Enter the modern hifi world. Try this test.

@frank009 

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Now my wife is a complete idiot. she mistakes 10 to 15 mistakes a day. So maybe you have had better luck.

Yes, I did say the above and you quoted me verbatim. It is frustrating or rather disappointing to have a wife like her. You have no idea what I have had to go through. She used to be normal when we met, but she become extraordinarily clumsy and difficult after her and I married. She threatened to sue me or make false allegations against me when I suggested divorce; and I don’t want any trouble. No problem. My system keeps me happy and she spends all her time making silly mistakes anyway. Thank God or whatever you believe in that YOU don’t have to deal with this.

Again, you have the nerve to call me a troll without trying the test for yourself. 

3.5mm to RCA is an UNBALANCED signal, and works the same way as standard RCA to RCA cables that are commonly found on most audio electronics. Seems you don’t even know that. BALANCED connections with XLR connectors are commonly used for microphones and pro audio/PA/broadcast grade gear; and I doubt you’ve even seen your fair share of REAL WORLD systems and PROFESSIONAL audio environments; living in your pretentious self righteous audiophile bubble, with a probably very average-performing mid-fi system; believing you've reached the peak. Keep telling yourself that....else reality is a tough pill to swallow.

This goes to show you are afraid of the results. So you must be the troll here.

Try the test yourself, follow what I’ve written to a tee, then we’ll see whose right and who is wrong.

@audphile1 

Possibly Kenjit is back ?

thankfully my tube DAC appears to be exempt from this…. 

@tomic601  

Bias current and Plate voltage together perfectly explain why (at least on the surface) how you arrive at "tube sound" 

It's really fascinating. 

Even certain types of transistors in amplifiers can color the sound in different, sometimes enjoyable ways.

Who is Kenjit?

I've got Grandchildren off the age where they are now listening to music through their phones with earbuds. It is easy for me to buy into the HiBy FC1, under the guise that I can improve the listening experience for the G'kids.

I don't see buying something like this as a waste; I see it as a purchase that will be an item I investigate prior to my passing it to G'kids, to see how it works with the listening experiences created.

I have just purchased a SS DAC, as my first SS DAC owned. My system's DAC is a Valve DAC. I am keen to listen to a full SS digital system bypassing any Valve equipment I own. A hybrid system will also be trialled as well.

Curiosity is a two-edged sword, and in this case, when the SS DAC is fully assessed, I would really enjoy learning how a very affordable device offering a near equivalent fundamental function compares. Why Not?  

Obviously, If a purchase is made of a HiBy FC1, I would really like to see it be a reasonable description of the OP's experience. 

A friend who owned extremely expensive headphones and also built headphones that surpassed expensive branded models, ventured into a period of trials of very affordable headphones, where the price was not above £50. Using user reviews and their own knowledge, they discovered by chance a headphone they claimed to be exceptional value for money and capable of creating a very positive impression. A headphone they were willing to recommend.  Why can't this be the case with a Digital conversion? 

@tomic601 ...HO, not kenjits' style of posting.  He'd PM on occasion, and I'd attempt to be sympathetic to his messianic ranting; at least he'd calm down a tad. *G*  'Ell, the gathered here have for the most part have dealt with my 'off-topic' 'tude to varied degrees, which I've appreciated....

"Just another day @ the orifice..." ;) 

Frank....just chill....

"If there be self-made hells, we all must live in them."  Spock was either blurring C.S. Lewis. Willy Nelson, and too many others commenting on the human condition.  

Spouse and self are approaching 50 years of 'togetherness mess', not totally hell nor heavenly blissed fog.  We're just happy to have found each other, stayed childless, and not screwed up anyones' elses' life.

She turns 70 the 11th; I hit 3/4s' of a century the 29th.

My 'birthday gift' 7/6 is a right hip total replacement, both appreciated and concerned over the pain, the bed immobility, and the physical therapy follow-on.

We're moving lock, stock, and audio to a new domicile while trying to sell our business where we've had an vaguely upstyled 'bikers' pad' within without the motorcycles. (We used to ride....too fragile of late, but still missing the thrill of it all....*sigh*).

I helped her through therapy for depression and tending bi-polar; she now supports me thru depression and a body that certainly ain't what it used to be if ever.

There was a concern and debate 'twixt my ortho surgeon, my 2 cardios', and my GP whether or not I'd wake from anesthesia

 I 'got lost' for a moment when I received my TAVR surgery for a 2-flap aortic one.

I don't dream during anesthesia, wondering if I'll 'wake Elsewhere'.
Imagine my surprise....

Move over, Mona.  I can 'smile' like you have for all these years...

...just another day in the life of a lifeform in a quantum universe we don't understand and may never fully 'get'.

Be well; be Good; get on with it.  Get over it.  'Ciao, J.