Aune S1 HIFI Digital Music player. I’ve had my S1 for a week so its time for some comments. The unit arrived and I unpacked it. The fit and finish of the S1 are excellent. Better on the unit than the PSU. Side by side it is comparable in quality to the Wadia i170 ipod dock. The only downsides are the “clicky” buttons and small feet. I have not opened the case(s) yet to look at the innards. The website shows the price of the new S1 as $599. I set it up with an SD card into my Styleaudio DAC and left it to play (thanks again Franz for fixing this DAC).
Latter that evening I got home and looked through the thin manual (12 pages A6) and had a play. I have been unable to get the network option working. I disconnected my QA550 SD card player from my main DAC (an Arcam Black Box 2). I plugged the S1 in as a replacement and started an SD card. My assumption is that the S1 has very low jitter. The sound was equally good off a USB stick; the S1 has 2 slots. The issue then was the limitations of SD/USB card’s. Aune T1 24bit Tube USB DAC ( new products) - News- HIFI AUDIO-HIFIDIY.NET-CHINA - HIFIDIY.NET. Tube input dynamic range, fast slew rate, open loop index and dynamic indicators is excellent, and make the sound soft sounds, especially the performance of the human voice is extremely rich in the tube to its full and sweet tone has been attracted by the warm transparent sound performance. Product Features: High quality liner power supply design; Tube buffer design; TE7022 +PCM1793 circuit design; High quality Tube USB Sound Card; High quality Tube Headphone-AMP; Support Win7, Win8 ,Mac ,Ipad , Vista; Add the Headphone-amp output Gain adjust function Main Function : 1) High quality external Tube USB DAC. 24bit input , Win7 \Win8 \XP\Mac\Ipad\Vista Support , just plug and play. 2)High quality Tube Headphone amplifier.
T1 is a high quality headphone amplifier , the input range of analog or USB signal through separate headphone amplifier to drive your HIFI headphones , it can not only protect your headphone , also let you enjoy the music . More Detials : Split power supply design: Specification. Aune T1 Tube DAC. Choosing a USB DAC Headphone amplifier - Aune mini USB DAC mini review. | stuff.thatblogs.com. I don't normally do reviews, but sometimes you find a product that just deserves a positive review. Before I get into the review - or plug may be a better description - I want to give my opinion (everyone has one) on some claims made in the audio industry. Choosing a USB DAC Headphone Amplifier Diminishing returns From my own research - once subjective claims are removed from the mix - I found there there are some significant diminishing returns in this area - that is, don't expect the increase in performance (if any) to be proportional to the amount you spend - keep this in mind when shopping for audio gear - there are a lot of very expensive products that while they often look fantastic, and seem to contain awe inspiring components, their increase in performance is usually only via the placebo effect.
Huge range These days there is an enormous range of USB DAC Headphone amplifiers and what ever other combination of hardware you want to mix in. DACS, bits, hertz, my head hurts! Conclusion. Aune X1 DAC – Review « Dark Lord Reviews. Well, it’s been about a month now since I’ve taken delivery of the Aune X1 DAC and I thought I’d provide a follow-up as promised in my unboxing post. But before I get started, let me remind everyone what my intend was in purchasing an outboard DAC along with setup used.
First and foremost, I want to qualify that I am on a budget. I have spent ridiculous amounts of month over the years on stupids things and I am in the mode of “simplifying” my life. I have over $20k in electronics in my living room that were once considered “high-end”. I’m sure a $500 Costco receiver can kick the pants out of my $10,000 Classe SSP 75…Well..maybe not for all things, but still, it’s a bit long in the tooth at this point. But I digress..You have most likely stumbled upon my blog because you too are on a budget and looking to get the best value possible in music listening from a digital source.
For those of you that don’t know, the Macbook Pro has an optical output inside the headphone out. Test 1 Test 2 P.S. Aune Mini Headphone DAC User Review | Audioreview. Written by: JRA The Aune has been playing music none stop since I got the unit. I feel like I can now post a quick review. So I decided to sell my Musical Fidelity X-Can and decided to purchase one of a popular USB headphone amp from China thru Ebay. Here is what I got. AUNE Mini Headphone USB DAC As far as internal components go, everything looked too good to be true. The unit arrived from China well packed and everything seem to be in place. With a proper PS, everything sounds great so far.
It will be interesting to see if it’ll compete with a unit priced at 3 to 4 time more. 1. iTunes Apple Lossless=>USB (cheap 15′)=>Aune=>Tube integrated amp=> Tyler Acoustics Reference Monitor I really like the combina\tion of this DAC and my setup. 2. iTunes Apple Lossless=>USB (cheap 15′)=>Aune=>ATH-AD1000 The digital glare is overwhelming for my 30 year old ears, and I don’t care to listen for more than 30 minutes. 3. 4. Aune sounds much more authoritative than the Marantz’s headphone amp. 5.
Info on the "aune" USB DAC/Amp. Intro So, I was recently in the market for a small DAC and hopefully amp as well and I stumbled across this "aune" device here on head-fi. For ~$150 USD, it seemed a pretty reasonable price. It looked well built and as far as I know, the parts (like the caps, pot, etc.) are all pretty decent quality. It fit all my needs (features I'll get into in a little) so I ordered it. Took 4 business days to arrive from China to my PO Box. Unboxing, Accessories, Build Impressions, Features Overview Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of the package, but I felt it was packed pretty well. The aune came with a few accessories. As for build quality, it feels very solid and well made. .
Putting it back together, I simply superglued the nut to the hole where it's supposed to be and I've had no more problems. ) but everything else is just printed on. This DAC/Amp has a few features, some of which I couldn't find on devices in the same price range. ). Sound The first thing I notice is the soundstage.