Meizu has CS46L41 but still uses CS43131…why? Isn’t CS43131 superfluous? It’s not like the DAC and amp are split between chips. I wanted to ask, some dongles only use CS46L41 (not CS46L06 of Apple)+SA9302L. That's my infatuation with codec chips and their useless and sometimes misleading specs. I assume that ALC889DSD’s own amp wouldn’t be used in that case.ĬXD9872 and ALC889DSD were marketed as 'Sound Reality' chip by Sony - they used to list S/N ratios on documents pertaining to walkmans, S-Master amps and VAIO Sound Reality (as chip direct output, not individual implementations). Some desktops paired ALC889DSD with the Sony S-Master amp. Later Sony switched to ALC889DSD by Realtek, which could allow MIC IN DSD recording. Notably the CXD9872 was stated by Sony to be their ‘own’ codec chip, when in reality, buyers noticed that the foundations were from Sigmatel. Ever since Sony VAIO’s strong advertising of DSD and their Sigmatel/IDT (VAIO 2005-08) CXD9872 implementations I have had an infatuation with codec chips. It is now common knowledge that these first appeared for smartphone jack replacement, but subsequently, thanks to USB-C to USB A adaptors, could be used in PCs to replace Realtek ‘crab’ sound. I value DSD and 44.1kHz multiples of PCM.
If I had to choose between Meizu and Apple, I’d choose Meizu. Meizu Hifi’s circuitry is encased in metal though. Meizu Hifi is like a longer version of Apple’s TPU dongle, except black. Tempotec SHDP has Savitech’s ASIO driver, and so can sometimes playback DSD256. Meizu Hifi cannot record DSD, but at least it can record only 16/48 PCM mono which Tempotec SHDP cannot. On the other hand, IVX has recently again proposed Meizu Hifi as the better choice over Tempotec SHDP. I have repeatedly read that Meizu Hifi will be affected by the quality of the 5V USB rail. Later in 2020 products with dual CS43131 such as iBasso DC03 began appearing. eg.It was Hidizs / Tempotec / Meizu that first drew my attention to CS43131. I have heard some simple setups using separate dac amp that were remarkable good. Steinberg ur22 into schiit Magni2, very good tunes! Not sure what dac chip is in it and don't care, not great on headphones, though. I use an Audient ID14 on my desktop speakers and it is really good. Not sure what to recommend under $300 for headphones. Never heard the Asus but Schiits 4490 implementation left me not a fan. Yet, many dacs end up sounding similar on the lower end unless you do something quite different in implementation.īased on what I heard from the 4490 modi, I would not take the chance. So long story short, it really is about implementation.
Yet hear one of the diy 4495 multiple chip implementations and you would not know they were related.Īs for the 4398, well same here, This dac: Warmish, a bit too soft in the mids smooth top and a bit veiled. Centrance, Schiit, JDS all sound somewhat similar. Generally attributed to many Chinese dacs, some better than others, then Resonessence goes and warms the crap out of it with very smooth up top, Ayre in the upgraded QB-9 uses ess9016 chip that does not have any of the "classic" ESS house sound.Īs for the 4490, same thing. Typical categorization is that it is clean but hashy up top. Dac chip sound signatures "can" sound similar and then again can sound nothing like a class or group of products that generally share a similar sound.Ĭase in point ESS 9018.
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