ketansethi1987
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This thread is going to be interesting!!!!
I was using this amp from the company named WOOBS for about 3 years which had performed really well. It started giving some minor problems with the switches to be used for selecting the source. And later the power button also started giving me problem.
But before the problems I had already bought a new one as it costs on Rs. 1200 for backup. Finally the power button gave up and I had to use the new amp.
I used to power 2 12 inch woofers with this along with 2 satelites and sometimes 2-3 10 inch woofers with 4 satelites.
Source used to be me beloved pen drive having all bass lovers's collection. I had kept my pen drives in my bag which unfortunately got stolen from my sister's car. And now the source was my phone connected through aux wire (3.5 mm to RCA)
Now the battery of my phone has given up so I thought I should try using the USB data cable of the phone and connect it to the USB port of the amp and use my phone's MMC as a pen drive. BUT that didnt work. when I connected the USB cable of the phone and connected the phone to the amp, instead of reading it as a usb pen drive the amp showed PC.
I was able to use the phone's MMC as pen drive with my F&D 5.1 and charge the phone along with listening to the songs without draining the battery. I finally accepted that this amp wont recognize the phone as pen drive.
Now being a DIYer and a very very curious person I wanted to know what did the PC thing meant in the amp when I connected the phone to it.
Thanks to this Forum I was introduced to the word DAC which I never heard before and was never interested in.
Then what striked me was what would happen if I connect the USB of the amp to the USB of my Laptop??? Will the amp work as a DAC????
It took me only 1 second to take out the USB to USB cable from my external DVD writer. But I was worried if I was gonna blow up the USB ports of my laptop or the amp as both of them send power out to the devices attached to them. But my curiosity overtook me and I switched on the amp put the volume knob to the minimum and connected both the USB ports.
What happened next was amazing. The laptop detected a USB audio device and installed the drivers automatically (windows XP). As I had never used a DAC i didnt know how to play the music. Had auditioned NAD DACs at the Delhi NCR Jan 2013 audiophile meet. I thought there must be some software that needs to be installed to play the songs. As this is a local amp I was sure not to find any software for it.
It showed a removable media. But when I clicked on it a message came saying insert disk. Then I tried to send a song to the removable drive and got the same msg again.
Finally I thought of playing the songs using winamp and didnt know what was going to happen. The song was playing but there was no sound. Yes I remember turning the volume knob to minimum.
So as I increased the volume I could hear the sound coming out from the speakers. :clapping:
What a discovery: my amp was working as a DAC and playing songs via USB.
Dont know whether real DACs work like this or is there any difference but I am sure tat now I have a DAC as well.
I bet the dealer himself doesnt know that the amp can work as a DAC.
So am I really lucky to have this???? You let me know.
PS: sorry for the long thread but I wanted to share this joy and how it all happened due to stealing of my bag otherwise I would have never bothered to connect the amp to my laptop.
I was using this amp from the company named WOOBS for about 3 years which had performed really well. It started giving some minor problems with the switches to be used for selecting the source. And later the power button also started giving me problem.
But before the problems I had already bought a new one as it costs on Rs. 1200 for backup. Finally the power button gave up and I had to use the new amp.
I used to power 2 12 inch woofers with this along with 2 satelites and sometimes 2-3 10 inch woofers with 4 satelites.
Source used to be me beloved pen drive having all bass lovers's collection. I had kept my pen drives in my bag which unfortunately got stolen from my sister's car. And now the source was my phone connected through aux wire (3.5 mm to RCA)
Now the battery of my phone has given up so I thought I should try using the USB data cable of the phone and connect it to the USB port of the amp and use my phone's MMC as a pen drive. BUT that didnt work. when I connected the USB cable of the phone and connected the phone to the amp, instead of reading it as a usb pen drive the amp showed PC.
I was able to use the phone's MMC as pen drive with my F&D 5.1 and charge the phone along with listening to the songs without draining the battery. I finally accepted that this amp wont recognize the phone as pen drive.
Now being a DIYer and a very very curious person I wanted to know what did the PC thing meant in the amp when I connected the phone to it.
Thanks to this Forum I was introduced to the word DAC which I never heard before and was never interested in.
Then what striked me was what would happen if I connect the USB of the amp to the USB of my Laptop??? Will the amp work as a DAC????
It took me only 1 second to take out the USB to USB cable from my external DVD writer. But I was worried if I was gonna blow up the USB ports of my laptop or the amp as both of them send power out to the devices attached to them. But my curiosity overtook me and I switched on the amp put the volume knob to the minimum and connected both the USB ports.
What happened next was amazing. The laptop detected a USB audio device and installed the drivers automatically (windows XP). As I had never used a DAC i didnt know how to play the music. Had auditioned NAD DACs at the Delhi NCR Jan 2013 audiophile meet. I thought there must be some software that needs to be installed to play the songs. As this is a local amp I was sure not to find any software for it.
It showed a removable media. But when I clicked on it a message came saying insert disk. Then I tried to send a song to the removable drive and got the same msg again.
Finally I thought of playing the songs using winamp and didnt know what was going to happen. The song was playing but there was no sound. Yes I remember turning the volume knob to minimum.
So as I increased the volume I could hear the sound coming out from the speakers. :clapping:
What a discovery: my amp was working as a DAC and playing songs via USB.
Dont know whether real DACs work like this or is there any difference but I am sure tat now I have a DAC as well.
I bet the dealer himself doesnt know that the amp can work as a DAC.
So am I really lucky to have this???? You let me know.
PS: sorry for the long thread but I wanted to share this joy and how it all happened due to stealing of my bag otherwise I would have never bothered to connect the amp to my laptop.