Sorry, can't read Chinese. Care to translate?

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Added on April 23, 2009, 5:57 pmHi Dybre,

Besides the volume, is there any change in sound quality? What is your opinion on the difference, with and without the Compass?

Appreciate your comments.

This post has been edited by leeshock: Apr 23 2009, 05:57 PM

^^ i cant try the power amp without the compass, i dont have external sound card and i'm using laptop as source right now. hmm.. but i could tell that the preamp adds a cleaner sound to the power amp and adds more power to the volume. i tried to pair the power amp through the dac line out, the sound is kinda dark and so boomy through the dac line out, so i like to use the pre-amp function. as it is kinda neutral sound.

Your notebook has a 3.5mm headphone jack, right?

Can't u use the 3.5mm jack to 2 RCA connectors & connect directly to the T-Amp? And then try connecting wt the Compass in between?

havent tried before. dont have the mini to RCA cable. would try and let you know later..

mine compass reach 180 hours mark, found that it lack of spark in high with my HD600...
Ms2i sound quite nice with compass...in fact, my ms2i never sound so good before, now just lack of sound stage only.

will continue to see the changes...

This post has been edited by xjian1985: Apr 24 2009, 11:42 PM

Got mine C2C just now

yeah, my hd600 too. but it begun to open up after some burning in.

eh,i saw citypulse 2.03e there!how is it compare to this compas??
i keep thinking want to get this compas or not..i already own citypulse..

fyi, C2C is only headphone amp, no DAC.

since you already have citypulse, i doubt that the difference will not big, why not go for a higher end DAC from audio-gd?
DAC Reference One
DAC - 19MK3

already order the dac19mk3 1 week ago

was told they will only be able to ship in May

not getting the ref 1 because no usb

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Added on April 25, 2009, 1:33 pmthis one is the C2C not compass

But headphone out of the citypulse is rather weak therefore no fight with this C2C



This post has been edited by squall343: Apr 25 2009, 01:33 PM

Anybody have any idea about Cambridge Audio DacMagic, new version also support USB. I read they compare it with Bechmark DAC1, the DacMagic have SQL near like Bechmark DAC1.

But Bechmark DAC1 accept more than 44.1/16 through the USB interface compare than DacMagic 16 bit only.

My COMPASS is getting sweeter day by day ... how about you guys? Hope you guys are diam diam in enjoying it rather than diam diam and feeling not worth the effort to critique it LOL

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Added on May 7, 2009, 4:41 pmPersonally I think although it's lack of spark in high, but for sure it's detailed yet smooth, it helps alot in playing some not so well record album

This post has been edited by GodLuvSxS: May 7 2009, 04:41 PM

yeah,, mine too.. by the way, i was wondering what cans do you use to pair with compass?



This post has been edited by Dybre: May 7 2009, 05:24 PM

Just the entry philips SHP895, mainly attached to my aego 2 ... will slowly build the whole setup around the COMPASS

hey you remind me that i still have a SHP895 keeping in the box, will try it with compass later when i get back home.

My COMPASS is around 250+ hours. i find that it has gain back some spark in high, now the bass seems to be settle down and not so boomy.
with the compass, some times when i listen to some old familiar songs, it manage to gives me new experience, wow this songs can sounds in this way which is good to me.

some question on the volume knob, i found that mine volume knob turn after 1'o clock, the volume seem not increasing.
any how, is not important since it can drive my headphone to my listening level at 10 - 11.

wah so loud..i always set at 9..sometimes at 10 (with beyer)...11-12..i called it insane ..we need to take care our ear..before its too late

I think your COMPASS's sound should settle down very soon, Mr. Kingwa mentioned his discrete opamp needs 250 - 400 hours

Got your Penny power cord? How does it pairing with your COMPASS? Needs at least 2 - 3 full days of burning in ... sounds abit dull to my ears at first, but it's getting better, more transparent ... certainly helps in taming COMPASS's bass and inject some sparkling highs ...

After some idea exchange with coppercolour's person in charge, he mentioned when you got the good interconnect in your system, power cord would certainly bring quite significant improvement over stock power cord Somemore audio-gd's works alot on their power supply section, thus it's quite reactive to power cord

This post has been edited by GodLuvSxS: May 8 2009, 03:41 PM

yup..i got my cable..but im using cheap US adaptor (carrefour mari)..not able to detect any difference yet..as always..let burn-in for awhile.

Yeap ... burn in first ... first listen I also cant detect much difference compare to stock cable ... once burn in for few days ... then I switch back to stock cable, then I know what I was missing

cant wait to try out your cable... next week i would be able to make the payment..