Hi everyone
This is my first post, excluding my introductory one.
I just bought the Moondrop Dawn Pro, and was excited to plug it into my HP laptop, connect my wired IEMs and stream some songs from YouTube, etc. etc.
One of my first jobs was to do an A/B comparison between the Dawn Pro (which is obviously exiting my laptop via the USB port, using the connectors that come with the Dawn Pro), and my laptop's 2.5mm headphone socket. I appreciate I can't do a switch test, flicking from one to t'other, but as it happened, I didn't need to. The results were immediately obvious:
The Dawn Pro is noticeably quieter. Am I wrong to assume that my laptop's 2.5mm socket is served by a superior DAC and circuitry than the Dawn Pro is creating/using? Or do I need to purchase a 4.4mm 5 pole balanced lead, and come out of the Dawn Pro that way? But then if I do, does that mean I have to purchase new IEMs with that kind of connectivity???
I apologise for the density of my denseness. I just assumed the improvement from the Dawn Pro would be easily and immediately apparent. It's not, and it's worse. Or so it seems.
Cheers in advance for any help/advice offered. ; - )
This is my first post, excluding my introductory one.
I just bought the Moondrop Dawn Pro, and was excited to plug it into my HP laptop, connect my wired IEMs and stream some songs from YouTube, etc. etc.
One of my first jobs was to do an A/B comparison between the Dawn Pro (which is obviously exiting my laptop via the USB port, using the connectors that come with the Dawn Pro), and my laptop's 2.5mm headphone socket. I appreciate I can't do a switch test, flicking from one to t'other, but as it happened, I didn't need to. The results were immediately obvious:
The Dawn Pro is noticeably quieter. Am I wrong to assume that my laptop's 2.5mm socket is served by a superior DAC and circuitry than the Dawn Pro is creating/using? Or do I need to purchase a 4.4mm 5 pole balanced lead, and come out of the Dawn Pro that way? But then if I do, does that mean I have to purchase new IEMs with that kind of connectivity???
I apologise for the density of my denseness. I just assumed the improvement from the Dawn Pro would be easily and immediately apparent. It's not, and it's worse. Or so it seems.
Cheers in advance for any help/advice offered. ; - )