Hemi-Demon
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I tested this for both mechanical noise and audible ones. There is none.
Guess it is time to get out my wallet, again. Darn you Matrix
I tested this for both mechanical noise and audible ones. There is none.
You can do room correction with convolution if your player supports itThis product would be a no-brainer if it had room correction. Without that, I guess I'll stick to a simpler DAC/pre-amp.
If a product is going to include both the streamer and the DAC (i.e. if the only input isn't optical+coax), I feel it should also do room correction or at least have a parametric EQ like the RME. Otherwise, I can't integrate external room correction with the product's USB/network audio sources (unless I'm missing something, correct me if I'm wrong).
@amirm
Though I believe when using the USB input that the only thing sync/async does is toggling between the CCHD 957 USB clock, and the CCHD 950 Sabre clock.
Sure.@amirm when the matrix sabre pro arrives, would you mind doing jitter test with async/sync, and jitter on/off, as there are still some people who say sync, jitter off sounds better without showing proof.
Oh so it's not just switching the clock used?It should turn off ASRC on the DAC chip as a side effect.
Thanks!Sure.
Oh so it's not just switching the clock used?
i see, so properly engineered there probably isn't a big difference running it in sync then.It is switching the clock, but as the DAC now runs synchronously with the incoming data the ASRC is not needed. If you think about it sync mode is the most direct and desired mode of DAC operation, however it doesn't necessarily perform better technically as now much depends on other factors such as PCB design and what not, that's why most ESS based DACs just use a cookbook approach and have the chips run asynchronously with ASRC enabled. I think you couldn't even disable ASRC/enable sync mode on earlier ESS chips.
i see, so properly engineered there probably isn't a big difference running it in sync then.
One is more bit-perfect than the otherWell, sync mode is presumably more "bit-petfect", whatever it means.
Hey guy, look at our official site, element M is a bit lower model, the same streamer section, but 9028 dac chip, unbalanced headphone amp, and digital volume control, etc.
We will also announce much lower streamer combo model and even stand-alone streamer model (with only digital output) in the future.
Dear 米芾, thanks for your encouragement, we will work harder.Not many Chinese manufacturers understand good industrial design. You guys clearly nailed it. Congratulations.
So smooth, so musical and natural, it is again unbelievable that this is not a NOS (non-over-sampling) R2R design.
So he's damned if he does (invoke the wife argument) and damned (with an inference) if he doesn't.NOS R2R is a high bar, indeed. And he almost invoked the "wife argument", but I suppose she wasn't very impressed as he didn't.
Hmm a new review of the element X here, https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/matrix-audio-element-x-review-ultimate-all-in-one-audiophile-hub/
non-blind test, and let me guess non-flat speakers in a untreated room probably full of reflections, nulls, peaks, phase cancellation etc...