From what I recall didn’t they say the 69c auto shutdown is way below a temperature that would actually affect the internals anyway? It can get as hot as it wants but as long as the internals aren’t getting fried to death I couldn’t care less

I was not a believer at all in keeping your amp on overnight but I have started to notice I always seem to enjoy music a lot more towards the end of the day when the amp has been on for a while... might keep it on overnight for a few days to see if I still feel the same way

I was just listening to that last night! Fantastic album. I've been giving Radiohead's 'In Rainbows: Live from the Basement' album a listen too, equally as great

yeah, I do have a feeling it's because I was passing it through a thunderbolt 4 dock -- but I'm not willing to give up the convenience. I can't notice a difference between coax and USBH anyway

I've only ever used the TT with an external amp in Aune S17 Pro. there is admittedly a massive retail price differential, so maybe I'm bottlenecking the TT's performance a bit, but I use neither 3.5mm or 6.3mm jacks and have no intention of using either :P the Aune s17 pro provides almost a...

I think its entirely fair to almost call them the Apple of this hobby, where they always cherry pick numbers and use the 'best-sounding' ones regardless of how useful or relevant they actually are :P

measurements mean nothing if your ears hate it :) that's my general attitude towards it. I appreciate graphs as theyre a reflection of the manufacturer's care in producing sound, but ultimately they should not define your opinion on it! lovely, I'll have a look through them all I will admit...

agreed, I would never buy iFi products brand new -- but if I can get a good price for it, why not? :P what would be good upgrades from Aune S17 PRO? I'm interested in still keeping the unit and using it as a preamp to see how it performs

hi, I used to have an iFi Zen DAC paired with this -- completely fine. of course the sound will still feel a bit 'digital' and less lifelike, but for the price you pay, no problems whatsoever. I hooked it up balanced via 4.4 to XLR, which is also another cable that iFi produces. there is a...

got my hands on this recently, no issues with it whatsoever and brought life back to my Hugo TT -> Aune S17 Pro set-up after I felt like it lost some personality switching from USB to optical input. very pleased with the investment so far I will say though the adapter they provide in the box...

Final hardware addition to the family: Quloos QU02 DDC. Just got it now but initial impressions are that it seems to bring life back to my setup after losing a bit of it changing to optical directly from a cheap USB-to-SPDIF adapter to avoid the handshake loss issue I had with my Hugo TT. Very...

I would be interested to see if the amps sounds any differently between batches? What changes did they make to get the temperatures lower on new batches?

interesting, although I have had the issue happen to me when I've switched back to fixed line output manually myself. I've bought a usb to optical output just to troubleshoot further, but will definitely keep your suggestion in mind. cheers!

thanks! ah yeah I don't expect a change in sound, but honestly speaking this 4.4mm cable sucks and gets tangled way too easily. I've seen a cable from Custom Cans first hand and they're very nicely braided and flexible, and I think balanced amps are more likely to have a XLR headphone output...

cheers for this, honestly speaking can't notice a difference so I think I'm just gonna turn it off and save some energy! in other news, I've noticed that on fixed line output it occasionally just blasts static noise. I've read that it's something to do with USB cables, but this can't possibly...

Set up pic :) up next, XLR cable for my headphones!

Might have to give that a try some time in the future if I ever get the chance then!

just picked this up and I'm loving the DAC, but the light is... rather bright to say the least lol is there any benefit to always leaving it on, or am I good to turn it off once I head off to bed?

I wasn't overly convinced with R2R DACs when I tried them with the S17 Pro -- nothing wrong with it, just did not wow me enough to spend that much. What did wow me were Chord DACs; I managed to pick up a Hugo TT for a reasonable price and I have been enjoying it for a bit now. All I can say is...

in-line attenuators seem to do the trick too, most popular ones (at least in the UK) seem to be manufactured by Rothwell Audio -- they have ones for XLR and RCA inputs. I've not tried either but will definitely look into picking some up in future, especially as I'm leaning towards Qutest which...

super interesting set-up. my unit has the issue of sounding completely different after the 56 mark but it was far too loud for me, but reading this has reminded me I can still adjust the volume knob on my iFi Zen DAC (I typically keep it on fixed mode when hooked up to an amp, but of course I...

My amp never goes above 56C on 100 MA, but I do have some pretty big feet under it and it's rested on the top shelf of my rack. My room also doesn't get very hot, but we'll see in the hotter months. I think just making sure there's plenty of space underneath, you'll be fine - but YMMV!

gorgeous pair of headphones, looking forward to reading reviews!

I had the opportunity to try the Aune S17 Pro with a bunch of different R2R DACs: Holo Audio Cyan 2 Chord Qutest PowerDAC-RX PowerDAC-RX, wasn't a massive fan of. Vocals didn't seem as forward anymore, lost a lot of oomph in bass. Great if you're someone who really likes a neutral, flat sound...

third and most importantly, what do your ears like when listening to music? it's all well and good talking about graphs and neutrality but if your ears hate what it produces, then your ears hate what it produces. navigate from what you've liked in the past and build from there opinions are...