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Bitzie Startup

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    Posted: 26 Sep 2013 at 10:34pm
I am new in this forum, so first I want to say welcome to all members and especially Graham Slee!
These are my impressions with the new Bitzie DAC. (in advance there were 72h nonstop operation for first burn-in).
The Sound with my beloved AKG K141 Studio Headphone is absolute convincing: deep and defined bass, genuine, straight mids and spacious, airy highs. I did not expect such a great performance, first and foremost I only tried compressed material!  (128-320kBps mp3 and ogg files).
Volume is absolutely sufficient unless you want to damage your ears.
Next Test: I connected the Bitzie DIRECTLY to my Dual Mono Output Stage and the speakers.
The result really blew me off:  A realistic, very musical and detailed soundstage, paired with a deep and fast bass, emerged into the room. With uncompressed 44.1kHz .wav or flac Files soundstage and definition of course are better.
I have a few 96kHz files made from my LPs- The Bitzie played them absolutely realistic!
As nothing else lies in the signal path, I claim to hear that the output stage of the Bitzie is a truly musical one - made for long-term listening.
For potential Bitzie customers in this forum, this might be interesting:
I use Opensuse Linux 12.3, standard ALSA drivers and audacious, a lightweight player, with all re-sampling and software controls turned off. The Bitzie works out of the box with no hassle at all. It also works with Audacity under Opensuse 12.3.
I also tested the Bitzie succesfully with a Samsung Galaxy Express under Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. USB OTG Cable is required.





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Thank you Thin Lizzy.
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