(18-Dec-2014, 20:39)kenreau Wrote: Greetings Atoine,
Curious about your impression of the TotalDac USB cable now. I just received mine yesterday and started running it in. I also purchased the TotalDac Ethernet cable to go between my NAS and mac mini server and experiment with in various configurations like the AIR ethernet.
Kenreau
Hi Kenreau,
Sorry for my late reply, I haven't been online much the past two weeks. I'm very happy with the TotalDAC USB cable. I have indeed forgotten to post my impressions here in this topic but did write something about it here: http://devialetchat.com/Thread-Ethernet-...84#pid6384
It's definitely a keeper, together with JCAT battery and USB card I also added recently I find my system is really finished now and I enjoy the sound very much. I just saw a review of the JCAT products here and I recognize very much what the writer wrote: "gloriously organic, rich, warm, yet extremely detailed and dynamic sound quality". Initially I thought it was perhaps a bit too warm as you can read in the link above, I now think it's right/balanced.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/eq..._Cable.htm
(20-Dec-2014, 23:19)Sylvain27 Wrote:(19-Nov-2014, 22:36)Antoine Wrote: No longer will I have to "fear" an empty battery (happened to my twice already, after forgetting to switch it off! ))
Hello Antoine,
I have a KingRex UPower battery with a JCAT USB card and a KingRex Y-cable for several weeks now and I had to charge it only once : when I had it for the first time. I think only the green led when it's on really needs current (maybe 10 mA ?), so with 2600 mAh, it should work 260 h without recharging. Do you agree?
Best regards,
Sylvain
Hi Sylvain,
In my case I had the Kingrex battery PSU power the JCAT USB card and Devialet as well. So that, the green LED and the conversion losses due to downvolting to 5V are what totals the power usage I think. I actually never timed how long the Kingrex lasted or measured the power draw when in use but if you have a multimeter you could measure this/the current output of the Kingrex. But calculating battery capacity/how long it lasts with a given load is fairly difficult since you can't fully discharge it and there are internal losses as well. You could Google for it if you really want to do this, an example here: http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/batterycalculation/
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