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Some DAC's do but the reliability is questioned. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/usb-dac-that-shows-bit-depth-on-display.23349/

The Eversolo is a streamer. It knows the source and because of that the bit depth. A DAC like the FiiO doesn't know the source, it receives a protocol like SPDIF or UAC2

I wonder if displaying the actual bit depth of the source by a DAC is possible at all. About 10 years ago media players started implementing WASAPI in Exclusive mode. When playing a 16 bit file, my DAC stayed mute. It is a 24 bit one so needs 24 bit in the register to function properly. Had...

No, the reverse. The Marantz has 2 digital inputs only, a optical and a coax. No digital out. So TV > SPDIF over optical > converter to SPDIF electrical > coax input on amp.

Try a hairdryer. As soon as the adhesive gets warm, you can peel it of without damage.

No. Balanced as used to connect gear at line level is a hot (the signal), a cold (the reverse of the hot) and a ground. At the receiver a differential amp compares the hot and the cold and any difference is removed. This is called common noise rejection. In case of a "balanced" headphone...

Really? In the 80's the HiFi people uses graphic equalizers. The Audiophiles insisted on removing tone control, balance as this of course was tampering with sound quality. Less is More! Today you won't have something as primitive as tone control. You use EQ or DRC (Digital Room Correction)...

XLR is most about rugged reliability. You have a hot (the signal), a cold (the inverse of the signal) and a signal ground. At the receiver the hot and the cold are compared and any difference is removed (common noise rejection). This makes XLR ideal for a busy environment where tons of gear are...

What about Michael Fidler: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/michael-fidler-spartan-20-phono-stage-review.61993/

I know that there are 2 type of audio formats. The ones with a fixed frame like MP3. They don't play gapless by design as the last frame will most of the time contain some white. As all audio formats must be expanded to LPCM, a developer can strip this white. Files with a variable frame like...

How to store your files gapless?

USB is about a host and peripherals. A to B is (or was) very common to connect a host (PC) to a peripheral (DAC). Today of course it might be USB-C as well. Obvious the host is in charge. Either the host (the media player on the host) is able to play gapless or not. A to A/B/C where A/B/C...

The answer is correct if you use it as a USB DAC. This means the USB-B port. The answer is nonsense as your question is about the USB-A so a external USB drive. There it is the media player inside the Hegel that is able to play gapless or not.

Mono is defined as 1 channel. Stereo id defined as 2 channels. A single speaker sums L and R. What else could they do? Of course you can't get the stereo image with 1, you need 2 speakers do so. But I wonder why you expect reviewers to state the very, very obvious.

Yes. Bluetooth audio is limited to approximately 1000 kbs = 1Mbps WiFi 802.11g (2003): Combined features of 802.11a and b, achieving speeds up to 54 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band. For reference CD =2x16x44.1=1411 kbs Highres like a 2x24x192=9216 kbs