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Where do you get a cable that's "balanced RCA" on one end and Xlr on the other end?Weird that they are calling it a successor, when it is also a headphone amp.
As the designer also has the QXD1, which is the same $200 MSRP and is a DAC only, I find it hard to believe that it claims 118dB (QXD1 claims 117dB). Or, @Ben1987, are you not the designer for this new Khadas?
The balanced RCA is really cool (you need an amp that accepts it, or just covert to XLR).
Where do you get a cable that's "balanced RCA" on one end and Xlr on the other end?
It looks like they will be selling balanced RCA > XLR cables at the least. Also intriguing they have patented their balanced jacks:-118 THD+N? The AP test results should be interesting. Will balanced cables or XLR adapters be included since the connector is proprietary?
It says it can accept regular RCA, just put it in single-ended mode.-118 THD+N? The AP test results should be interesting. Will balanced cables or XLR adapters be included since the connector is proprietary?
It looks like they will be selling balanced RCA > XLR cables at the least. Also intriguing they have patented their balanced jacks:
https://www.khadas.com/post/introducing-the-balanced-rca-jack
It says it can accept regular RCA, just put it in single-ended mode.
It has a 3rd pin; the single-ended mode will uses the regular 2 pins.I don't see any point in a new type of balanced connector except to make money.
Defeats the purpose of a balanced output and maybe has worse specs.
It has a 3rd pin; the single-ended mode will uses the regular 2 pins.
They are trying to make money, but they explain the advantages (regular RCA size, and doesn’t have the crosstalk issues with 3.5Pro). Not sure if it performs the same as XLR, but if it does than that is pretty awesome depending on how much it costs to license, as then companies only need to incorporate a single jack type.
No company will license that. They could've used mini XLR jacks.
The “protective-patent” (CN211265767U) covers both the balanced RCA jack and plug, and will ensure that our design remains free and open source for the community. We did this to prevent predatory entities from co-opting and patenting this new design to corner the market.
Weird that they are calling it a successor, when it is also a headphone amp.
As the designer also has the QXD1, which is the same $200 MSRP and is a DAC only, I find it hard to believe that it claims 118dB (QXD1 claims 117dB). Or, @Ben1987, are you not the designer for this new Khadas?
The balanced RCA is really cool (you need an amp that accepts it, or just covert to XLR).
Spotify? That would seem pretty odd, I guess they mean Tidal or something. Can't be correct..mistake or did they just spill the beans big time on the launch announcement page?
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I did think the backwards compatibility is kinda sweet. I'm surprised not more people in this thread are positively intriguedLooks like we have the argument all over again.
Mini XLR? Who ever used them? Any standard? No. It's not a standardized connector and no one uses it. So it has no benefits over balanced RCA in the first place.
They are making the connectors though currently expensive but it will be opensourced. What that means is no one else will take that away from them and charge you for premium. You can make your own and sell it.
It's compatible with regular RCA for its unbalanced output. Where basically nothing else is like this so this is unique.