tried it earlier, though never thoroughly tested it

first impressions were good, they produced clean sound

gonna try again tomorrow

rechargable built in battery, able to power up high impedance headphones, for RM429 is quite tempting

people say its bright, just the kind of sound i like

---

Added on November 12, 2011, 2:12 amit gives a forwarding sound, which in return, makes certain instruments sound distorted to me... examples are music box/vibraphone, cant recall which one of these sounded weird with .22

This post has been edited by x-1o8-x: Nov 12 2011, 02:12 AM

When you listen to any music is consider burning...

yes bought already haha

u mean adelphi opposite funan? how is e11? is that fio e11? how much u bought it for? good?

but x-fi dont have optical output from my card..

is there any amp that can tighten headphone bass? for my ES7

How much this amp actualy?Did you let your amp play music for the whole night?i just finish recharge the amp,now i start burn in again..

I think adelphi at city hall mrt there,nearby penisula i think,but i dont know funan,e11 good actualy,i tried few amp over there,porta tube,e6,e7,i suggest u try hippp box,u can hear the alot improvement on the sound. I bought at sgd 78,but hippo box they sell at 148 dollar if im not wrong,but due to my budget i bought e11,with the amp the sound so much more nice then the headphone it self.

get fiio e11,it will help u improve&tighten the bass on your headphone or get the hippo box+

In most cases, no.

1st time i heard "double amp" sounds weird

Can you advise on your source

---

Added on November 13, 2011, 6:18 pmIn all audio system design, double amping is a big no no

This post has been edited by E1 - AKG: Nov 13 2011, 06:18 PM

Chill chill, just asking So is it true that most laptops DAC have an amp in it? I really am sucks when comes to DAC circuit stuffs.

Hi, do you guys heard about Styleaudio DAC/Amp?
currently I planning to get a DAC to replace my onboard sound card
I am looking into ibasso D10/D12, styleaudio ruby2/topaz
or I should get a pure DAC without amp as I don't need it?

It's hard to go wrong with iBasso's product, especially when you can test it out at Jaben to see whether you like it. The additional amp section can be considered as a convenience, for example when you cannot bring your (possibly) desktop amplifier with you, unless you're 100% certain that you won't be needing the amp section. Even so, you can just use line-out to utilise the device's DAC section.

yes, adelphi is opposite funan.

---

Added on November 14, 2011, 8:46 amall laptops DAC have an amp. but some laptops also have a line out, which should bypass the amp section.

double amping is a big no no, but audio is a very personal preference and some people may actually prefer double amp-ing. it is my personal opinion that DACport -> Amp is double amping. and centrance also realized and corrected it by issuing DACport LX.

This post has been edited by hongrui: Nov 14 2011, 08:46 AM

then I will get a ibasso D10 if stock available....
Sorry about a noob question, by changing the opAmp is change the signature of both headphone out and line out?

Only the headphone out, as the line-out bypasses internal amplification for iBasso products. Consider the iBasso D12, the successor to the D10, or if you don't need the additional connectivity functions (optical and coaxial), the iBasso D6.

This post has been edited by Enigmatic: Nov 14 2011, 01:40 PM

hmm....I need both USB and optical for PC/PS3.
ya, Jaben recommend me ibasso D12 when I visited their store, but that time I plan to buy maverick audio but no stock -.-"
So now looking for another option.
is it big different between D10 and D12? actually what is the advantage of dual DAC?
Thanks for your reply anyway~!

So currently I'm doing double amping at all the time?
my my~

But for my portable setup I had no choice, unless I'm going to spend another few hundreds to buy a new DAP which have line out.

I've tested the D10 and I wasn't impressed by it at all, compared to the iBasso D6. Unfortunately, I couldn't give you a direct comparison of the D10 and the D12. Why not let your ears decide? I'm quite sure you'll go for the D12 too

Yes, that's why an external DAC is needed.

what is your current portable setup?

if your laptop / sound card has got an analog line out, you can use that to connect directly into your amp (the analog line out should have bypassed the internal amp). if its a digital line out, then you will need an external DAC.

laptop headphone out -> amp -> cans = double amp-ing