I'm running a pair of Airmotiv 5s directly out of a cpu and am having some balance and phase issues. Will this DAC resolve these problems?
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Hello,it is difficult to understand what is phase issues. External dac should improve everything in sound. However I found some issues (warn) when connecting to PC via USB. Drivers are not singed one and finally I was not able to install them on 8.1 in half hour time. It is not clear how it would be even if succeeded if you would like to keep PC at high protection level with signed drivers feature on. In general I am quite happy with this DAC but not using with PC - CD and TV SPDIF connected.
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It would probably only help if the issues you're having are due to the CPU sound card.
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I use this set up on a daily basis with a "Zalman" mic. The set-up works great, my only gripe would be both cables are verrryy long so it can be an annoyance. I currently do not use a amp or dac but I heard from a close friend using this with a Astro Mix-amp works very well. If I had to do it again, I would go with a MOD MIC 4.0 instead of the Zalman for the fact that you can clip it on the ear cup and flip it up when your done. Hope this helps.
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Have you tryed to contact TASCAM or even Apple ? The Guys from Tascam/Teac are very Helpfull. :)
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I know this review is from 2013, but I want to say I am using the same pair of headphones with the JDS Labs O2 Headphone amp and standalone ODAC and it has made a major increase in listening quality for them. The Amp alone at least doubles the quality, whereas the DAC will clean it up for you.
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There are several issues here. If this DAC is better than the one your computer uses to output analog audio (out front panel or rear panel), which is likely, your computer has a digital optical and/or coaxial audio output, which is also likely, you have really good headphones or better a good audio system (preamp/amp/speakers), and you are generating the digital audio signal from something better than a MP3 file (from CD or HD audio source), then yes it should sound better! Also, I note the DAC which I no longer own only supports PCM, so that means CD quality at best. Finally, I note the DAC does not have a signal gain adjustment which may be very import if you are just pugging in headphones as the signal may be too weak (I can't test that since I since as I said I no longer have the DAC).
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Why not come out of the pc with the dac? Sounds like you're still using the pc dac to convert the signal. Garbage in, garbage out.
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That guy is actually wrong, using a 3.5mm connector will send analog out and it'll only be using the amp function of this. To use the dac and charging functions with an ipad air you need to do iPad air -&gt; Apple Camera Connector Kit -&gt; Usb A Male to Micro Usb -&gt; E18
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Hello JT, I utilize the AudioEngine D1 DAC while testing these speakers and do not have a problem, they work great! Michael @ Kraft Street Audio
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Not simultaneously, its just one or the other. It switches for headphone listening when you plug the headphones in. The DAC is active for both ouputs.
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I'm pretty sure it will be a pretty nice jump in SQ as I believe I was using mine w/ an IPod Classic to run Wav file through the HP-P1 DAC.The real advantage to using the HP-P1 is that you're no longer stuck using much lesser DACs built into non Audio company music playing devices & as a result you can use "real" IEMs or headphones w/ these devices to listen to real music files ,not that "MP3" rate garbage that people, who basically can't hear, listen to. If you listen to portable music this is an acceptable solution !
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I don't know about the voltage output on a dac, but my Cambridge Audio DacMagic works fine with my ESP-950.
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Yesssss no problem. I have Yosemite, Presonus Audio vox 22vsl and Logic Pro ver 10 and no problem. All is OK
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Yeah, originally i had some problems with getting the sound but i messed around with the settings on my laptop for sound and it worked. I have the new macbook air.
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My advice is to avoid this unit if you use Windows. It is 2014, and it still glitches in non-ASIO apps, and toggling ASIO in Ableton toggles the glitches. I am 99% confident it is driver related. I'll be switching to Scarlett for music production in Windows. Not sure about the Roland, but Ive heard a lot of MAC users complain about Maudio driver issues in OSX, but that was years ago.
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Thanks for the response. It only solves the songs part, not the movie part due to the heavy delay. But I'd think the only way to synchronize sound and movie using Air Tunes would be to delay the movie playback.
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It is only necessary to add a DAC if you have a very demanding headphone (mine were: AKG K701 and HiFiMan HE-400)and if your PC soundboard has interference from spinnng harddrives (in my case Thinkpad X230 it was) audible in a silent environmentI recommend the SMSL Sanskrit DAC. Very affordable and great sound.
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Just tried it with my Sennheiser PMX 100 and HD280 pro headphones and got nothing. But I have noticed at times some strange static through the headphones as I move around at my desk. I can't pin it on the ICON, but it only happens when using it... so maybe that does pin it on the ICON...