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So...It turns out the PS4 can output audio from USB, which opens up a bunch of options. Ended up getting a JDS Labs ODAC.
If you haven't heard about it, it was designed by an anonymous engineer known as NwAvGuy who caused a bit of a stir in 2011/12 by measuring various equipment and calling BS on a lot of overpriced audiophile snake oil using actual objective data. He then designed this DAC and a headphone amp, released the designs under the Apache licence and vanished.
A few companies are making his designs but the licence doesn't allow for adaptations.His blog is still up and makes a great read. This particular article on our hearing bias is really interesting, to some.
nwavguy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/what-we-hear.htmlI nearly bought one after hearing that certain headphones [HD800] were so hungry (after I'd ordered the headphones) ...thankfully my gear outputs loud enough. Amazing how touchy folk got on the whole topic.
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So...
It turns out the PS4 can output audio from USB, which opens up a bunch of options. Ended up getting a JDS Labs ODAC.
If you haven't heard about it, it was designed by an anonymous engineer known as NwAvGuy who caused a bit of a stir in 2011/12 by measuring various equipment and calling BS on a lot of overpriced audiophile snake oil using actual objective data. He then designed this DAC and a headphone amp, released the designs under the Apache licence and vanished.
A few companies are making his designs but the licence doesn't allow for adaptations.
His blog is still up and makes a great read. This particular article on our hearing bias is really interesting, to some.
http://nwavguy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/what-we-hear.html