@raghupb can you explain a little on meaning of L/R presentation? with my very limited knowledge, the spk driver forward/reverse will be interchanged which may impact low frequency in significant way? Am I right? How about mid/high frequency?
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Post 2004 will have hardware fix, no need to apply any patch?
I stand corrected. Was reading on ASR and a fellow FM also said that it is not L/R channel flip.
Apparently something else is going on here. My reply was about to channel reversal.
Sorry to add to the confusion. Please ignore my comments.
Cheers,
Raghu
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there is no problem in having it reversed here as it’s the same polarity for left and right channels. We only have a issue if one channel has polarity not same as the other.
cool... still can you throw some light on my question on polarity reversal? Any flaw in my understanding?
Very clearly explained here, hope it helps. However as FM has confirmed the latest version is 2008 so i think we are good
Yes. Thats what I read on many forums.
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Somehow I like the aesthetics of the silver and black with the line of topping devices though normally I am a "matt black everything"" person. Especially the l30 amp is really "high end looking"
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Got mine today. Tried USB playback using Poweramp on my phone but the output on the E30 never budged from 192 PCM even though I was playing DSD256 files. If I can't get DSD playback from my phone to E30, it's a waste for me. Will try more and report back here.
Update- Due to the software resampler in PowerAmp, it's output is limited thus no native DSD support. For DSD playback over USB, will have to download USB Player Pro, which costs INR350 on Plays Store.
Anybody knows any cheaper alternative app, let it be known.
Update- Due to the software resampler in PowerAmp, it's output is limited thus no native DSD support. For DSD playback over USB, will have to download USB Player Pro, which costs INR350 on Plays Store.
Anybody knows any cheaper alternative app, let it be known.
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So in "spirit of experimenting" (read playing stupid games), I connected E30 to PC, put it in "Pre" mode, used RCA to 3.5mm adapter and plonked in cheapest pair of IEMs that I had. Audio level was set to -99dB and slowly turned up while music was playing. Around -30dB I started listening 'sound'.
At around -15dB it became quality 'music' and at 0dB, it became too loud.
Result- With IEMs, it can work in Pre mode, no headphone amplifier needed. Do not try it in DAC mode as you cannot control volume, neither from PC (Foobar2000 didn't do jack when tried attenuating audio from it's GUI), nor on the device. That being said, I don't know what could be long term implications of aforementioned use case. In short, it can be used so, but should you,..... I say go Wild ! Consumption lead Economic growth is need of the hour
At around -15dB it became quality 'music' and at 0dB, it became too loud.
Result- With IEMs, it can work in Pre mode, no headphone amplifier needed. Do not try it in DAC mode as you cannot control volume, neither from PC (Foobar2000 didn't do jack when tried attenuating audio from it's GUI), nor on the device. That being said, I don't know what could be long term implications of aforementioned use case. In short, it can be used so, but should you,..... I say go Wild ! Consumption lead Economic growth is need of the hour
Did you google for an app that can play DSD on mobile? A simple search resulted in 2 players.
I tried fiio player from fiio and below are fhe screen shots. Played through ibasso dc01 dac. Now I do not have any means to know what is actually coming out. Although the app description says it is a native dsd player.
Another option is Hiby Music player.
PS: both Android apps.
MaSh
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It’s a lifetime buy, and imo 350 is worth it for the bit perfect it offers. Hi by music and onkyo music are good alternatives but somehow I felt usapp slightly better always. Consider it as part of your dac purchase budget.
Will try them, When I googled "native dsd palyer for android", neither showed up.
If nothing else works, will do so.
I got the d50s after reading the asr review. It's clean and has details so for someone starting out it will sound hifi but in reality it sounds bright and thin and lifeless. tires your ears easily instead of allowing music to be fun. And the filters are just a gimmick. My dacs coaxial input stopped working and i returned it to Amazon USA. I had even got the lps with it which added like 5 percent weight.
I had one and had a similar experience and ended up selling it after 3 months. Measurements alone don't tell the whole story.
Cheers,
Sid
Would this be the infamous "Sabre Glare" that ESS chipsets get blamed for?
Cheers,
Raghu
possible. when a female vocal goes high pitched n increases in intensity it sounds like a cold fog being shot at you. It pierces. This is why one shouldn't measure art as a computer.
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