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Hi-Fi An USB ESS sabre DAC, Simply a performer.

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post Oct 23 2012, 08:02 PM

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I accidentally broke the audio jack, it detached from the soldering joints when i was pulling it out.

chchyong89 are you in cyberjaya? I don't have soldering equipment to solder them back on.
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post Oct 24 2012, 02:47 AM

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QUOTE(LittleGhost @ Oct 23 2012, 08:40 PM)
FOE lab kan ada.

Pergi la sana dan guna. laugh.gif
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I had soldering experience but that was like 3-4 years back, I'm not sure if my hands are quite that steady. Would normal lead affect the sound compared to high quality lead?
Would need a sharp soldering point too.
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post Oct 24 2012, 11:01 AM

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QUOTE(wildwestgoh @ Oct 24 2012, 07:30 AM)
Ah, this is very fragile thing ye, I'm making a habit of pull out my IEM very slowly while holding to the jack, same goes to every jack that I used.
I think chchyong uses the normal one, unless you can buy those silver type, which is extremely expensive but just like cable, the SQ is really insignificant unless your source and (ear/head)phone is super high-end. wink.gif
Are yours naked btw? Or already has a heat-shrink? I think the heat-shrink should be able to enforce it quite a bit, not so easily detached.
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I always pull it out holding from the sides avoiding from touching the components but last night it slipped off my mind and I accidentally pull on the jack.
No I don't have the sleeve, that's why I was hoping to meet chchyong directly, maybe I can get the sleeves. For now the DAC is still naked.

QUOTE(LittleGhost @ Oct 24 2012, 10:29 AM)
I'm around Cyberjaya for a few hours for my ITP presentation.

Maybe I can give you a hand. (if you're lucky to catch me. I'm at the library now. Waiting for 11.30 am presentation) I'm in a rush later. Taking a flight back.
And no, if any, soldering joint quality matters more. Solder lead does not affect sound quality. Their main function is to secure the pins to the pads, nothing more. Besides, solder has six times of resistance comparing to copper, so most if not all signal passes through the copper pins anyway.
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Ha, no its alright if like that, I got a lot of work to do today. For now I'll just have to settle with the on board sound, though I need to use extension because my headphone cables are so short.

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post Nov 19 2012, 11:28 AM

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One thing I can say is this DAC is loud. I'm using it as the DAC instead of the Aune T1's internal DAC. Swapping DAC I immediately noticed improvements. Comparison with the Aune's DAC, this is my first impression, I think I'll be doing some serious comparison letter. But for now I can say that they sound more engaging, the bass quality and quantity has vastly improved, the distortion in loud volumes is virtually nonexistent, but the highs I think is a bit more pronounced but not sure whether in a good or bad way.

This is without any serious comparisons, I don't have such musical or critical ears, but even I can hear the differences and improvements.

Siboh Kitak Nangis sounds so beautiful.
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post Nov 20 2012, 02:34 AM

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QUOTE(dennisyeoh @ Nov 19 2012, 10:13 PM)
is better to add a amp is not design to be use directly to power up a headphone beside by lowering the volume on the player you also lowering the quality of the song
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A lot of people had said that, and I understand the concern too.
Though I must say, listening through consumer or mid-fi level headphones, you don't notice any difference at all. Same goes to my 24 bit DAC with the UD100 16 bit DAC.
Maybe some serious headphones like say DT880 or HE-500 would reveal the sonic changes, but I doubt lower ends can reveal that much detail loss.
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QUOTE(renishi @ Aug 1 2013, 01:28 AM)
I demand more details on UD110!!!!! tongue.gif
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I want to be in the first batch of purchase.

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QUOTE(E1 - AKG @ Sep 23 2015, 07:27 PM)
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