First of all I would like to thank amirm and all the participants of this forum for all the information you offer and which over time I have been able to read with great pleasure.
I would need your help in purchasing a new dac for my audio system.
I currently use an RPBI 4 with Khadas Tone Board 1 which connects to a Naim XS 2 amplifier and Dali Oberon 5 speaker.
I did a test with a Loxjie D30 and was surprised at the quality of this little unit: my impressions was that the sound produced with the Loxie is decidedly warmer, fuller, less metallic, cleaner and more detailed than the Khadas with bass present; we distinctly noticed details that were not there before and in complex songs, the instruments are very well separated; furthermore with the Khadas approaching the ear to a speaker I heard a rustle (inaudible from a distance and therefore irrelevant), I tried to do the same with the Loxjie but the rustling was gone; perhaps because the Khadas was powered by the Raspberry while Loxjie has its own built-in power supply.
For the moment I preferred not to buy the Loxjie because I would like to buy a Dac that at acceptable costs (within 600 euros) and offers a significant improvement in the sound quality of my system that I can use for a few years.
I don't need MQA or balanced XLR outputs as the dac will be connected with RCA outputs.
I have identified some products that I list and I wanted to know which of these, according to you, could give a significant increase in the sound quality produced by my system.
SMSL SU-8S
SMSL SU-9
Topping D50s
Topping D30pro
Gustard X16
Topping D70s
I realize that the choice is very subjective.
Considering the costs we could argue that the D70s costs almost four times compared to the Loxjie D30 but I'm not sure it can guarantee the same leap in quality but this is a very philosophical and not technical reasoning.
Thanks so much for all your advice.
I would need your help in purchasing a new dac for my audio system.
I currently use an RPBI 4 with Khadas Tone Board 1 which connects to a Naim XS 2 amplifier and Dali Oberon 5 speaker.
I did a test with a Loxjie D30 and was surprised at the quality of this little unit: my impressions was that the sound produced with the Loxie is decidedly warmer, fuller, less metallic, cleaner and more detailed than the Khadas with bass present; we distinctly noticed details that were not there before and in complex songs, the instruments are very well separated; furthermore with the Khadas approaching the ear to a speaker I heard a rustle (inaudible from a distance and therefore irrelevant), I tried to do the same with the Loxjie but the rustling was gone; perhaps because the Khadas was powered by the Raspberry while Loxjie has its own built-in power supply.
For the moment I preferred not to buy the Loxjie because I would like to buy a Dac that at acceptable costs (within 600 euros) and offers a significant improvement in the sound quality of my system that I can use for a few years.
I don't need MQA or balanced XLR outputs as the dac will be connected with RCA outputs.
I have identified some products that I list and I wanted to know which of these, according to you, could give a significant increase in the sound quality produced by my system.
SMSL SU-8S
SMSL SU-9
Topping D50s
Topping D30pro
Gustard X16
Topping D70s
I realize that the choice is very subjective.
Considering the costs we could argue that the D70s costs almost four times compared to the Loxjie D30 but I'm not sure it can guarantee the same leap in quality but this is a very philosophical and not technical reasoning.
Thanks so much for all your advice.
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