’t have to find the sweet spot of 2 seperate volume knobs.
As for my old Samsung View, I’m checking out various replacements, but having a physical digital audio output is a prerequisite this time. Naturally the one I want, with very large storage & memory right out of the box; is bloody expensive. Good grief!
