Nope, it is more accurate as well. My handhelds are nothing to write home about! The new one quotes .06% accuracy for a year, but certainly not the precision a 5.5 digit (<.01%) would imply. My better handheld is probably .5% and my throw away is probably 1% at best. I could have dropped more coins and gotten the .03% accuracy version, but I know I'll never send it in for a calibration, so in a year the .03% model won't be much better than my version.
I'm not very good at flowery prose or all the audiophile buzzwords, so this will be a fairly simple review. I think the Fiio sounds very good. I would take it over pretty much any DS DAC at this price point. Comparing it to my only other NOS DAC, Miro's AD1862, the Fiio sounds a bit more forward in the midrange. I find the high frequency rolloff to be more pronounced on the AD1862. Making it sound a bit more recessed compared to the Fiio. But the AD1862 wins on tonality. Since I built Miro's DAC, I've wondered if a DIY DAC with separate boards for I2S input, power supplies and DAC strung together could really compete with a professional all in one design. That was part of the reason I purchased the Fiio. But the naturalness and clarity in the treble of Miro's AD1862 has made it a mainstay in my system. I'd say if you're into NOS multibit and are willing to DIY, build Miro's DAC. If you don't want to DIY or just want another toy to play with, buy the Fiio.
@cracked case, I saw your post, but at the time I thought the Fiio was absolutely horrible and something was wrong with it. Turned out to be something else in my system. By the time I got everything figured and sorted out for that, I forgot about coming back to reply. Sorry about that.
@cracked case, I saw your post, but at the time I thought the Fiio was absolutely horrible and something was wrong with it. Turned out to be something else in my system. By the time I got everything figured and sorted out for that, I forgot about coming back to reply. Sorry about that.
If you were going to make a simple amp, that would probably be a cheap way to buy an enclosure and speaker binding posts, I was thinking about getting an RCA switcher for that purpose.
ClearClick 3.0 video to digital converter.
This is my second attempt to convert VHS and HI-8 tapes to digital format. The previous converter was a dongle that plugged into a USB port. Video quality of the USB2.0 device was horrendous.
This is a step up, but still has too much aliasing and the color rendering leaves something to be desired (washed out).
I am still going to digitize about 30 HI-8 tapes, hopefully before my Sony HI-8 video camcorder bites the dust.
I probably have 60 VHS tapes that I need to convert as well while my Magnavox VHS player is still functional.
This is my second attempt to convert VHS and HI-8 tapes to digital format. The previous converter was a dongle that plugged into a USB port. Video quality of the USB2.0 device was horrendous.
This is a step up, but still has too much aliasing and the color rendering leaves something to be desired (washed out).
I am still going to digitize about 30 HI-8 tapes, hopefully before my Sony HI-8 video camcorder bites the dust.
I probably have 60 VHS tapes that I need to convert as well while my Magnavox VHS player is still functional.
I used the video and audio out pins rather than RF out to copy tapes.
It may be possible to improve the recordings using specific software to improve picture quality.
It may be possible to improve the recordings using specific software to improve picture quality.
I used to do a lot of tape-to-tape copying and some video capturing as well. If you still have a PC with slots I would try to buy some old DVB card based on a PCIe card to do this. Should be cheap if you have the patience to shop for a used one.
I gave up on that and went to a local place where they transferred all my old tapes, about 200, to CDs. It was 8mm, Hi-8 and DV.
Worth every penny. I didn't have to deal with the hassle.
I took pictures of every slide I ever took with my Canon EOS T5 Rebel camera and gave copies to my brothers and sister. I told them that IF there were particular pictures they wanted, I would have them digitized professionally. They never replied, implying they didn't care. Money saved.
I will do the same with the tapes. If my kids want some digitized professionally I will do that. I am not paying for 47 two hour tapes to be digitized if they are not important. Not to mention the 50+ VHS tapes I still have. I lost all my BETA tapes years ago.
I will do the same with the tapes. If my kids want some digitized professionally I will do that. I am not paying for 47 two hour tapes to be digitized if they are not important. Not to mention the 50+ VHS tapes I still have. I lost all my BETA tapes years ago.
I made a minor mistake ordering a bit of steel today. Thinking of ordering a small quantity to keep on hand. Ended up being three tons! About a years supply! As this was 1/8” thick cold rolled commodity steel it will become speaker brackets.
I normally get 20” x 40” pieces as it is easy to handle and my CNC turret punch bed travel is 1 x 1/2 M without repositioning. I did get some longer pieces for larger loudspeakers. It will be a pile under a foot high.
I normally get 20” x 40” pieces as it is easy to handle and my CNC turret punch bed travel is 1 x 1/2 M without repositioning. I did get some longer pieces for larger loudspeakers. It will be a pile under a foot high.
Been serious - at least I’m about done with all the itchy stuff….At least in this building.
@TheGimp: Did you dig that ditch or did the septic people? And only 150 feet? The soil must be pretty porous where you are. It gets like concrete around here - and with all the flooding they don’t allow drain fields at all anymore.
