I will say the sh-8/su-8 combo makes for a very very flat sound. The sh-8 does have a sound option called SDB which really gives it a nice bump in bass and treble. With that feature on it got close to the crystal clear sound of the jds atom on some headphones. Some headphones I have didn’t need the colored sound option but it’s a nice option to have. I will have to do a review of the sh-8 soon since I haven’t seen any yet on here.
I just got the SU-8 on Friday from Amazon. I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but when the track changes on Tidal, I will usually (though not always) get some kind of pop or momentary hiccup in the first second of the new track. This is within the same album, so the sampling rate should not be changing (unless the pause between tracks changes the rate momentarily?). Another oddity--I've been comparing the SU-8 with and without the Schiit Eitr, and the hiccup does not appear to occur when using the Eitr. (However, in limited comparisons it does seem to me that the Eitr, which definitely improved things with Mimby, has a negative effect with the SU-8. It introduces obvious harshness on some tracks.)
Interesting you found the eitr to make it sound worse. I can't remember if I ever used my eitr with the su-8, but it definately makes my topping D50 and SMSL M9 better than the stock usb. I'll have to try my su-8 when I get a chance. I've got version 1, so maybe there is an issue with version 2 that got introduced when they tweaked it? Fixed one thing and broke another?
You might want to uninstall it if its not required for any of your current equipment. Its better to avoid any potential driver conflicts. If you already have other xmos dacs, then don't worry about it.
Thanks for that. Though I did not envision using the M9XX nor the Burson XMOS drivers for the SU-8. (both of which are already installed on the laptop I want to use with the SU-8). I noticed that some people mentioned having driver problems. I also had problems with the Burson XMOS drivers when installed on a machine that already had the Grace drivers installed (along with a couple of other drivers for XMOS devices). So I wondered if I will need to uninstall all versions of XMOS drivers to get the SU-8 drivers to work. Knowing this ahead of time would be good. I had one laptop that I had to completely give up on getting the Burson drivers to work on after installing over the M9XX divers. I have to use a different machine for the Conductor V2+ now.
It has bluetooth??
Yes please. Looking for an amp to pair with the SU-8 and the 789 is always sold out. Would you know how it compares to a Massdrop LCX?I will have to do a review of the sh-8 soon since I haven’t seen any yet on here.
It does not transmit bluetooth, it receives bluetooth. Besides, why would you want to send bluetooth from your main source to another source back to headphone?
I don't know about the LCX but I had a friend bring over the massdrop CTH and I did like the way the hybrid tube sounded through it. If you need pure power then the LCX will do since I know it pushes alot out. My most demanding headphones are probably my zmf classics(maybe hd600?) and the SH-8 powers those just fine at least via xlr.
