same type of productThat's not a dac though, or is it?
For a fee of course...FYI THX told me the design is available to companies who want to build their own versions.
Yesso it supports the dreaded MQA files?
Sure. It is not free to design a high-performance dongle on your own though. Amortize the design fee, prototyping, etc. and you also wind up with a per device fee.For a fee of course...
This is a functionality that comes with ESS DAC chip they are using. Not sure if the cost is buried in the ESS DAC, the device, or neither.so it supports the dreaded MQA files?
An ESS ES9281PRO chip for the DAC and a THX AAA-78 amplifier. Unlike the "THX Certified" products like some of the new Razer headphones, this one has a chip that was designed by THX much like the Drop, Monoprice, etc branded amplifiers.What is inside it? I mean a razer THX badge on it, for £200 really. Both my cinema THX crossover monitors was £100 and far larger and heavier and each had the THX crossover cards intact where they usually are sent back to Lucasfilm as they are only leased to THX cinemas.
So what is inside this, THX dongle, crack it open and lets see the common parts inside it as the plastic case well nothing special about that and the lead cable and USB end those parts are common and cheap. So what is inside it?
They won’t do anything for the digital part, or even the power supply part and then, well it becomes design. It’s not that fundamentally different to use a THX module than to build around TI Op amp reference design, or a dac chip for that matter, you still have to go trough prototyping, and optimizing.Sure. It is not free to design a high-performance dongle on your own though. Amortize the design fee, prototyping, etc. and you also wind up with a per device fee.
Oh, it is a huge difference if they give you the Gerbers (PCB layout) and complete design. With an op-amp, you are on your own to say nothing of this being a complicated, composite op-amp with feedforward.It’s not that fundamentally different to use a THX module than to build around TI Op amp reference design, or a dac chip for that matter, you still have to go trough prototyping, and optimizing.
This is somewhat inaccurate: the thx onyx is sold exclusively through their parent company (Razer)On cost, this is being sold through a channel which takes it own cut. And the device has been through full set of certifications, etc. So it is not fair to compare it to direct sales of a company without similar brand. Yes, it is still expensive but not as much as it seems on surface.
You and me both! But we are getting to the point where we need custom comparison tool. I will create a new thread for it and see if we can get some volunteers to do the legwork.
A few years back it was only the module, a tiny pcb , with IOs to be soldered on your own PCB, like Pins of a chip. Yes of course you are paying for their feed forward patent. I am not saying it's easy to do the same thing. but just that it's not a complete product. The op amp that are on that are on their module are regular off the shelf op amps, but used in a feed forward configuration. they don't do silicon, at least it was the case a few years back. It appears you talked to them tough so maybe their model changed.Oh, it is a huge difference if they give you the Gerbers (PCB layout) and complete design. With an op-amp, you are on your own to say nothing of this being a complicated, composite op-amp with feedforward.
Blue is where its at.Hey it goes to magenta(MQA) which is better than red(SACD)? Done deal like "it goes to eleven(Spinal Tap)" View attachment 122745
$200. - when a Qudelix with PEQ is $110?
Because of MQA? (Which is what again? Money-grubbing Questionable Audio?)