Do I need a DAC? A demonstration, using the Fiio Jade Audio KA1
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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For the FiiO app to be able to recognize the ka1 you must first download and update the FiiO ka1 firmware. Do it with the ka1 plugged in on your PC. Once you do that, the app will recognize it. I did it and works fine.
Thanks Daniel - I shall see whether I have the KA1 enabled on the app - I have my trusty M11 on there of course
Blame it on UA-cam's sound compression or my bad earphones at the time but when I first listened to your comparaison I didn't notice a difference at all, but now that I bought this exact DAC it's been the best musical experience I've had in my life! Great videos and very detailed review 👍
Thank you for your praise. I try to post lossless files online for those who want a deeper experience but I think you can enjoy yourself now without needing that. Go and love your music again 🙂
for me
i can hear clear and louder violin
drum beats and vocal is louder and cleaner in dac version
my pc volume is at 70%
Thanks for the endorsement. 2 things - if you haven't, please head back to the page and subscribe 🙂 and also don't forget there are full, lossless tracks available to stream or download from my icloud, details are in the description
Superb demonstration! I am convinced the FiiO made a significant improvement. However, having already appreciated the great product offerings of FiiO, I admit to being afflicted by some confirmation bias in advance. The KA1 seems to be one heck of a bargain for what it clearly does, according to my ears. Thank you very much!
Thank you Jonathan 🙂
Great review, Trev! Thanks for the invaluable information. I'm going to nab one of these to improve the audio quality from my One Plus Nord CE 2.
Fantastic! I know you'll be just fine with the ka1
"No going back from here" i started with a little FIIO BTR5 and an iem a year back and now I'm neck deep into Susvara !!
You have made a long journey in a short time
To me, Trev', that was a tough test, but I felt each had it's own plusses but yes, ultimately. I have to agree with you.
Thanks my friend. There are much longer wav files on my website subjective.reviews
Thanks for your review it's a clear understanding, I bought it and I'll use it with the superb Sennheiser IE 300 and I'll compare with the Fiio Q1 MK2 , let's see who's the winner 🏆.
Enjoy your purchase 🙂
@@GeekologyChannel well I'm using it from yesterday and I've to say that details are really fine but I lost a lot of bass and mid-bass frequency and even with the EQ I can't have them back. I seems that to extract the details I've to loose other frequencies and same happens in the perspective of the music. I'm trying to convince myself about this musicality. In classic music is enjoyable. Females tonality seems a bit robotic (example Adele) never heard something like this before. Later I'll try with some other iem and back.
Wow😯First of all thank you for giving us your opinion so quickly, and also with so much detail. I'm sure people here will appreciate what you've found. It's interesting that you said the bass and subbass were less and vocal was robotic. Adele has a unique delivery; It's like she sings out of time with the track and hangs out words, I don't think I ever found the fiio to alter vocals like that but I will definitely listen in a different way the next time I use them! Please don't forget to subscribe if you haven't; I am almost at 1000 subscribers which is the mark to reach for a UA-cam channel 🙂
you think I can use this with momentum 4 on an iPhone to get lossess music on Apple Music ?
Momentum 4 impedance is a little too high to work for the KA1, sorry . Its best for earphones
Brother I have also a fiio KA1 dac. Your reviews are clearly great and you have a good taste of music.can you please give your playlist...❤️
Thank you so much! I have a wide variety of music that I listen to. Perhaps one day I shall talk about it on UA-cam. I don't have a playlist as such, I have 1000s of songs that I love, from Adele to Abba, from Bach to Beethoven, from Metallica to Megadeth, from Dire Straits to Dexys Midnight Runners, from Mike Oldfield to Moby, from The Sex Pistols to the Stranglers, from Blondie to Bachman Turner Overdrive, from Elvis to Eddie Cochran, from Sade to Sia, from Pink Floyd to Procol Harem, from The Police to Propaganda. My tastes are diverse!
USB dac not working with Dolby Atmos on Galaxy A32 and A52, please use Galaxy S series
It uses the dac on the ka1 rather than the built-in atmos dac. This was a stereo, not an atmos test
Equalizer have no effects on 24Bit 96KHz FLAC files in this dongle. Since EQ adjustment for high sampling rate songs would sometimes cause system delay, so Fiio have set the Equalizer to be invalid for songs that with higher sampling rate than 48 kHz.
Worth knowing thank you
I am an Indian, the song you tested seems like Indian mantras enchanted in yaggas .
It's from a long forgotten album by a band called Monsoon
Great video and solid information thank you. Is this likely to improve the sound quality and particularly volume on my iPhone? I'm currently using the lightning to 3.5mm Apple dongle to connect my Moondrop Arias, the volume is a little low for me though even when on full. Thanks again. I've subbed.
Yes you'll get more power and a richer sound and thanks for the praise
It isn't necessary a ext dac to understand that a pair of 45789862 ohms headphones wuold sound differently if u use a smartphone as the sound source.
It is always worth proving something that to some seems obvious but not to everyone
sample 2 sounds more open with better dynamics, sample 1 sounds muffled in comparison.
Thank you for your insight I really appreciate it
@@GeekologyChannel thank you for this comparison. i use the same phone and now i am convinced i need a dac.
@@GeekologyChannel did i get it right? was sample 1 the A52 jack and dample 2 the ka1?
You simply can't go wrong with a Fiio as a starter, there are 100s out there, of course, most of which I'll never hear, but I nevertheless wholeheartedly recommend this one as a quality product
I will tell you whats going on Samsung's phone have good sound chips but the others china's cheap phones don't have, also did not have audio jack 3.5 and you need to have a dongle type-c to 3.5 and then came this dongle sound cards with headphone amps. HiBy FC1 is also good for 29$!
Hiby make really good stuff too. Thank you for the observations
Hi Trev, I have a question. Before that, let me just confess, I'm only a beginner in this whole DAC set-up thing so please bear my lack of knowledge. I have been an avid listener of Music for about 10 years, I have always had an inclination towards audio devices (be it earphones, headphones, speakers) but I wouldn't call my self an audiophile. Even though I did use some expensive headphones and speaker setups but that was mostly because I was curious and fascinated about audio gadgets.
I'm currently using an HP Laptop (G Series) and I mostly listen to music through the headphone jack (with my Laptop's Internal DAC, Realtek is the name of the Sound Driver), My Library is full of MP3s and AACs, There are no Lossless Files (as of now, I might move on to Lossless Audio later) now I was just planning to buy e decent pair of Sennheiser Headphones, (600 series, most probably) and I was just thinking should I also invest some additional money into buying an External DAC (I was thinking of Purchasing ibasso DC05 or Shanling UA 2)? Or the inbuilt DAC of my HP Laptop would be sufficient?
Impedance wouldn't be a factor though, Cause the headphones I was looking at, they all had 32 Ohms! Which my Laptop Dac is more than capable of driving I suppose! My main concern is with the Sound Quality, will an External DAC make my headphones sound significantly better? Or will it be an insignificant difference? Sorry for the long paragraph Trev! But I need help from an Expert before I go ahead with my purchase.
I'd wait for my review of the shanling up4 22 and start to get decent lossless music on your laptop. It can get better than you have ; a whole lot better
@@GeekologyChannel I will! Thanks :)
A diferença no som entre o ka1 x ka3 x ka5 ? Sou novato nesse assunto
There really is no going back!
Never a truer word spoken!
Do you think I can use this to get high res lossess on Apple Music to mometum 4 with an iPhone?
Of course. It would be perfect for that, as long as you are using earphones
Did you disconnect the current DAC software in your phone?
Yes Ed, it was running in exclusive mode
If I’m only listening to Apple Music should I get an audio interface or dac ?
You should achieve more enjoyment from your music with a dac, even through apple music. I'd recommend using their premium plan to get the best sound quality
@@GeekologyChannel ok, thanks for responding 🙏
shanling ua1s or ka1 which is better
I haven't tried ua1s
Ciao, If I listen to music on normal youtube does this fiio improve the sound? Thank you
Hiya, yes . I'm confident you will hear and appreciate the difference. I think you can do better than UA-cam for music sound quality but if you're happy, I'm happy!
Can you please tell me whi8 one to choose between fioo ka1 and ifi go link.
I haven't heard the go link, if you want a reliable, value for money , decent sounding dac dongle, the KA1 should be fine for your needs
@@GeekologyChannel thanks
Ok A52 soundcard might not be impressive but I have an ipad (2020) with a headphone jack and I use iems with them so does this dac be a significant improvement over that in built dac? Would it be worth spending the money?
I think it would be a better sound quality than the ipad . I think you should try it. Please tell us what you think if you do go that way
@@GeekologyChannel I wish I could try before buying as you said no going back from there. Well after listening to cd quality audio from apple music via ipad headphone jack I thought for what it’s worth these iems wouldn’t produce any better sound than this but then I cannot be sure its just a gut feeling. Would update if I do end up buying.
Much of it depends on the quality of the iems you use as well. In fairness, there is nothing wrong with the internal dac chip of the ipad or the A52. There is much more to sound quality than just the chip however. An average source with good iems will produce better results than a good source with average iems. So this is worth bearing in mind
Hi! review Cayin RU6
Hiya , I haven't got that one but will see if I can get it