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Post by sahmen on Jul 17, 2015 23:27:19 GMT -5
I would really like to read some professional reviews or some owners' impressions of the big Ego. I am not only interested in the DAC, but also in the headphone amp section of the unit. I want to know whether the amp is capable of driving power-hungry headphones effectively. I also can't seem to find the name of the type of DAC that is used in the unit. Does anybody know what type it is?
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Post by garbulky on Jul 18, 2015 0:37:33 GMT -5
Just ordered a Big Ego as my first entry into the stand-alone DAC market. I use an Astro Gaming A40 Mixamp to get mock-surround out of my headphones from games that support Dolby Pro Logic / Dolby Digital. Does the Big Ego effectively pass Dolby content through the Toslink output, or would it come out as 2-channel PCM? The link to the manual on the Resources page for Big Ego doesn't work, but the Specifications page mentions "Format: PCM digital audio" so I'm assuming the answer is going to be PCM. Also, have you guys done any testing of the Windows audio driver with Windows 10? I can pretty much guarantee it doesn't bitstream/pass through dolby digital. It is PCM the whole way. It also won't decode a dolby digital signal. The decoding must be done in software to PCM. However this usually always happens in whatever software player you are viewing a movie in so it's not a real world problem. However....if you select dolby digital output on your game or however mixamp does it...and dolby digital is output somehow, then it will not work correctly. Think of the EGO as a stereo only PCM DAC which can do high resolution PCM above 192 khz as well. |
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Post by Gary Cook on Jul 18, 2015 4:07:39 GMT -5
The link to the Big Ego Users Manual doesn't appear to be working.
Cheers
Gary
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Post by geebo on Jul 18, 2015 6:09:54 GMT -5
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Post by vneal on Jul 18, 2015 7:23:45 GMT -5
I would really like to read some professional reviews or some owners' impressions of the big Ego. I am not only interested in the DAC, but also in the headphone amp section of the unit. I want to know whether the amp is capable of driving power-hungry headphones effectively. I also can't seem to find the name of the type of DAC that is used in the unit. Does anybody know what type it is? I second that request. Looking for the best bang for the buck HEAD PHONE AMP w/ DAC |
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Post by LuisV on Jul 18, 2015 8:14:55 GMT -5
Is it me or should the Egos be placed under the Desktop and Personal Audio DAC section? Or are these not considered a Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC like the Oppo HA-2 or Schiit Fulla? Does anyone know the size of these things?
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Post by LCSeminole on Jul 18, 2015 8:25:01 GMT -5
The Ego's look to be the same size as the XPS-1 phono preamp.
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Post by brubacca on Jul 18, 2015 8:27:44 GMT -5
Not that it really matters, but what DAC chip are they using in these?
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Post by LuisV on Jul 18, 2015 8:29:04 GMT -5
The Ego's look to be the same size as the XPS-1 phono preamp. Hmm... the dimensions aren't listed for the XPS-1 either. So basically the same size as the UMC-1 or XMC-1 remotes? |
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Post by Gary Cook on Jul 18, 2015 10:02:30 GMT -5
That one worked, thanks. BigEgo is the one for me as I need the analogue line output. In regards to the line output, is it 3 mm or 6 mm? Cheers Gary |
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Post by rikkedi on Jul 18, 2015 11:03:50 GMT -5
Just ordered a Big Ego as my first entry into the stand-alone DAC market. I use an Astro Gaming A40 Mixamp to get mock-surround out of my headphones from games that support Dolby Pro Logic / Dolby Digital. Does the Big Ego effectively pass Dolby content through the Toslink output, or would it come out as 2-channel PCM? The link to the manual on the Resources page for Big Ego doesn't work, but the Specifications page mentions "Format: PCM digital audio" so I'm assuming the answer is going to be PCM. Also, have you guys done any testing of the Windows audio driver with Windows 10? I can pretty much guarantee it doesn't bitstream/pass through dolby digital. It is PCM the whole way. It also won't decode a dolby digital signal. The decoding must be done in software to PCM. However this usually always happens in whatever software player you are viewing a movie in so it's not a real world problem. However....if you select dolby digital output on your game or however mixamp does it...and dolby digital is output somehow, then it will not work correctly. Think of the EGO as a stereo only PCM DAC which can do high resolution PCM above 192 khz as well. Thanks, garbulky. That's what I figured. The Astro Mixamp product takes Toslink as an input, so I was wondering if doing PC -> e-Go -> Astro Mixamp would preserve the multichannel info. Oh well, just means I have to switch outputs more often! =] |
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Post by Hair Nick on Jul 18, 2015 11:05:24 GMT -5
The link to the Big Ego Users Manual doesn't appear to be working. Cheers Gary Sorry about this. It is now fixed. |
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Post by Hair Nick on Jul 18, 2015 11:06:06 GMT -5
Is it me or should the Egos be placed under the Desktop and Personal Audio DAC section? Or are these not considered a Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC like the Oppo HA-2 or Schiit Fulla? Does anyone know the size of these things? Just added them to the Desktop & Personal Audio section. |
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Post by Hair Nick on Jul 18, 2015 11:06:39 GMT -5
The Ego's look to be the same size as the XPS-1 phono preamp. Hmm... the dimensions aren't listed for the XPS-1 either. So basically the same size as the UMC-1 or XMC-1 remotes? Smaller, dimensions and weights have just been added. |
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Post by brutiarti on Jul 18, 2015 11:41:52 GMT -5
Wow, Nick is on top of evrything.... And in a saturday... That deserves a cold ones
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Post by geebo on Jul 18, 2015 13:03:37 GMT -5
The Ego's look to be the same size as the XPS-1 phono preamp. Definitely smaller. |
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Post by LuisV on Jul 18, 2015 13:32:14 GMT -5
Hmm... the dimensions aren't listed for the XPS-1 either. So basically the same size as the UMC-1 or XMC-1 remotes? Smaller, dimensions and weights have just been added. Is it me or should the Egos be placed under the Desktop and Personal Audio DAC section? Or are these not considered a Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC like the Oppo HA-2 or Schiit Fulla? Does anyone know the size of these things? Just added them to the Desktop & Personal Audio section. Thanks Nick! |
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Post by LCSeminole on Jul 18, 2015 14:01:56 GMT -5
Hmm... the dimensions aren't listed for the XPS-1 either. So basically the same size as the UMC-1 or XMC-1 remotes? Smaller, dimensions and weights have just been added. Thanks Nick, that's even better that they're smaller so they can tuck away with a laptop! |
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Post by LCSeminole on Jul 18, 2015 14:03:01 GMT -5
The Ego's look to be the same size as the XPS-1 phono preamp. Definitely smaller. Thanks for verifying, and being smaller is better in my case. |
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Post by wizardofoz on Jul 18, 2015 14:16:06 GMT -5
Hey nick don't forget to add all the metric weights and measurements too for all the other products.  Remember the rest of the world including Canada is all metric... I have actually held both DAC's and they are rather smaller than you might think. And I think there is an even smaller one on the cards. |
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