Are they Even trying? Douk Audio ST-01-Pro vs Aiyima T9
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Could you supply a link to the mannequin?
@@unstablenetwork4744 it’s the best thing ever amzn.to/40e9RF4
With that said, both the TI TPA3221 and TPA3251 are capable of delivering 10 amps, at any supply voltage rails, to a given load in BTL mode, which both the Aiyima and Douk products are, which means each channel can deliver 5 amps of current safely. Loudspeakers are current driven devices not voltage. The more current your power supply can deliver the better control, sound quality the loudspeaker will produce. In this case the 24v@4.5A supply that comes with the unit, it can only deliver about 2 amps per channel, a far cry from 5 amps! That is during your listening at higher volumes the sound stage compressed because the power supply simply ran out of gas! We suggest that you try doing critical listening of these units powered by a mean-well LPS-600-24v power supply capable of delivering 25 amps and we believe you will be more than just a little surprised
And when we refer to these products as being "audiophile grade" that is not a flip of the tongue...take a look at the reviews of the TI TPA3255 based LSA Warp 1 amplifier which retails for $1499.00. It has the same amplifying circuitry as the Aiyima and Douk TPA3255 based products but unlike the Aiyima and Douk units which are powered by 100VA SMPS, it is powered by a 600VA SMPS. I also own two Aiyima A07s each being powered by a customized meanwell 600VA SMPS, frontended by T09 Pro, with Russian tubes, bi-amping Fluance XL8F floorstanding speakers. I'm in audio heaven!!!!
i am a Life Ins case manager/agent for a brokerage agency in CA.. Randy hope you have enough Life Ins ?? :)
The Douk ST-01 Pro is a very capable little amp. The small size makes it great for a bedroom. It's powerful enough to drive full size floorstanding speakers with authority, precision, and with a clean sound. The remote is really handy and works like a charm. I like the USB (U-disc) port. It's very useful - especially for remote applications or when the internet goes out. Spare tubes are plentiful with a variety of types to choose from. Tubes are easy to swap but different tubes don't alter the sound much. It looks cool and runs cool without overheating issues. A solid product with zero hiccups after more than a year of use. Spend a little money and get rewarded with a lot of big sound.
I love the T9! It was your video that moved me to purchase it. Thanks!
Me also (for my son's first hifi setup)
Do you ever get the feeling that all of these Chinese audio companies are really just one big company with many brands?
No. Many of the parts used are made by the same company. Interchangeable.
Douk ST-01 Pro TUBE tip: If your amp came with Chinese 6k4 tubes (has a red star printed on the glass), mine caused distortion. I upgraded to much better sound for $17 with GE JAN 5654W matched pair tubes. 6k4 tubes can be replaced by 6J1, 6J2, 6J3, 6J4, 6J5, 6"1N, 64N, 65N, 5654/5654W, 5725, 6AK5, EF95, 6BA6, 403B, etc. Your stock tubes may be ok. Mine were not. Just an FYI free tip.
Randy in the name of all that's holy *PLEASE* review the T9 Pro. It's a redesign of the T9 with several promising improvements.
Our daughters were still showering together when our son was born. There are a few years between him and his big sisters. So one day when he was about 6 months old they were loudly showering and I took one of his diapers and put a bunch of Nutella in it and slid it into the corner of the shower without them noticing. Another 45 seconds passed before they noticed the "dirty" diaper getting soaking wet right next to their feet. As you can imagine the screaming and panic were pretty intense. Definitely worth the wasted Nutella. I did buy an Aiyima T9 for that now teenage boy's first system. He loves it.
ehhhhhhh sounds legit to me
@thedude182 odd response but ok.
@@tmdillon1969 I meant the story and leading up to the T9 decision; perfect.
…and those girls never ate Nutella again.
@@tmdillon1969 classic joke :)
I can see the USB feature on the back as very useful. If you have a large CD library. you could rip the library to mp3 or flac. Then play these music files directly from a USB drive using the remote to toggle between songs. No more getting up to change a disk. I also can hear a slight degradation in BT sound quality when compared to any direct connection. Douk Audio could eliminate the VU meter and offer a led window displaying the file folder and song playing.
I bought the douke st-01 pro to power some Elac b5.2 for a sim rig set up in my gaming room. I have it hooked up via optical cable directly to my mother board using a real tek audio sound chip. I think it sounds amazing and performs very well the video meter is cool the warm glow from the tubes is cool. Bluetooth sounds just ok but everything else sounds great I’m very happy with my purchase!
Do you mean the st 01 pro has enough power to get all the definitions from the ub5 2.0s?
@@robertwoodward9231 I think it does a very god powering those speakers. They get plenty loud enough they sound very balanced. I think it has just enough power for these. Any more and I would probably say a bigger power supply would be needed. Probably not a bad idea to just go ahead and get that along with the amp
I got the ST-01 Pro last month and absolutely love it. A big improvement on my ONKYO AVR for 2 channel listening. Streaming from tablet to amp using the supplier USB cable, then through my KEF Q15.2 speakers and Monitor Audio MRW10 Sub. Whole setup for £300 and I couldn’t be more pleased.
Amazon UK is selling the ST-01 Pro, I bought one a few weeks ago along with Wiim mini. I also upgraded the Tubes to ones made by GE.
What are the GE tubes that are a direct replacement? Did it sound any better/different?
That mannequin move shows that you a committed, involved and engaged father. Kudos to you! BTW, speaking along the lines of mannequins and the startle response, it's the same reason my wife (and I) don't want headphone stands in the house that are the shape of an actual head.
It has bass, treble, VU METER, tubes. Man, if it only had a 6.3 headphone out it would be instant buy. Now i just live on with seperate devices (topping dac > marantz integratedamp) doing the same, without the tubes but luckily the marantz integrated sounds sweet enough for me.
Yeah, headphone out would have been awesome, would look nice on my desk next to the pc..... so disappointed
Off topic!
If you haven't heard "Dream a little dream of me" by the Moma's and the Papa's in awhile, just queue it up. This is the Mama Cass show piece. You won't be disappointed.
Using the Aiyima in a near-field set-up (with Decware Tiny Radials and a Kanto S6 sub). Great set-up. The T9 was $80 at Walmart!
Hey that's a cool set up. How do you hook up a sub? Can you reverse an rca to 3.5 to the lfe input? I just got a new rel and want to try it out. These amps are a little sketch. At one point I had sparks shooting out the back.
@Justin Hof you will have sparks if you plug it to the wall then connect it to the unit. I never had issues but I always connected the plug to the unit first then the amp
@@justinhof6315 I got a 4-foot 3.5 mm to RCA (both male) cable ($5). Aux out from the Aiyima and into the Kanto S6 sub. Easy piezie. The Decware speakers only need 2-5 watts (4ohm) so you really don't need much power for great sound. My application is I love music...my wife hates to hear it. So the tiny radials provide really good sound stage in a near-field situation (and she hears nothing).
@@justinhof6315 one vlogger reported “quirks” on the T9. Try to get the T9 Pro which I did. Amazing sound and build quality. I was even surprised rhat the tubes were made in USA.
I have both, and the ST-01 Pro gets my vote for this: the USB drive port (not what you think) I use it to power Chromecast Audio and use optical connection to utilize ST-01 Pro's DAC. Neat setup :)
Output goes to amazing Allison Acoustics CD-6 speakers (4ohms), and the result is an inexpensive and compact system that sounds absolutely glorious in just about any room.
What do you think about the St01 pro's DAC? I have the douk but i dont have another DAC to compare it to.
Nothing like a review that is great honesty.
You are my time and money saver man.
Mis dieces! (My10s)
Is there a small chapter dedicated to the build-yourself tube amps that you get in the 200-800 dollar range from Chinese manufacturers? I haven't fully explored the channel, excuse my cheekyness.
Your a natural and love your sense of humour! Keep it coming. Best cheap - er valve phono?
I love my T9 but...
I had the model with the click and when a fixed model was released I tried to get a replacement fro Ayima. Mine was about 6 months old. They would not replace it and had to go through some weirdness with Amazon to finally get a replacement. It's way better without the click.
I like the device a lot and I own two other amps they made but their customer service is terrible. Don't expect any response other than short emails in broken English.
I heart my Douk Audio speaker/amp switcher. It works! And it has VU meters! Awesome.
You are an evil humor genius and should be commended on keeping heart rates and blood pressure raised, by either mannequins or cheap hifi components. Thank you as always for your time, effort, and unmarked tube equipment. 😂
Bought the 【Upgraded】AIYIMA T9 Bluetooth and it still does the click off after a few sec. of no input. Also this one the bluetooth died in less than a week of use. Sounded great though!
Have Douk st-01. Same as Ayima T9. Bought Amazon prime day for around $109.00. Got the upgrade tubes Douk sells for around $16.00. Using it for a second system with my Outlaw Audio speakers which have a sensitivity of about 86 db-not that efficient. Sound is very satisfying. Play in large room at moderate levels. Also use the Outlaw subwoofer. For that you will likely need a cable adapter, a cheap item, if you have a standard rca cable. Don’t need an expensive subwoofer cable. No clicking sounds by the way. Douk corrected the problem even on this less expensive model.
Can you say exactly how to connect a subwoofer to the T9 please? Do you use the "AUX" port with a mini-to-RCA cable? Or did you wire the sub to your speakers? If the latter, do you connect amp's speaker terminals to your speakers, and then speakers to sub terminals??
Mine got returned. I'm now using an Arylic B50, which was cheaper and is more suited to my TV set-up with HDMI Arc and two-way Bluetooth streaming. Douk also seems to overstate the amplifiers power rating, and despite the B50 running a Chinese amp chip and boasting half the power rating, there's no discernible loss of volume or quality.
Interested on something like this. Can you elaborate which speakers and can you control tv volume?
@gainonten4031 The speakers are an older pair of old Kanto Yaro speakers with Yaro 8" sub. The Yaro class D amp they came with died; it was replaced with the BT50 as the speakers aren't worth investing in an expensive amp. TV is set to output audio via HDMI, and ARC is enabled in the TV settings menu. This enabled volume through the speakers to be controlled by either the TV remote, the BT50 remote, or the Chromecast w/Google TV remote when it's being used.
As an audio guy who buys lots of gear I really had to laugh at Randy's comment " Isn't it about dancing needles on lights". I thought about it and laughed again. Hell yes I want to see dancing needles so I bought the speaker switcher cause it's cool and it can dance!
Too bad the vu meters barely work on these things. I don't know why randy doesn't mention that. It is something that makes me question his honesty. The sensitivity screw does next to nothing. The vu meters basically don't work.
@@justinhof6315 everything works better when they are given enough power.
@@justinhof6315 The VU meters operate on low level signals also if you look on the bottom of the unit you will see an adjustment pot to increase the meter sensitivity
@@larryjohnson9019if you actually read the comment, the commenter already adjusted the sensitivity screw
@@sepg5084 Thank you for pointing that out
Maybe I missed it, but does this have a subwoofer out? I'd like to find a smaller amp that has one so that I can use my Klipsch R-120SW. Keeping it simple with some Sony SS-CS5 bookshelves for a workout room.
What about the T9 Pro vs T9. Love your take and per yours and others am running T9 and cycling B1+, css5, and Elac 5.2 with Jamo C912 sub. All sound awesome lean into the B1+ detail tho. Your advice priceless
There is now a T9 Pro that comes with a 32V-5 Amp power supply, it would be great if you could review it.
Also has a TI 3255 chipset
Randy if you do review..strongly suggest that you do so using a mean-well LPS 600-27 SMPS and set the voltage rail to 30v. It will bring tears to your eyes!
@@larryjohnson9019but I want to know what the out of the box experience is though. If i have to buy another power supply its a different price class right?
Adding a USB feature can change the government function classification to mp3 player, which can save on import duties and fees. Not sure if this is their intention for the usb but it is an option.
Going to try some Sony sc5's upon your appraisal, wanna see if they tickle my ear lizard too.
Is there much of a difference between the Douk ST-01 and ST-01 Pro devices?
I would find the USB function useful if it has the capability to read flac files. I gota lot of flac.
goes to sleep? so i have the st-01 and i leave this thing on ALWAYS!!! I mean seriously, I haven't turned it off more than a few times in well over 2 years. i was actually going to comment asking if you think im destroying my tubes but i heard you say that sleep thing and i was like WHat!?!?!
i must say that i love this little thing though. I have always had a thing for tube ams ever since my grandparents old 1930's Grundig beast of a unit, with reel to reel, turntable, am fm, shortwave this thing isn't as cool, but its a hell of a lot lighter!
Doesn't it get hot as hell? The tubes on my st 01 pro get really hot after only a while
Elac debut 5.2 on sale everywhere today for $230 / pr, $100 off
What about the T9 *Pro* vs the ST01 Pro? They both have the latest chip (TPA3255, while the T9 has the TPA3116 if I remember). Both are iterations, so it would've been more objective for us the viewers (for instance, the T9 Pro doesn't have the previous clipping+cut both the T9 and the ST01 were plagued with)
Douk Audio says the Pro version uses the TPA 3250 chip, same as the ST-01 Pro. However. the ST-01 Pro also supplies a 32 volt adapter for higher power output.
Not going to sleep is a good thing to me, especially when playing LP’s, if i’ve walked away and the LP finishes i can hear the LP still going da-dump da-dump when i get back reminding me to put another on or turn off the LP player. 🎉
I bought a douk audio st01 based on your review of the ayima t9. best recomendation EVER
USB is for connection to a computer. it will show up on your volume control as a soundcard.
Would either of these be a good choice running my Klipsch RP600M paired with a Klipsch R120SW strictly for vinyl listening?
I've finally returned to turntables. My current set-up is the Fluance RT-80 connected to my 1991 Fisher (Japan) DCS-M44 maximum mini stereo system, taking out of a 20+ year retirement. Added a $18 CDN bluetooth receiver on the AV RCA input. Outputs are the speakers that came with the system 6 Ohm / 30 Watts each, and just added today the Sennheiser HD560s. WHY? I shared all this to see if I'm really missing out on an affordable upgrade to this sound experience. The Fisher powers the headphones or the speakers to uncomfortably loud volume before it distorts. I'm thinking I'm set. Thoughts?
Can you confirm those tubes actually produce any power to the amp? I'm not questioning you, I'm questioning the units. Several years ago someone did test a similar amp and found out that all the tubes did was glow, they did nothing for the sound.
That reminds me of the Muntz TVs, from the 50s & 60s. Manufacturers used to brag about how many tubes their TVs had. So "Madman Muntz" put extra tubes in his TVs, which didn't do anything. He also had weights bolted to the chassis, to increase the heft---heavier was always considered to be better. Incidentally, later on, transistor radio manufacturers would employ transistors with only two leads connected, and which therefore would function as diodes. That increased the transistor count, a big selling point. It's perfectly acceptable to use transistors as diodes. but calling them transistors, in such cases, is deceptive.
Yes the tubes are apart of the pre-amp circuitry and in the signal path
@@larryjohnson9019 Thanks for clarifying that the tubes are indeed part of producing the sound,
Randy, have you actually tested to see if the 3.5mm Aux/Line Out is variable through the preamp section? A lot of these cheap class D amps have a 3.5mm aux out, but in most cases they are simply wired in parallel with analog line in (and therefore have a fixed level). I guess since these are integrated amps, there's a higher likelihood that the line outs are volume-controlled, but I wanted to ask nevertheless. The product pages for these amps never say explicitly that the aux out is volume-controlled, even though they do say it can be connected to a sub.
On the Aiyima, it is Variable. I use it as a subwoofer output in my setup.
Hey how do you hook it up to a sub? 3.5 to rca cable into the lfe input?
@@justinhof6315 That's a question I've asked on forums and still haven't gotten a clear answer. I've got the Aiyima 08 pro and I wonder if you should use a stereo 3.5 to a mono RCA plug for the sub?
OK so I tried the 3.5 to rca connected into my subs lfe. It does work but is pretty boomy . I'll try moving it around my room to see if I get better integration. My cable is pretty short so it will be tricky.
Douk looks cool to me, great design.
So I purchased the Douk ST-01-Pro with a pair of ELAK 6.2 Debut 2.0. the system is sounding great so far connected to PC audio and using Apple Music. Randy, in another video you recommended "building around a core" I think I have solid speakers for now. What would be a good core AMP after the ST01 Pro, and AL200 from SMSL? or go higher?
What is the height including the tubes
I have the Douk ST-01 setup with an old set of Bose Companion 3 (1st gen) computer speakers at my job in a small workshop. Does the job well enough that people ask what i'm running. Respectable volume during the day but gets plenty loud when the place clears out. Big sound from a small footprint.
Sith Parenting FTW.
Is this class d with tubes that light up? I doubt there is any high voltage in there.
The tubes are lit by LEDs underneath.
What do the valves actually do on this amp? Is it the preamp stage? Or something else?
Supposedly, they 'filter' the sound before it's amplified...
Just curious, but has anyone ever tried running an entire home theater with a bunch of the little cheap amps, like the Fosi TB10D or the Aiyima A07? Like run the heights and side/rears in normal pairs and bi-amp the 2 fronts? The center can stay on the receiver I suppose, but just curious if any has done this and how was the end result??
The T9 or loxjie A30? Have to buy one for a 2.1 TV setup. Please help
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I have made my £500 cd player sound like a £60 one. All I did was change the power cable. It was that simple.
How could an optical cable possibly influence the sound?
This is off topic but does anyone know why JBL stopped selling the a 130 speakers ? I was just going to buy a set
Show is your setup back there with these amps.
Hi, can the Douk st-01 pro be used as a tube preamp please ?
Say as a pre-amp, anyone know how this would compare to a Little Dot Mk3? I'm driving an Aiyima A07 atm.
That said, having got DT1990 headphones i'm thinking of going Schiit Lyr+, i'm only concerned on how much better can it get? I know there is a bit of a leap in price 😅
Great video Randy!
sent my t9 pro back made a crazy clicking noise out of the right channel... only had it for two days ,going to try again.
I have one and love mine! I’d decide try again
@@29mailman I switched to a yamaha reciever. but im going to set up another system, will give the t9 another chance.
Can I use this with a vinyl recorder?
🤩clicking stop solution-🤩
To all those who bought this nifty little amp please press m1 on your remote to stop clicking in the amp worked on my unit no click feom then 🥳🥳🥳
good tubes would generally cost about a third of the price of that unit. So you know those probably aren't the best sounding tubes out there.
When are you going to review the Schiit Rekkr
We are not comparing to the t9 pro.... Why again?
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Good stuff as always Randy, especially the parenting advice, thanks!!!
Those are 6k4 tubes I guess. You can spend 20 bucks and get greatly improved tubes. At least burn them in for 100 hours though.
What are the name of the better tubes and how do they improve the sound?
@@hifi-photo-Brian 5654 tubes are better I believe. Warmer sound
@@hifi-photo-Brian It is compatible with Chinese 6J1/Russian 6Ж1П /EF95/6AK5 tubes or American GE 5654w tubes. How they improve the sound? Dunno these tubes were usually not designed with audio in mind, usually they had military purposes like in MIG-21 jet fighters. How cool is that? I guess they were built to higher standards than modern chinese tubes included in dirt cheap audio.
Anyone using any of these amps with floorstanding speakers?
Aiyima A07 is the best. 👍🏽
hope you powered it with 48v....the beast
Best cheap amp? A07 is the cheapest and measures better then the amps twice the price plus it has more wpc.
CABLES! CABLES! CABLES!!!!
I keep bouncing back and forth between these things and the Schiit Gjallerhorn. Mixed reviews and price points on everything has me playing emotional ping pong. Running a pair of JBL Stage A130's through eventually a Schiit Saga+ pre-amp. Thoughts, anyone?
Gjellahorn needs a preamp so way more expensive in the long run. Also it is class ab with a torrid. If you have the cash go saga plus and gjellahorn it is probably way better and will last longer than these
@@justinhof6315 I kid you not I have both the Gjellarhorn AND the Saga+ in my schiit shopping cart right now. I'm good for that price point, but I keep reading positive and negative reviews/opinions on the relative low power on these Shiit's. With the price of the Douk being what it is, it's hard to not look at it though...
I'd wait for a review then. The schiits are just out and it would be good to see what people have to say. I'm listening to my new t9 right now and boy does it sound class d harsh.
The Aiyima looks better. The orange stuff looks cheap
Okay so if the amps have a dac in them, does it matther if Im playing from.tidal.on an LG V40 which has a good dac, could I be playing from any phone, set at a low volume.
Or does it then run through 2 dacs, and better phone dac is still preferable
Are you sure that other USB port is for music, because it might be for firmware updates. The product page doesn't show the one you have so I couldn't tell.
Battle for the biggest clown! You win!
Whether that’s a compliment or not… I’ll take it
Hah! First comment! I've got the T9. Hate the click but love the sound. I'm a designer, to me the T9 looks better without the silly orange rings. The Duke looks like it's trying too hard. The T9 looks like it came out of a civil defence bunker from the 1950's. Perfect! 😁
. . . is that nice joking around?
The spec sheet says it only does 24/96 via USB, that doesn't seem right. Even the older SMSL SA 300 does 32/384. Is that a typo?
@Cheap_audioman.. my ASL is a little rusty but LLL left handed and backwards and I I to you too, buddy.
Hahahaha - Way to Dad CAM! Freddy Kruger mannequin - Epic!! Is that parenting activity Sith Audio ceritfied?
I often wonder if cheap Chi-Fi amps are like Chevy and GMC or Ford and Lincoln. Same box with slightly different features.
There's a lot of parts/ideas sharing, especially with companies based in Shenzhen. If you want to know why there is a constant stream of new ChiFi products, it's because that's the only place in the world you can rapidly prototype and manufacture electronics.
It’s down to bling now ? So silly…
I thought it was cool looking
@@cheapaudioman 👍
No harm, no foul, Randy.
Aware that the beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I was only concerned about substance; I didn’t see anything of interest here imho, but I did immensely enjoy the mannequin story ! I will always view your vids over coffee,
as usually you’ll say something entertaining to make it all worthwhile.😉
🥳👨🏻☕️
PS) I guess if Douk Audio competition to Aiyima is largely cosmetic, you (Douk) basically do what you have to do to grab marketshare, right?
*Randy, Aiymia T9 now has a T9 PRO, ( With TWO orange rings, a meter AND a digital view-port!)I think a redue with "Apples to Apples " is in order....*
It also uses the TI 3255 chipset which is superior
@@29mailman Their Description says TPA3250 chip. Product Descriptions:
Chipset: TPA3250+Jan5725+QCC3031+ES9018K2M+SA9123L+OPA1656+NJW1194
@@geevee1045 Thanks! I was going off of memory and should have looked at the product page. The 3250 is far superior to the chip used in the Douk ST-01 Pro for some reason and the tubes are different as well. Strange since the Douk ST-01 and Aiyima T9 are almost identical.
Douk Audio says their Pro version uses the TPA 3250 chip as well, same as the ST-01 Pro. However. the Aiyima ST-01 Pro supplies a beefier 32 volt adapter for higher power output, rather than the 24 volt adapter that Douk supplies..
@@geevee1045 Thanks! I'm getting everything wrong today. Read a spec sheet that said it used the 3221. Guess it's only the tubes that are different.
Not sure if you read these, but if you do please review the Aiyima T9 Pro. I think it is awesome; would really be interested what you think.
It would be really helpful if Douk Audio could send you their eq5 and the more expensive valve version for review. I think these are going to become a little more popular in the near future and I myself am interested in buying an EQ for other hardware other than my Mac.
Thought about getting the st01 pro but for not a lot more, I went with the aiyima A07 & the Douk P2 tube buffer with 3 way Tone controls & remote, they sound fantastic together, they fill my room with that full bodied sound that's akin to Denon, Marantz type sound.
After the T9 review, I tried to buy one but none were available on Amazon, I eventually found one, ordered it, and the Douk ST-01 (not Pro) was delivered. Oops. The Douk ST-01 I have does do the clicky clicky thing when it goes to sleep every few seconds. Ugh. I like it however, it's in my home office desktop setup and drives two SVS satellites and an older Monoprice sub. Sounds good.
To me, the usb would make this thing great for a workshop where you want to play some music on "real" speakers and not have to have any other electronics in the space due to a dusty/dirty environment. Load a thumb drive up with your favorite music and let it rip.
yes, or like a canteen or something where you dont want people to change input.
Phone....
@@D1N02 If you use your phone for music, have at it. I don't. I use a thumb drive in my vehicle as well.
I love these small and cheap amplifiers for troubleshooting receivers that have pre amp and main amp separations. how's able to quickly find that the hiss in my sx-9000 just by using an aiyima amp for forty bucks. and it sounds great.
Me not really into looks, but I would pay $ for pretty copper rings... And I did. Douk ST-01 Pro, Elac dbr62 reference speakers, Sony Bravia source / mixer for TV, movies, smartphone casts, PC with DVD and digital media, external TB hard drives. No blutooth needed. all volume control, media control from the TV remote. And one remote red ON button for the amp. Too easy. And plenty good. Awesome sound. No sub. Great video!
You might also want to check out the Aiyima T9 PRO with TPA3250 chip, bigger 32v 5A Adapter for more Power, same VU meter PLUS Digital Display Screen too.
Douk-ee audio has a ton of electronic product's, like it's kinda crazy. I have moved on to more "mid-fi" gear since Randy sparked my interest back into hi-fi a couple years ago after I took a good 15 year hiatus from buying anything. (Kids took priority) If anyone reads this that has used Douk-ee products, What do you believe is their best sounding product or model? Enquiring minds wanna know
I liked the P1 but it stopped working, send it back, got a new one, it stopped working, send it back, got a new one, it stopped working after 2 weeks, send it back... well Amazon thought it better just to refund this time. If it didn't break, i would still be loving it.
@@the_dude182 bummer about that. Most people seem to like the P1. You probably got one after they made a bad batch. That is the good thing about Amazon, they are normally very cool with returns and getting your money back.
I like the all black face better than the Douk Audio gold trim
“And that’s what this is all about, isn’t it? Dancing needles on lights.”
Just like the musical Cats, except the dancing needles are cats, and the lights are…well, they’re still lights, but it is on stage, so if you pair these amps with the JBL Stage A130’s, the stage is there, too, and we have reached equilibrium.
The Aiyima T9 PRO added the colored rings in the front (not around the tubes) and an adjustable (sort of) VU meter. I have one and like it. It also doesn't have the click/pop issue the T9 did/does
With the Douk, press the M1 button on the remote and you can turn on and off the sleep. I am building a "As I can afford" system. Speakers first. I bought it just to test speakers and make sure they worked for return issues. So I am currently running the Douk with a Klipsch RP504CII a single speaker... I absolutely love it!! It gets the 504 quite loud too!
How do you rate these compared to the aiyima A07 paired with a T07 DAC?
T9 pro
Subscribed! I keep coming across your great videos, and I can be a "tough" subscriber, but your content is very entertaining. 👍 About a week into the Aiyima T9, using it via USB cable from my laptop as a very-much-upgrade to an old BT speaker. I work from home. Most of the time I'm streaming music from my Plex server, but much video chat during the day as well. So, frankly I don't know how the T9 performs in other environments, but in this service it's fantastic! I have GE 5654s on the way to play with the sound a bit. It's running Polk T15s and I have no complaints.
I compared head to head Douk Audio St-01 Pro with Aiyima T9 Pro today.
It wasn’t even very close. Douk Audio unit is better.
Why? Less shouty female vocals, better midrange vocal resonance on men’s voices.
Both are reasonably musical for the price, well excellent for the price, but Douk Audio is definitely better IMO.
Also, tone controls are very useful on Douk unit especially in these less than perfect little amps. You can make meaningful adjustments for room and music.