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xDuoo TA-10 Balanced Headphone DAC/Amp

SpectralBacon

Mar 30, 2018

This or the CTH + SDAC?

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junki

327

Mar 30, 2018

SpectralBaconSDAC is great DAC but the CTH is one of the noisiest amps you'll get. It's noise level is so high that its actual SNR is -78 dB and not the -97 dB as advertised.

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ItsAeolus

Mar 31, 2018

junkiSo you would say the CTH DAC/amp over this??? I’m just using some akg K712 pros... not hard to drive but I would like a hybrid or a tube amp... Ive heard they take really well to a tube and I like the idea of the hybrid tube

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junki

327

Mar 31, 2018

ItsAeolusBased on the wide positive reception of the CTH, it's likely you'll be happy with it, yes.

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Jaggi

737

Mar 31, 2018

ItsAeolusHow the hell did you manage to interpret this:
"but the CTH is one of the noisiest amps you'll get."
into this:
"So you would say the CTH DAC/amp over this?"

ItsAeolus

Mar 31, 2018

JaggiHonestly I wasn’t paying much attention to “noise” at the time I was interpreting it as how loud this thing could get and not the correct definition of noise in this case.... but yeah I get it I didn’t read into it like I should and ignored the SNR portion. He mentioned the DACs I was comparing so I threw a question out and glazed over it And I glazed over it. No need to be rude though. A simple correction would suffice but thank you for the correction

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Jaggi

737

Mar 31, 2018

ItsAeolusHeh, well at least that makes sense. Maybe they should use this as a selling point on future CTH drops:
* Rated "one of the noisiest amps you'll get" by @junki on the massdrop forums!

ItsAeolus

Mar 31, 2018

JaggiI mean at least he said the DAC was a solid choice lul

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vpfish

May 14, 2020

JaggiProbably from the equally bewildering answer he got: "the CTH is one of the noisiest amps you'll get" therefore "it's likely you'll be happy with it, yes." ?????

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