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Greetings @ShinyKnife, I’m not to sure if I like this setup, I often will connect a DAC to powered speakers, I did a review for a DAC with TWO outputs. I sent one to the speakers and the other one the the subwoofer. The DAC I like for this is called Septpenta, I did a review a few months ago,

@ Thanks I’ll check that video out. See if I can come up with a different solution.

No I don’t. I don’t think I would have the time to keep up with it.

Can you add a sub onto those?

Yes; these have a Sub Out in the back.

Yes; this is a very popular speaker.

Greetings @bigbass7050 ; Thanks for watching and joining the conversation. The Tascam CD-200BT is a nice piece of equipment. My main system was a vintage Pioneer and a vintage Technics [that began having problems], so I began to look for budget priced equipment, and started this channel, and now my main system changes every month. I’m planning to do a few system reviews this year, hopefully. There was a time when I listened to almost everything, but now mostly a softer Jazz sound.

@Viewmydesktop I love soft smokey jazz. Think my favorite are female vocalists. Melody Gardot at the top of my list. . ruclips.net/video/_qphknagXqA/видео.htmlsi=d5j-zdcb5pf97rlK

It’s more instrumental than vocals for me, but Melody Gardot has a very nice voice, easy to listen to for sure.

Greetings @bigbass7050 ;Yes, I really like the equipment coming from Pyle these days.

Greetings @bigbass7050; Thanks for your input, it sound like you got something going there, Please keep us updated on your speakers. I tried it a long time ago and I didn’t do so well lol. But I really like it when people are able to make their own systems. These are the first pair of Ribbon tweeters that I have own, after listening to a few recently, I really do like this pair. And please don’t forget to keep us updated.

Greetings @JoeG-firehousewhiskey; not out of this thing, but you will get some low end BASS.

It’s coming @PhillyBosoxFan

Greetings @dranwariqbal; YES, this little DAC does a lot, I don’t use it a lot because I wanted to get another one and now its unavailable. I do see a few that look similar and mostly for a little more. My setup had the RCA going into the Amplifier and the 3.5 went into the subwoofer for a 2.1 setup.

Thanks for your reply, can I use passive speakers with it or only powered/active speakers are supported??

This is only a DAC and needs a amplifier to power passive speakers. I've only played, using an amplifier for passive speakers and a powered subwoofer.

Greetings @lebowskiunderachiever3591; Looks like we came down the same path, I also picked up that JAMO 5 piece set a few year back, when they had that price under $200, and got my Sony SSCS5 set under $100 and right now my Sony’s are my rear surround speakers.

You’re very welcome@tonymonyou739; I’m on the lookout for more like this in the Budget World. I hope I can fit it into my budget.

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan; These speakers were connected to the KIMIUP AC01 and my computer initially, and then I connected the WiiM Pro AirPlay 2 if I remember correctly. I didn’t play any vinyl on these speakers, and no separate DAC. I can’t tell you how many hours, but they were connected for about 2 weeks. I don’t want it to sound like they don’t sound okay at lower volumes, but they really did came to life when I turned them up. There not connected right now, because of the other equipment that I need to test. I don’t have as much time as I would like to do my testing and also spend some time just for listening pleasure and testing pleasure. I hope to upgrade my channel in 2025 and do more side by side reviews and also more setup videos. I hope you and all the people who have subscribed and have contributed to this channel know how much I appreciate all the support you all have given me, and I hope to continue doing them THANK YOU Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR @myquietreviews Wishing you and your Family a Blessed New Year. I’ve been having a little trouble with my editing program, so some reviews are running late.

Greetings@mr1erl; I’m glad to hear you were able to find a solution at a price that makes sense. I see so many time when the HIFI world makes so many thing expensive, it’s almost like they want good sound to only be for the RICH.

Greetings @Later2u ; Thanks for your comments, and I’m looking forward to future comment about your system.

Greetings @thischanneldeadtho7450; let me first say that Headphones are an area that I don’t know a lot about. But I do like this DAC. I have tried a few different headphones with this DAC and haven’t had any problem, and I’m also a big fan of Tone Control. So for me I will pick something with tone control unless I had a reason not to.

@@Viewmydesktop thank you! i appreciate the response. im really considering getting it with my new year's money. happy holidays!

@@thischanneldeadtho7450 Happy Holidays @thischanneldeadtho7450

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan im working on this review, and I’m planning to do a few side by side review in 2025. I also want to do a favorite Speaker and a favorite Amplifier for 2024, so I’ve been re-rotating some equipment, I’m working on it.

@Viewmydesktop nice! You have a good number of mix and match possibilities with some very affordable pieces. The mission of your channel! I stepped out of my tendency to collect Polk speakers and brought in a pair of Elac debut 2.0 b5.2 bookshelves while they were on a great sale at Amazon. Over the course of several hours of play the soundstage went from totally in between the speakers to well outside them. Over time they are developing a wonderful and detailed sound as the drivers "break in". If you ever have the possibility of picking some up I think you will be pleased.

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan I'm a fan of Elac and should be doing a few videos on some speakers from Elac in the future.

@@Viewmydesktop glad to hear that you will be bringing in Elac to the mix. I recently upgraded my Fosi bt20a pro with a 48 volt 5 amp GaN power supply and immediately noticed a more defined bass response from y debut 2.0 b5.2's as well as my 20+ year old Polk RTi38's. Affordability does not mean an inability to scale, or upgrade the gear to better performance.

@@PhillyBosoxFan Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan, you’re exactly right, with all the equipment out here today, you can find reasonably priced equipment that preforms great. I also added a Preamp to my Fosi BT20A Pro setup, and got even more out of the 48 volt adaptor. I got the idea from Fosi Audio.

Greetings@tankdawg510; Working on it.

Greetings @chrisharford2610, and thanks for sharing your setup. That SMSL is a little high right now for my budget, but I bet your setup is putting out some great sounds.

@Viewmydesktop yes, really happy with setup. The SMSL SU1 is a good low cost alternative.

I like the SMSL SU1 @chrisharford2610, I did a short video about a month ago on that DAC. It is another good budget DAC for me.

Greetings @dejanveljkovic9707, I’m not sure what you are asking, I will need to reconnect this Amp to see what may be the problem, but can you give more information on what is happening when you turn it on, with the volume.

@@Viewmydesktop Hi, thanks for your reply. Every time when the unit is switched on thru the main switch "0-1", the volume is on maximum and needs to be lowered down thru the remote control volume buttons...somehow, default volume level is set on maximum, how to change this?

@@dejanveljkovic9707 Greetings@dejanveljkovic9707 I think I understand what you are saying, and I does sound like a default setting, and you may not be able to change it. I will take a look at it, and see if I can come up with something. If you don’t hear back from me in a few days, send me a response to remind me, and I send you what I find, if I come up with anything.

@@Viewmydesktop Thanks!

@@dejanveljkovic9707 Greetings@dejanveljkovic9707 I think I understand what you are saying, and I does sound like a default setting, and you may not be able to change it. I will take a look at it, and see if I can come up with something. If you don’t hear back from me in a few days, send me a response to remind me, and I send you what I find, if I come up with anything.

Greetings @SangramVID Last I seen was $119.00 for the Black and 139.90 for the Brown, and that was on Amazon.

Greetings @MikeMargolis-j8f Thanks for watching, and I too have been an Onkyo fan for a very long time along with brands like Pioneer and Marantz and others. I really hope that they keep some level of independence, so we don’t have a few models, just repackaged and rebranded. I do think that for the most part, what we have now is better than most of the vintage equipment from years ago, but it does seem like we lose quality some times, and that’s why I hope some level of competition keep the HIFI world pushing forward. Thanks for the input.

@Viewmydesktop Hey VMD, Thanks for the response; I agree with you that hopefully this company keeps some kind of independence... did you hear the news about their rebranding they're supposed to announce at CES 2025? Look it up when you get a chance; there are RUclips videos about it. They supposedly have redesigned the logo, which basically spaces out the letters O N K Y O more, but they're also promising new things to come. I hope they don't change the aesthetics of their gear because there was always something overbuilt and beefy about the looks of their equipment.

I’m with you @MikeMargolis-j8f, I do like new things, and absolutely will be on the lookout to see what’s new for 2025. I sure can’t get everything, but it’s still fun looking. And I did hear something about a change going on at Onkyo, but I don’t know much about it.

Greetings @DynoSauR4Truth , nice to see another member of the Magnat Family. These are high Quality to my ears.

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan ; Nice simple amp, is a really good way to describe this Amp and Thanks for watching. Happy Holidays

Greetings to you @AndreyAndrushkevich; Peace to you and your Family.

Greetings again @АндрейАндрушкевич ; yes I do test for sound quality, when I do a review I try to also test for build quality, features or lack of features, price and negative qualities, over what I thinks is a reasonable amount of time. The answer to your question is the Aiyima A01 is better in my opinion when you test for sound quality and the Daakro AK45 would be a better buy if you were looking for features.

@@Viewmydesktop ...Щиро дякую за відповідь, друже. Так, АК-45 виглядає як маленький музчний комутаційний центр, але якість звуку у пріорітеті. Усого найкращого!

Greetings @АндрейАндрушкевич, Thank you and thanks for watching.

Greetings @MarkKost-m1n, I’m not a bit surprised that you like these speakers. This company Micca has a very good line of speakers with their MB and their RB line of budget speakers, in my opinion.

Greetings @MikeMargolis-j8f ; Thanks for watching and the info, I had not heard that the Onkyo TX-8220 was replaced by the Onkyo TX-8140. I picked the Onyko TX-8220 as one of the more affordable Two channel receivers along with the Sony STRDH190, and there are others but I like these two the most for the Budget market. And I’m also a Onkyo Fan, but the way things are going, in a few years we may only have a few companies making or controlling everything we listen on.

@Viewmydesktop Thanks for the reply...it was a pleasure watching your video. I may be wrong about the model that is currently out now (it's Onkyo's only stereo receiver available) - I'll double check that and get back to you. I totally hear you on the lack of companies making gear - Bose recently bought McIntosh so who knows where the market is headed. There was also news about Onkyo's complete rebranding, if you've read it yet; they're supposed to be launching a new direction for the brand at CES 2025. They already showed a new logo, which is an evolution of their current one (the letters ONKYO are spaced out more) but I hope that's as drastic as it gets in terms of the aesthetics of their gear. IMO, this company's receivers didn't need revising in terms of their looks - models in the TX-RZ series look like big power amps, with chunky oversized metal controls....it DOESN'T need to be messed with. I'll tell you this: if they decide to go the way of Yamaha with glossy black front panels made of plastic, I'm done with them. The implementation of the SOFTWARE inside their AVRs needs revising....not the exterior designs, really.

@@Viewmydesktop It's actually the TX-8470 that is the current two channel receiver in their range; check it out when you get a chance.

Greetings @MikeMargolis-j8f and thanks for all the info, there’s so much going on in the HIFI world, it a job just trying to keep up. The company that controls Onkyo controls a few companies, so thanks for the update about this receiver.

Thanks for the update @MikeMargolis-j8f , I just looked up this Onkyo TX-8470, and it looks great, Network Receivers may be the future, outside of Class D and this receiver is Class G. Do you have this receiver and have you heard how it sounds? Now I’m going to be on the lookout for Class G equipment to compare between Class AB and Class D. Thanks again for the info and heads-up on this Receiver.

Greetings @jackietempleton4171; Sorry to hear you are having this type of problem. I can’t say for sure why you may be having this problem, but I will say that for me, most of my playback problems were solved by running a Disk cleaning CD. It seems that all Electronic devices that open up collect dust and need to be cleaned internally from time to time. It’s really hard to diagnose a problem when it only happens on occasion and not all the time. This is how I play my CD’s connected to Class D Amplifiers. I really hope you can find a solution for this. No one wants a device that doesn’t work when it’s just in a bad mood.

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan I’m not sure about the Black Fridays Deals, I did pick up a few things, but nothing that I’ve done a review on yet. I can say that from my past experiences, I have found that many Class D amplifiers are not as soft or smooth as Class AB or Class A, but with that being said, the Fosi P3 playing through the Polk ES15 should give you clarity and smoothness. I really like that P3 with a lot of things. That’s just my take on Class D in general vs Audio Receivers. Blessings to you and your Family.

Greetings @_warky ; Thanks for watching, and I’m glad to see your comment on the review. Sorry to hear you were having problems with the Polk’s, hope this DAC resolves it.

Greetings @SCHRUBBE1966, Your very welcome and Thanks for watching

Greetings @19SelfMade87; without knowing and maybe having the same receiver and subwoofer, to maybe have had a similar experience, I will talk about the experiences that I have had. I’m also going to assume that you have an always on subwoofer and the hum is coming from your receiver to your sub. The two times that I have heard a hum coming from my subwoofer, I replaced the RCA cables with better cables with good shielding and both times the hum problem was solved. I will also say that on subwoofer connections using High Level inputs, I didn’t hear a hum using that type of connection, so that may also be a solution, if that is an option for you. I would be glad to hear if anyone knows a better solution then this. I hope this is helpful for you.

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan ;I've been under the weather for a few days, so I’m just getting a chance to respond. I can say that I’ve found similar results working with these chips, I think a side by side on some of these amps may need to be in an review in the future. When I was just starting out, I could only do single reviews mostly, and a few setups, but hopefully next year, I would like to expand in to more direct side by side videos. I do now have some equipment now to test side by side based on my listening. Please stay with me, and continue to add to the channel. People like you really help me with ideas and support, and I THANK YOU

@Viewmydesktop sorry that you have been under the weather but glad your back. I appreciate your channel because, like me, you have been on a quest to find affordable gear that can be pleasing to the ear. I have learned a great deal from many of the audio channels, even the ones that spend more on their hifi than others spend on a mortgage payment...yes I'm chuckling and more power to them if they have the means to do it. I know I do not. The way they manage their speaker and sub placement, room contents, types of connectors, etc are still somewhat applicable, even at the level of my gear. Other channels like cheapaudioman are where I learned about finding gear that delivers 80 to 90% of the performance of much more expensive equipment as well as terms to describe what I am hearing. Then there is the hunt. This is the fun part. Thrift store CD and occasionally equipment finds. Amazon sales, Craigslist and eBay to name a few. Most recently, a Kenwood AVR from the early 90's that retailed for over $1000 back then, for $9.99... It sounds amazing in 2 channel and I will be having it cleaned and tuned up after the first of the year. That will be in the garage workshop along with other sweet sounding "old stuff"! I am just now wrapping up the most difficult stretch of a long shoulder repair process. I have been a captive audience and this hifi hunt has been, and will continue to be great therapy. Your approach and the obvious enjoyment that you get from finding and sharing the finds with others is very much appreciated and I look forward to following your sonic adventures!

@PhillyBosoxFan your contribution is tremendous, and just like you have said the hunt is a lot of fun, I have been a little fortunate lately to be able to review some equipment, I’m not sure if I will start to review some of the used vintage equipment I have come across, I’m still thinking about that part for now. But I do enjoy hearing about great finds like the one you mentioned. I've had a few thing from Kenwood. I also watch many channels and I’m still learning so much from them, mostly due to the fact that there is so much to review. I both enjoy making and watching reviews, and I’m really glad to have people like yourself as part of the quest.

Greetings @TheRocco28, I totally agree that these have a great sound.Their set to be part of a upcoming side by side.

Greetings @davidtye4232; that really good to hear, one of the things I can’t put in my reviews is the longevity of these speakers, so I’m really glad to have your input on these speakers, , the MB42X should be in a upcoming video, but probably not until next year, with a side by side video coming after that.

Greetings @TheKeithbh , that may be the reason that you don’t hear much about them. And now their controlled by one of the super company’s, some there is no telling where this company is headed now.

Greetings @RickRuizAudio ; and no I did not connect this Amp to a 36 volt power supply, this is in a medium size room and it get loud enough to fill the room out, with the 32 volt. This chip is working out just fine so far. This Amp is no longer in the testing phase, just in the listening phase so it has been getting used regularly.

Good Morning @myquietreviews Good Wishes to you and your family also.

Greetings @PhillyBosoxFan; Thanks for the input. I’m hoping to do a side by side with three or maybe four speakers with the two mentioned and maybe two other speakers, one old and one new. I’m not sure if I can get around to it this year, but I do think that I will be able to post the fourth speaker.

@Viewmydesktop looking forward to it.

Greetings @paulmcloughlin9913, I have a Technics amp, I’m going to connect them and let you know what I think about the Phono Pre Amp.

probably not.

Greetings @musafirrahgir3199 , this Amp only came with the AC plug you see in the video, But I was able to connect a 12 volt brick adaptor that I already had from something else.

Sorry my video has made you upset @Artur-sw8er.

Greetings @Crmsnraider And Thanks for the input. And the Magnats are part of permanent/temporary setups. In the room where I do my videos, the Magnat 202’s are connected in that room. I listen to them all the time. And you have a Good weekend also.

Greetings @tibormichalcik9381 , I like hearing about some of the headphones out there, that is definitely a weak area for me. I will keep that name in mine.

Greetings @thomaswhitestone8807; I really like this DAC I hope you enjoy it.