Improve my sound

[Zombie]

In my experience playing around with DACs is not the way to go. If you do properly level matched blind listening tests you will have to resort to tricks to hear the difference between any DAC that is not broken. So look at features, aesthetics and price. There is a lot of subjective guff on the internet, most of the reviewers are just expressing an opinion and are not performing any form of controlled listening test.

Essentially you need to get your speaker and room interaction right and room treatment and or digital room correction (DRC). DRC can be done for the cost of a cheapish measurement microphone and quite a lot of time. For me the results are worth it, got rid of bass boom and overall clarity has improved.

Word!

[foxesden]

In my experience playing around with DACs is not the way to go. If you do properly level matched blind listening tests you will have to resort to tricks to hear the difference between any DAC that is not broken. So look at features, aesthetics and price. There is a lot of subjective guff on the internet, most of the reviewers are just expressing an opinion and are not performing any form of controlled listening test.

Essentially you need to get your speaker and room interaction right and room treatment and or digital room correction (DRC). DRC can be done for the cost of a cheapish measurement microphone and quite a lot of time. For me the results are worth it, got rid of bass boom and overall clarity has improved.

[pkfox]

'F the Toslink, I'm focusing on a good coaxial cable. USB a complete waste of time for audio.

I feed both my Chord Qutest and DAVE via USB and find it works flawlessly - it depends how it's implemented on the board.

[scslite]

It depends on how USB is designed and implemented. Currently have my Rpi4b+ connected to a Chord Qutest via USB (Acoustic BBQ "Full Rack" cable) and it is sublime!

[RadioClash]

'F the Toslink, I'm focusing on a good coaxial cable. USB a complete waste of time for audio.

[RadioClash]

I'm finding that USB stinks for audio, even high end USBs like the Audioquest Diamond. I bought a cheap chitt glass toslink from Amazon for testing and that doesn't sound half bad. Looking into higher end Toslink now for more testing.

[Heuer]

I also notice the E30 display will not switch off when the Touch EDO is off no matter what settings I choose. It worked properly with an SB3.

[Zombie]

I hear the Holo Audio May Kitsune is quite good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3sOSRa-U0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcfgQtlnP8

Jeff

It'd better be at that price point

[Jeff07971]

I hear the Holo Audio May Kitsune is quite good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3sOSRa-U0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcfgQtlnP8

Jeff

[slartibartfast]

That’s disappointing. I won’t be getting an E30 then. That issue does not exist with my Khadas Tone Board nor with an Audioquest Dragonfly. Does anyone have a clue why the Topping can’t react to sample rate changes when other USB Dacs can?

The E30 works fine with a piCorePlayer or similar. It is just an issue with the Touch and EDO. When EDO was under active development there were quite a few custom kernels for various DACs so I imagine if development was ongoing it could be made to work. This was actually the reason I built a piCorePlayer.

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[d6jg]

That’s disappointing. I won’t be getting an E30 then. That issue does not exist with my Khadas Tone Board nor with an Audioquest Dragonfly. Does anyone have a clue why the Topping can’t react to sample rate changes when other USB Dacs can?

[slartibartfast]

The E30 is arrived connected via the USB cable that came with it. One thing I've noticed that someone else mentioned, when the bit rate of the tracks change you have to cycle through the sources back to USB and the press mute and unmute.

Do you know if it's the same when fed by coaxial?

Does a better USB cable make a difference.

Using coax doesn't have the same issue with sample rate.

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[tank121]

The E30 is arrived connected via the USB cable that came with it. One thing I've noticed that someone else mentioned, when the bit rate of the tracks change you have to cycle through the sources back to USB and the press mute and unmute.

Do you know if it's the same when fed by coaxial?

Does a better USB cable make a difference.

[Heuer]

I have an E30 running off my Touch and the sound is really excellent running into Anthony Gallo Micro speakers and sub.

[d6jg]

So I nearly bought a 2nd hand Transporter over the weekend here in the UK. It went for £296 on the Ebay.

Why did I pass on it? I just thought it’s virtually half the price of my other option Cambridge Audio CVNV2 with no warranty and the Cambridge will come with 6 yrs from RS. Also no support for the higher res files.

Before getting the CA further down the line I’m going to try one of these Topping D50s USB DAC ES9038Q2M DAC XMOS XU208 32Bit/768KHz via USB out of the Touch and compare it to the digital out of the Touch into my Arcam SA10 amp with it’s built in Sabre ESS9016 DAC.

Does anyone uses this Touch & Topping combo?

I’m sure someone does but I thought the D50 was discontinued? The E30 seems to be getting some good press.