Well next month you will have a TTD to test already.

cant wait to compare

i think no, cause they do the same thing : digital - analog - converter

Has anyone hear / experience on Anedio DAC?

Interesting that someone is preferred it than AGD Ref 7, within USD2k range...

have a friend who wants to get the Anedio USB -> Coaxial converter. but i've not heard any of the Anedio DACs.

LOL.. I have DT770pro and TF10... But the tf10 will make your ear pain

There are 2 stages in an integrated amp. The so called integrated amp is called as such because it incorporate 2 sections of amp, preamp and the power amp. In normal context, preamp is the one which lets you control the volume, the tone, bass, etc....

For double amping, usually you can do it with 2 power amps, connected to a preamp. Speakers that have 2 binding posts, which let you bypass it;s internal xover, can take advantage of bi-amping. Of course, your preamp must be able to support bi-amping as well.

This post has been edited by runemastertan: Jun 22 2012, 01:42 AM

Which mean that the preamp does not amplified the sound right? it just function as the volume controller from the source ya?

the other question is, does all the headphone amp with the volume control can act as preamp to active speakers?

Half correct. There are two types of preamp, passive and active. Passive preamp, as the name suggested, does not use any power, thus there is no gain. Some use this as a line selector as well. However, the main thing about these passive preamp is they sound good. However, since they are passive, they do not amplify the voltage of the signal.

Active preamp, on the other hand, have gain. lt amplifies the voltage of the signals. Power amp amplifies the current/ampere of the signal.


For headphone amps with volume controller, yes, most of them can be used as preamp. Infact, they are actually preamps themselves.

This post has been edited by runemastertan: Jun 22 2012, 11:10 AM

So most of the headphone amp is the active preamp la?

Just want to share some information,

Recently i just bought HRT music streamer ii and while i listen to it, there are some clicking and popping sound come out through the speaker with certain song. At first I thought the music file was not so good and I live with the defect sound almost 2 weeks. So today when i play music on itunes, Dayum! There is no clicking sound and whatnot. After some extensive research I found that you must unclicked the max I/O buffer size on Audirvana software for mac and change to smaller buffer size on foobar2k from 50ms to 80ms of the buffer figures on pc. Now, the problem is solved, case closed

Yep.

So for example, if my setup is like this:

Macbook Pro Headphone Port > Martini+ > DT770Pro
or
iPhone > LOD > Martini+ > DT770Pro

If using macbook consider as bi-amping, since the headphone port from macbook can drive headphones, while iphone lod give only line out which cant drive a headphone..

Kinda confuse actually..

Any good USB DAC recommend? I dun wan with amp one..

Hi buddies,

Kinda new with amps so hope you guys can have some mercy with me
Well, may i know how to see if amp is needed? Is it to drive your can/iem or to improve your source?
And i rmb i used fiio e5 to amp with hipo vb at Jaben and i knew wrong combination woulnt give much effects. So, anyone can teach me when to use what kind of amp?


This post has been edited by em0kia: Jun 23 2012, 06:14 PM

MacBook Pro > USB > DAC > Amp > Headphones

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Added on June 23, 2012, 6:35 pmWhat are your sources?

This post has been edited by E1 - AKG: Jun 23 2012, 06:35 PM

iPod, maybe thinking of getting the X19HD. Hahaha bro, can teach when need amping a?

iPod which model

HRT Streamer II

dacport LX

your budget? desktop or portable?

iPod nano 4th gen 8gb. Hows it compared to the cube c30 and x19hd? Which one need amping more , and which one can be amped to produce very good sound quality? (which one can be mod to the highest)

Nano > LOD > Amp > Headphones.

Even with the tiny FiiO E6, there is an audible improvement