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Nannak_ajaruhtum OP t1_janngts wrote

Reply to comment by Fynniboyy in Running my Ath R70x with my MSI MPG X570 gaming pro wifi motherboard .any good? by Nannak_ajaruhtum

Fiio k7? Any good? Or ifi zen dac v2?

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Jontun189 t1_jansvqb wrote

I'd go for the K7, though I've heard it has a weird volume knob.

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fortean t1_jao4bip wrote

Volume knob is awesome quite frankly.

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Jontun189 t1_jao4pii wrote

Yeah? People seem to complain that it doesn't do much until it's into the second half of a full turn, haven't tried the thing myself so can't vouch for the accuracy of that.

Although imo if it's fully linear without 'stepping' if that makes sense, and isn't scratchy, then it's a decent volume knob.

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fortean t1_jaob5cc wrote

That's definitely not the case with mine. It's fully linear, yeah.

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Jontun189 t1_jaogh31 wrote

I didn't mean fully linear in relation to the complaints I had seen, I meant it as in you turn the dial and it rotates smoothly without doing like, little snaps if that makes sense. What I heard about the complains I could live with, but I couldn't live without a smooth, freely rotating dial.

But I've read your other comment and I understand and agree with what you said.

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fortean t1_jaodr9v wrote

I feel I should say why it's awesome, and I had the same misgivings as you have really, having seen reviews. You set it to 40% or 50% or something and you go there pretty much visually rather than by having a step be +5% or something. It just feels better to me, I know where my headphones should be and I turn on the amp and set them to the desired volume much faster than than when I had a traditional amp (I owned the dx3+ and I very much disliked the clicking noise).

It's definitely something to research before buying, I wasn't sure I'd like it but I'm absolutely sold on it now.

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Cupakov t1_jap1jc3 wrote

I'd recommend the Topping DX3 Pro+, it's a tad cheaper than the FiiO K7

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ThisIsNotJP t1_jantw6z wrote

K7 for sure I’ve had the ifi zen dac v2 - great amp sometimes needs tweaking via driver updates to fix it

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Fynniboyy t1_jano1t2 wrote

The fiio looks like a decent solution, too. Haven't tried it yet.

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