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hey all how are you doing audio head here today we have to Dax in from a company called audio that's as she s CH iit but it is pronounced the same as the swear word today the two Dax are the Modi to you and the Modi multi-bit is called one on the right it with the M logo on the top is actually the multi-bit and the one on the left is the over to Modi to uber today's also the first day that we're using our new recording device so hopefully the noise floor is a little bit better I know some people had asked about that and in case you're wondering the recording device is the zoom h4n show you guys here look you guys in production may remember it it's an older model there is a newer updated version to this but does do even high-res recording and it's kind of like a field recorder for a lot of people so we're going to give it a go see if the sound quality is better hope you guys enjoy that so a lot of you guys might be interested in these Dax they are separates they are small however most importantly they're really a budget amplifier so what we have is a hundred and fifty dollars here on the left and 250 on the right there's a delta sigma type style DAC on the left in the uber - so the second version there's actually another model in the Modi line the Modi to regular is has a single USB input and is also powered by that USB that's $99 but this is the step up from that and then there's one more step up to the multi bit which is trickle down technology from the yagura cell and their other like really high-end letter Dax r2r Dax is another term for kind of a not the Delta Sigma brand of chips and a lot of decks generally used but more of a custom bespoke think it requires a bespoke filter to get it going correctly on the left there is an AKM chip also a decent chip using a lot of high-end players it uses in this version an off-the-shelf default filter so I'll give you my impressions of the sound a little bit later but just keep bear that in mind that there's a default filter on the left and there's a custom filter on the right but generally speaking these two these two guys are really interesting really interesting for the money and in terms of latter Dax this is probably the cheapest ladder DAC produced to date for $250 they come with a full set of inputs and the back so three digital inputs the bait the main ones most consumers use that's coaxial optical and your standard USB they don't DSD in this case but it's pretty rare to find those kind of files for most people who are shopping and this price range might guess to be they don't own too much DSD on top of it so not a big deal breaker for for someone looking at these the RCA outside your standard single-ended outputs and there's a simple on/off switch in the back 3-way selector in the front to switch to switch between the three digital types now in terms of sound I was impressed with the Modi to you the uber on the left it has a good sound and it's definitely step up from the jack at $150 I think one of the things that I found is the decks can be very touch-and-go below a couple hundred bucks there's a there are you know maybe 50 on the market total but many of them are from small manufacturers and they're not super focused on the high-end audio file sound a lot of them are just kind of you as Beach interpretations of things now grant you can also find a bunch of more high-end USB stick style decks in this price range but you're not going to get the full connectivity of the three types and a like a larger real estate footprint that you get with this one on the left the sound is defined it's a step up from the headphone jack on my computer and in my interpretation worth the extra hundred and fifty dollars if you're looking to get more fidelity greater detail out of your computer cool right adds a little bit now that being said these are a little bit different in that they are have a separate power supply that needs a separate connective wall wart to them that design often helps people with keeping the noise level down in terms of design so it requires a separate power supply but when you really look at these it's it's it's a separate brought down from two channel into a small component that can be used on the desktop so the intent here is pretty clear separate power supply lower noise floor higher performance in terms of the sound difference between this one and the multi bit you see on the right the difference is pretty significant in my mind the main concept I'd like to convey about the sound of the multi bit in this execution is that it sounds fatter it sounds body or there's more meat on the bones of the notes on the right that's a pretty good thing that's like kind of one of the elements that you see in entire and really nice digital sound is when the digital conversion just has more of a lifelike full-body feel to it one of the issues that that really high in digital when they pull all the information out when they really get solid detail retrieval unfortunately it gets a little it can get crispy sometimes it can get granular almost this has more of a nice kind of organic feel and a fuller feel throughout the mid-range while applying a nice smooth high-end which is also pretty cool smooth high-end from the USB port not too shabby and then a nice full round I would call base so a nice full round base really rich mids and a smooth treble I'll make it in my opinion at least worth the hundred dollars extra for the one on the right so for 250 it's worth the extra effort I think almost anybody even with untrained ears would be able to listen to these two and hear the difference it's not super subtle like the differences can get with backs this one is more pronounced in my case I think it's a little bit better so it's a win on that thing and definitely worth the step up for another hundred dollars you'll get a really interesting sound from your computer laid out and you also get some very interesting audio file focused technology that you generally don't see you know until you see custom stuff way up the chain so really fun on that the outputs are the same for both these guys so again the Modi to uber and the Modi to multi-bit 150 and 250 really cool if we look into pair this was something you can just plug this in right to your amp that's also one more thing I just want to mention these do not have headphone amplifiers in them specifically they are just individual breakaway decks so you're going to need a headphone amplifier if you want to listen to headphones or you can plug this directly into your stereo so it's a like an intermediary between your computer and your stereo input and that's how you get these going so true inputs at a budget level pretty cool stuff thanks for watching guys I'll catch you on the next one