“I feel synchronized with the reality of time” is such a perfect assessment of that experience. Especially growing up with that sound, I understand!Awesome video 🙌🏾
@tapedac
21 күн бұрын
Yeah, you captured the feel 🤓
@or1on89
23 күн бұрын
Hey mate, nice review! Long pressing the knob (~5 sec) turns the device on/off, there is no dedicated power button but the interface gives full control. Double tapping the power knob also gives a quick switch between line output and headphone output. My favourite music for testing are: Paranoid Android - Radiohead, Drive - Incubus, Happy Returns - Steven Wilson, Stan - Eminem, Main Theme from Interstellar and the High Res remasters of Dark Side of The Moon and Led Zeppelin IV!
@tapedac
22 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot! 😉 I didn't know the Steven Wilson, the beginning of his song is very interesting to test the DAC's "micro steps"
@desitechdude
26 күн бұрын
Just placed the order and saw your video afterwards :) Excellent review! Really appreciate the explanation from an engineer’s perspective 🙏🏻 Question… will this DAC pair well with OTL tube amps?
@tapedac
25 күн бұрын
If you already enjoy the sound of an OTL tube amps, yes, for sure. But I think in NOS mode that combination may give you a sound too warm.
@FabioKasper
25 күн бұрын
Tiro o chapéu pra tua dedicação na produção desse vídeo. 👍 Tô com esse amp há 1 mês e continuo procurando o tal "som R2R". 😂 Me dá uma preguiça danada só de pensar em "volume matching" e fazer um A/B direto com outro DAC. De todo o modo, não posso me queixar -- pois pelo pacote -- é um baita ampzinho de mesa e até agora não presenciei nada de errado nele.
@tapedac
25 күн бұрын
Obrigado Fabio! A ideia deste canal é ter videos sempre nesse nível. Quanto à comparação de DACs, a diferença mais perceptível vai ser nas Sub-baixas e baixas frequências 😉
@davestevens4193
22 күн бұрын
Qudelix 5k has a battery. Nice review. This is the least expensive R2R DAC/amp available. Driving $1100-1500 USD headphones with $160 USD DAC/amp? Not sure. Unless you are under 40 years old or a dog almost no one can hear 16 kh anymore. Also...not to nitpick but the type of DS chip used is only one part of how a DAC will sound. Quality of parts, analog output stage, etc.
@tapedac
21 күн бұрын
Dave, I mentioned the dog's hearing when recording the video, but I cut it off while editing it because I spent almost two minutes talking about it. 🤣 I said something like this: "People, a dog can hear at almost 45kHz. So if your dog runs away when you listen to music, something is wrong with your gear (at least in the high frequencies)."
@LencoTB
8 күн бұрын
What made you choose Qudelix over Chord Mojo 2?
@davestevens4193
8 күн бұрын
@@LencoTB wanted something small with EQ. I have an old school Samuels SR-71 Blackbird portable amp for power use.
@nusu5331
2 күн бұрын
@@LencoTB not soundquality for sure 🤣
@balazsbukovics3569
23 күн бұрын
my r2r dac modules sound more magical, deep soundstage,micro details. but the power supplys cost around 1K.(plus the regenerative power)Fiio do the job very very good!!!im just listen 300 hours , and i like it.For that price?OMG!!!
@tapedac
22 күн бұрын
For sure, it is. Fiio can change the industry standard for DACs with this K11 R2R.
@cosmoshfa88savant66
7 күн бұрын
Subbed,, Hi from Ireland,,,
@tapedac
5 күн бұрын
Thanks a million! 🙌
@theonlyegg
7 күн бұрын
Got mine a few days ago. It has some kind of remarkable characteristic that's hard to explain? Like music just feels more "real" which sounds ridiculous?
@tapedac
5 күн бұрын
Yeah. If we were to draw a parallel with drawing, this DAC is a pencil that can leave a stronger line than a “sigma-delta pencil” 😄
@gaborszeles6387
18 күн бұрын
Hi! Thx for video. I got the K11 and i know everybody has different hearing and liking. Can you suggest me what is the best filter for using it? 1) Minimum phase fast roll-off filter 2) Fast roll-off, Phase-compensated filter 3) Minimum phase slow roll-off filter 4) Slow roll-off, Phase-compensated filter 5) Wideband flatness filter 6) Non over-sampling filter
@tapedac
16 күн бұрын
Option 3 is the most “natural” filter and will be the best option for most types of music. Option 1 or 2 may be the best transient response for electronic music and some new Pop music because those genres contain many “digital” sounds.
@stevetech5150
3 күн бұрын
i belong to the "un-pure" audiophile group as i run everything into an eq. no apologies but every piece of recorded music is engineered and mixed differently so your sound system will always reproduce this. i prefer the sound that my ears say sounds good and that typically requires an eq. just how i do it.
@tapedac
2 күн бұрын
I think the best definition of "audiophile" is: a person who invests time and knowledge in modifying music to get the best possible sound experience from it. And in that case you would be a purist audiophile 😄
@balazsbukovics3569
23 күн бұрын
im high end audio engineer, and i know R2R . Analog and digital stages must be perfect isolated, and noise regulated.i do this job today, and the sound just...........no words
@LencoTB
8 күн бұрын
I am not sure what you meant with this?
@zexalex
23 күн бұрын
Gostei, obrigado.
@thinkIndependent2024
23 күн бұрын
Franca Lingua = Technology Knowledge I build my own Power Supplies for DACs like that Ultra low noise
@LencoTB
8 күн бұрын
I would love if you could review the Chord Mojo 2 and compare it against Fiio K11 R2R.
@tapedac
5 күн бұрын
I will try to get the Chord Mojo soon 😉
@brano5006
24 күн бұрын
0:40 What is your first KZitem channel about audio?
@tapedac
22 күн бұрын
The channel is in Portuguese only: @emenery The content, in significant part, is related to recording and editing audio.
@Markusousa
21 күн бұрын
Obrigado pelo video e pela explicacao. E possivel usar o mesmo como DAC para computador tambem ligado a colunas activas?
@tapedac
21 күн бұрын
Sim, se houver entrada desbalanceada nas colunas. Como por exemplo há nas iLoud Micro da IK Multimedia
@Markusousa
21 күн бұрын
@@tapedac as colunas em questão que tenho são as Edifier R1280
@tapedac
20 күн бұрын
Boa. Funciona então na mesma 😉
@JedWay
26 күн бұрын
great review, do you need to upgrade the regular k11 to r2r?
@tapedac
25 күн бұрын
No, no. There are two different DACs from Fiio with the same chassis and similar names: "K11" (Sigma Delta chip) and this one in the video "K11 R2R" (that uses a lot of discrete components instead a integrated chip). Thanks a lot ;)
@johnreeves4526
23 күн бұрын
I did not catch the BIG issue . . . a desire to achieve tape hiss?
@johnreeves4526
23 күн бұрын
some music: check out Ghost Dubs for bass range; Jack Cooper & Jeff Tobias Tributaries for mid range and detail
@tapedac
22 күн бұрын
I just used that song with "Hiss noise" because the Hiss is at a volume level below most parts of the music. That Hiss is over the whole frequency range. Because of that, some Sigma Delta DAC Chips will try to filter the song, but the filtering will not remove only the hiss. A DAC that filters our music is not what we want. That was the reason for the test.
@garymalone547
21 күн бұрын
Love the Walkman picture behind you.
@tapedac
20 күн бұрын
I had one exactly like that. It worked well for just two years, and I never got around to fixing it. But it was the first amazing noise cancelling MP3 player I heard.
@Elegiac7
22 күн бұрын
I can see that you have two cameras.
@tapedac
21 күн бұрын
Or three if you count the B-Roll scenes 🙃
@gtye0h
23 күн бұрын
Dongle DAC are weaker not because of the usb noise. It is limited because they could only use MLCC, not electrolytic caps.
@tapedac
22 күн бұрын
The best capacitors for audio signals are film capacitors. There are SMD versions, but they are too expensive to use in the Dongle DACs. If you want to filter the noise in the USB supply voltage, you need to add more components beyond electrolytic capacitors. Because that, it's cheaper to add an external power supply input.
@LencoTB
8 күн бұрын
@@tapedacI would love to hear your explanation on how Chord Mojo 2 works as I understand from Rob Watts it is totally different. I listened to a few podcasts but didn’t understand it.
@tapedac
2 күн бұрын
As soon as I get one, I'll take it apart to understand how they did it. And I'll make a video explaining the details. 🤓
@gtye0h
2 күн бұрын
@@LencoTB I got a mojo1. It's not meant to be a desktop DAC. If you do that it will overheat and kill the battery. Charge it or use it not both at the same time. The DAC part is great, the DC part and charging was an afterthought and mojo weak point.
@j0my77
24 күн бұрын
Thank you for the review and the explanation on R2R as I had not heard it explained. I have been looking at getting the original K11 for IEM use (IE600) for my desktop and had read that the R2R version was coming out. In your opinion would there be any difference between the 2 and which would you say would be ideal. I do not know too much about audio gear so it is all a bit confusing.
@or1on89
23 күн бұрын
As a K11 owner I tried the R2R version at London CanJam last July. And for music listening the K11 R2R is on par with £500/£600 sigma-delta DACs in terms of dynamics and quality. The regular K11 is too cold and analytic and misses a lot of quality around bass frequency reproduction and mid-bass dynamics (which is typical of the Cirrus Logic chip that uses). I would suggest you to try the K11 R2R unless your main focus is gaming, where the sound might feel congested with the R2R.
@tapedac
22 күн бұрын
I think @or1on89 (🙃) already responded to you. So, if you equalize the K11 R2R as I described in the video, you can get a sound more balanced than the sound of any Sigma-Delta Chip. Regarding IEM phones, I need to make a video about them because there is a "small universe" of specific technologies and physics related to them.
@balazsbukovics3569
23 күн бұрын
bye bye blackbird Patricia barber -Regenerative power - r core transformers- 4x lt3045 special edition-Sound just more magical, all better!!!
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