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6foutz4
14
Sep 1, 2018
Hey guys I need some ideas and help. I bought the D3 for mobile use and it has a lot of punch/ power on my laptop. But when I run it off of my Moto z play Gen 1 with an OTG cable I the D3 can not push my HD 58x adequately. Its just too quiet to jam to. How do I get more power to this amp? Do I need an app? Root my phone? I am really confused. Any help would be great!
Thanks guys
KTech
57
Sep 18, 2018
6foutz4You would likely need to buy either a separate dac/amp that is designed to be used on the go that has a battery built into it. Or do the same with an amp. The cheapest option would be to use the headphone jack built into the phone or buy something like one of google's, essential's, or motorola's usb c to 3.5mm adapters as they are surprisingly not terrible and have plenty of power to power the 58x. I use the essential ph1's adapter for my laptop and it definitely sounds decent just a tad bright. Google's I know for sure sounds pretty neutral.
trapnine
50
Oct 19, 2018
6foutz4You just need to turn it up! This thing has a surprising amount of power, but on android there is no built-in way to turn it up... When you plug it in, the internal volume starts about halfway! The ideal setting is 92%, as above that it clips/distorts (it is very subtle, and it does get louder at 100%, so I'm glad to have the option for some use cases).
I asked audioengine about this and they couldn't do anything for me - but I did send them this workaround in hopes they'd post something like it on a FAQ or something. It's the best workaround I've found so far:
1) plug in the D3 (light comes on) 2) open the app 'usb audio player pro' (the free trial version works fine!) 3) use the volume setting in the APP to access and raise the HARDWARE USB volume to max in the app (or lower if you prefer the safety, or 92% or less to prevent clipping) 4) once set, you can quit 'usb audio player pro' and enjoy your new volume setting everywhere in android! software volume buttons can now be used to lower (but not raise) the overall sound level.
(in other words, once you set the D3's hardware level to max, the android volume controls work perfectly, modulating it down with software, so you only have to do this once per insertion)
Hope this helps. Honestly, because of this issue, I wouldn't buy these for android, I'd buy something with physical volume buttons on it... But for other uses (windows, mac, iOS, etc) I do think the D3 is an amazing value and it does sound great once 'turnt up'!
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