xDuoo XA-10 DAC/Amp

Name: xDuoo XA-10 DAC/Amp
Brand: xDuoo
SKU: xduoo-xa-10-dac-amp
Price: 299 USD
Availability: PreOrder
Rating: 4.818182 (11 reviews)

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Handling audio conversion and amplification with powerful components and a fully balanced circuit, the XA-10 DAC/amp from xDuoo is a hi-fi foundation fit for any setup. Dual AK4493EQ DAC chips take care of digital-to-audio conversion, enabling the XA-10 to support PCM 32-bit, 768 kilohertz, DSD 512, and full MQA decoding Read More

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Chhaylatte

Mar 27, 2023

Can I hook these up to speakers instead of headphones options? Sorry if it’s a noob question, I’m completely new to this life :)

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Evshrug

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Mar 27, 2023

Welcome to "this life!" My roots are on Head-Fi, and the saying there is "Welcome, sorry about your wallet!" Yes, you absolutely can connect these to speakers. I made an explanation of what each component in an audio system does, and what an upgrade to each component brings as improvement. A nicer DAC would benefit speakers, and the headphone amp would provide volume control to active speakers that don't have their own dial... but this doesn't have enough power to amp speakers by itself. "Active Speakers" are speakers with a power amp built-in, or you could separately buy a power amp to use with any passive speaker. Clearer?

Chase14

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Oct 16, 2023

Evshruganother noob question... should I use the balanced output for speakers?

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Evshrug

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Oct 17, 2023

Chase14Two main categories of speakers: •Active Speakers, common with PC Desktop speakers and Bluetooth speakers, which have their own power amp built-in, and probably just have RCA or 3.5mm connectors (or wireless). These probably don’t have the option of a balanced connector (don’t need it, you’re just sending it a music signal). •Passive Speakers, common in Floorstanding or Bookshelf speakers, have a red and black binding post for each speaker, and rely on external amp components. A speaker amp has the correct outputs for these speakers (and a LOT more power than a headphone amp!), so they’re basically already balanced.

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