[andrewski]

Wonder if the M3's will have one of those 50 year nuclear batteries. Or if they can be modded into the existing devices

 

[Whitigir]

Wonder if the M3's will have one of those 50 year nuclear batteries. Or if they can be modded into the existing devices

That is certainly interesting question. But, I ain't going anywhere near radio-active stuff LOL

 

[davidmthekidd]

Do you guys enable Dynamic Normalizer on the M2's? I own a ton of DSD albums and I have digitized close to 100 LPs to 1Bit DSD and going from PCM to DSD is scarry! The volume difference is something that's making me consider the dynamic Normalizer; is this feature destructive? Would it change the quality of the recording if enabled?

 

[Whitigir]

Do you guys enable Dynamic Normalizer on the M2's? I own a ton of DSD albums and I have digitized close to 100 LPs to 1Bit DSD and going from PCM to DSD is scarry! The volume difference is something that's making me consider the dynamic Normalizer; is this feature destructive? Would it change the quality of the recording if enabled?

There is only one way to know

 

[Noobzilla]

Can't wait for my AM2 to arrive in the next two weeks. If it's better than my RME ADI-2 then I can sell and consolidate. Will mostly compare it against my Fiio M15 and it will be a bonus if it beats RME. So far I'm really happy with my switch from headphones to IEM.

 

[confined9991]

looking forward to the am2

 

[LanceSaintPaul]

Do you guys enable Dynamic Normalizer on the M2's? I own a ton of DSD albums and I have digitized close to 100 LPs to 1Bit DSD and going from PCM to DSD is scarry! The volume difference is something that's making me consider the dynamic Normalizer; is this feature destructive? Would it change the quality of the recording if enabled?

I found it horribly destructive. Made me seek out a remote for easy volume adjustment. I really love the shuffle feature with All Songs so having instant control of the volume is essential as each track may be very different in volume level.

 

[justsomesonyfan]

someone needs to compare a swissbit sd card to the new samsung which also uses 28mn

 

[andrewski]

someone needs to compare a swissbit sd card to the new samsung which also uses 28mn

I've never heard the Samsung, but it's Swissbit 256G for $150 vs Samsung 512G for $75.

The Samsung seems built for speed, but boasts better error correction (which I'm guessing is the the secret sauce to sound quality, maybe better power consumption too).

None of these companies make any claims to sound quality. I think it's an unexpected side effect from whatever they're doing.

imho ymmv ... or something

 

[justsomesonyfan]

I've never heard the Samsung, but it's Swissbit 256G for $150 vs Samsung 512G for $75.

The Samsung seems built for speed, but boasts better error correction (which I'm guessing is the the secret sauce to sound quality, maybe better power consumption too).

None of these companies make any claims to sound quality. I think it's an unexpected side effect from whatever they're doing.

imho ymmv ... or something

yeah, however the samsung is newer, and the company itself probably has much larger amounts of money to pour into development, I wouldn't be surprised if they found a way to make an sd card on similar quality and mass produce it.

 

[Vamp898]

yeah, however the samsung is newer, and the company itself probably has much larger amounts of money to pour into development, I wouldn't be surprised if they found a way to make an sd card on similar quality and mass produce it.

The Song is loaded into the internal memory (RAM) as data (not PWM) and then into the CPU cache before being decoded and then touched by the S-Master HX.

So when the music file is converted from data to music, it is already in the RAM and the SD-Card has no longer any influence on it.

I am pretty sure this was already explained in the past here. I've read that several times and did post it myself too

 

[andrewski]

Data can't be more correct

 

[maddib]

I ALWAYS use ONLY frozen SD cards in my DAP. I take them out of my fridge at about -18°C. Everyone knows that electronics work much better and create less noise and less errors, if used at lower temperatures. For my DAP it means an ear opening, so much more detailed, 3D, transparent, and simply better sound than I ever experienced at room temperature or higher. Just as day and night. Try it and you'll know what I mean. Don't know how other DAPs behave here but with the AM2 it's simply a huge improvement
And while traveling I always carry two very compact ice boxes keeping them cool for hours

 

[Whitigir]

I ALWAYS use ONLY frozen SD cards in my DAP. I take them out of my fridge at about -18°C. Everyone knows that electronics work much better and create less noise if used at lower temperatures. For my DAP it means an ear opening, so much more detailed, 3D, transparent, and simply better sound than I ever experienced at room temperature or higher. Just as day and night. Try it and you'll know what I mean. Don't know how other DAPs behave here but with the AM2 it's simply a huge improvement
And while traveling I always carry two very compact ice boxes keeping them cool for hours

Yeah!! They work so good that if you have frozen temperatures, your electric vehicle have 40%+ increased driving range , also 100% faster charging

Joining your sarcasm for fun, regarding electricity

 

[kumar402]

I ALWAYS use ONLY frozen SD cards in my DAP. I take them out of my fridge at about -18°C. Everyone knows that electronics work much better and create less noise and less errors, if used at lower temperatures. For my DAP it means an ear opening, so much more detailed, 3D, transparent, and simply better sound than I ever experienced at room temperature or higher. Just as day and night. Try it and you'll know what I mean. Don't know how other DAPs behave here but with the AM2 it's simply a huge improvement
And while traveling I always carry two very compact ice boxes keeping them cool for hours

How many songs does the temperature of SD card last inside the DAP for hi-res songs ?