![]() ![]() I decided to wait instead of just poppin off. Could it be the balanced cable I just bought? It sounds great thru my FiiO M11. I’m thinkin, could it be the Sundara’s? I don’t think so, the initial static changed cups when I swapped the cables. However I bought these, largely, for the balanced connection. Now I’m thinking - how can this be? The audio is great over the 1/4” output, on both units. Then I thought I’d try bypassing the balanced out and using RCAs. Next I tried running the FiiO M11 balanced to the CAN (thinking maybe these problems are all due to another bad DAC)… still cutting out. Now instead of static - I‘m having an issue w/ the completely cutting out! No way, right? I tested the Rear 4.4mm out on the DAC. Expecting things to change, I add the amp into the mix. So, there’s still distortion coming out of the right-channel for 4.4mm balanced out on the DAC. I’ll start with this - all is well w/ 1/4” output. Either i am *extremely* unlucky - or - there is something else going on. More problem! I decided to wait on posting anything because there are 2 ways this is going. ![]() It’s really annoying to me that when I went to the firmware download page it didn’t offer me an option to download the older firmware and try it out and that there’s no way provided to turn off the GTO filter.Alllllrightttyyy! So Zen DAC v2 -> Zen CAN w/ balanced is hooked up. (Based on my research, my model has the latest firmware.) This really makes me want to get some other DAC and compare it as well to see what I actually like. I’m assuming the extra smoothness is due to the GTO filter you mentioned. I think I prefer the Zen DAC to the dongle, though the dongle held up surprisingly well. The Zen DAC does sound warmer and smoother and I think the details are more present and stronger. This obviously isn’t really a fair comparison since one costs $130 and the other costs $8, though the Apple dongle is famous for having surprisingly good quality for its price. So I just tried a/b testing the Zen DAC with the only other DAC I have on hand, which happens to be the Apple lightning dongle. I had no idea, and that’s kind of shocking tbh. If you are interested, made a review abt amps under $200. So, I can’t really comment for it, but if you don’t plan to have a hard to drive headphone, the Zen DAC is a really good amp/DAC for its price. The fact that they’re a stack also made it easier for future upgrades, but I’m quite concerned about their availability.īetween the Zen DAC and the Micca OriGen G2, I don’t really have any experience with the G2. The E30 has that digital glare if you will and if I’m going to be pedantic about it, their tonality is also not quite good.įor the Schiit stack, they’re quite good. I think their Burrbrown chip implementation is quite good. IMO between the Zen DAC and the E30, the Zen DAC is still a better DAC. If you really hate and allergic to MQA, just don’t choose the GTO filter firmware update. ![]() There’s a difference between buying a product that happen to have MQA and buying a product just because it has MQA. ![]() I think it’s not the smartest move to completely disregard the Ifi Zen DAC. From a personal point of view, I would not buy anything that supports Mqa until it has been clarified what it is. ![]()
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