I donât understand the question?
The âpowerâ goes into your headphones, not into your iphone
I have a JDS Labs Element 2, and my iPad wonât play music from it because itâs too much power for the iOS device. Iâm worried this amp will have similar issues playing with an iOS device.
So this amp would plug into my ipad or iphone via an Apple dongle, which would serve as my DAC. Wondering if this is a feasible setup.
Does that clarify my question?
The ELEMENT II is a DAC/AMP combo. Perhaps thereâs some compatibility issues using its DAC with IOS devicesđ€š The MT-602 is only an AMP. No built in DAC. So you can either use a separate DAC, or lightening dongle->3.5->RCA->MT-602. The power of the AMP shouldnât impact the source. If anything you could lower the volume on your IOS devices if you feel its too hot going into the AMP.
I think youre saying the Ipad is trying to provide power to the amp. Is your amp plugged into the wall socket or just to your ipad via the USB port?
If you need a device that will be powered by the ipad battery, the xduoo wont work for you. It doesnt run on USB power. Needs to be plugged into a socket as well as the ipad.
Thanks! I think this is the answer I was looking for.
Just tried this and it works absolutely fine iPhone dongle > RCA > Little Dot MKII > Phantoms
as @skian said and the MKII has
PS you have to select other and not HP output when youâre prompted.
The MT-602 has itâs own powersource. So doesnât draw any from the ipad
Just make sure you use the Apple Camera adapter if using an external DAC, also make sure the DAC is power on before connecting it to the iPad/iPhone.
Just to add the MT-602 also has a 3.5 aux in on the front as well if you donât want to adapt to RCA
Noob question: what do the following terms even mean?
- RCA IN
- RCA OUT
- AUX IN
RCA are those red and white cables. One for left and one for right channel. They carry audio in or out. So you could connect a dac and amp together by connecting an rca cable to the DACâs rca out and the other end to the ampâs RCA in.
AUX ports are essentially headphone ports. Like where you plug your headphones into a computer. So an Aux in would mean you could input audio signal from another device, like an ipod or another amp, using a male to male aux cable.
Good man, I couldnât address those points.
To add, the âRCA OUTâ would take the audio signal in and allow you to control that signal out via the volume knob to connect a power amp for speakers (or powered speakers) or even a solid-state headphone amp that youâd like to âdirty-upâ the sound of with the tube preamplification.
Still struggling to understand the Element 2 problem that C.A.T.H mentioned earlier today â is it possible you were trying to run the dac/amp from the iOS device rather than from the wall? I doubt this, cause that unit doesnât even use USB power. The connection of the MT-602 will be different, requiring a dongle or other DAC device (then a 3.5mm male from dongle â rca male connection to plug in RCA IN on back of MT-602 // or a 3.5mm male to 3.5mm connection if you simply want to plug it into the front AUX IN port of MT-602)
I get concerned about new setups when so many questions remain about the previous device. The Element should have just had USB signal running into it from the iOS device, and power into a wall. Then headphone in. Thereâs other ways to get audio in, but this is what youâd do to get what youâre paying for. âToo much power for the deviceâ is concerning. What happened?
I ask because now weâre playing around with tubes, though the MT-602 is a very flexible, easy unit. I type this while listening through one.
Not sure what changed, but my iPad Air now works with the Element 2!
For context, my Element is powered by its own power brick, and I connect the Element to the iPad via a USB-C adapter (to my surprise, a USB-C dongle from Amazonbasics actually worked!)
Hereâs a snippet of the error message I used to receive:
Update on the original topic: Just traded for an MT 602. Looking forward to my first TUBE experience!
Thanks to everyone for their input.
i-devices are weird
Always been android, bought an iphone and it wonât charge off my carâs USB port xD
Happy you found your solution!
Anyone tube rolling yet on this amp?
Got 4 Voskhod 6J1P-EVâs coming for my MT-604 theyâre on the way but Iâm not sure Iâll get them as Paypal didnât seem to list my full address correctly for some reason defo not the Ukraine sellers fault, theyâre not expensive in fact you can get 10 for circa 20 bucks so if I donât get them Iâll reorder with an edited address
Can I ask why you settled on the Voskhod?
I will probably pick one from the list Nr48 linked which adds treble+soundstage.
No real reason Iâm just going to work my way through a few different makes.
Iâve got General Electric 5654W, Siemen 5654w and Mullard M8100 for my Little Dot ll and out of those the Siemenâs are best for treble the least âtubeyâ if you like
Thanks! Will try the siemenâs first