SPL Phonitor X DAC/AMP - Official Thread

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Is it worth upgrading the mains cable for the Phonitor X?

Here are some of @torq’s best posts on cables, to include several types. The first one applies to mains cables.

Power/Line Conditioner

If you have a lot of noise on your AC lines, or are running hardware that uses SMPS that does allows noise back onto the AC supply (95% of all cheap hardware that ships with an SMPS, especially wall-warts, and a distressing percentage of high-end hardware too), then a good power conditioner can be anywhere from making inaudible changes to being an absolute requirement. “Good” in the above case is down to it a) conditioning the line in a manner that address any noise/line-issues you have and b) …

(Mis)Understanding USB Audio

(Mis)Understanding USB Audio I’ve read a lot of discussions/threads (in various places), and had numerous discussions (online and in-person) that demonstrate an enormous level of misunderstanding relating to USB audio - especially UAC2 (USB Audio Class 2) - which is the USB audio specification that almost all modern DACs utilize. Lots of magical attributes are assigned to USB Audio, most of which are either due to faulty assumptions, lack of understanding, or pure flights of fantasy couched in …

Cables - 3rd Party/Upgrades & Recommendations

Cables for full-size headphones make, at best, tiny differences (excepting for the SR1a and electrostatics, where impedance or capacitance, respectively, are CRITICAL factors and must be tightly controlled). I only say this, because until everything ELSE in your system is “end game” then cables are the last place to spend your money, as they’ll give by far the smallest return. Excepting getting to a reasonable balanced cable if you don’t have one (and re-terminating the Focal cable if the best…