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[deleted] t1_j0tqjbt wrote

Not 3.8V but 3.8W

Volt =/= Watt. big difference

But: even low gain single ended should be powerful enough to rattle your skull, if the specs are to be trusted.

Edit: Looked up the device, those manufacturer claimed numbers sound like a load of horseshit to me! Even big desktop amps dont have these ridiculous power figures, let alone any 50 buck mobile dac...

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blorg t1_j0tsks6 wrote

They are actually voltage figures, and they are accurate. It even says "voltage". Someone added on the mW by mistake, it should be mV, it's a typo. On the device it says 1.8V / 3.8V.

These are typical numbers for a high power dongle, these typically do up to 1V low power SE, 2V high power SE, 2V low power balanced, 4V high power balanced. Max power will typically top out around 200-240mW in high power balanced, they are current limited into low impedances and won't do anywhere near the full 4V. They will do full voltage into higher impedances, 3.8V into 300Ω is only 48mW.

These numbers are just below that, 900mV, 1.8V, 1.8V, 3.8V. That's right for a dual CS43131 dongle.

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[deleted] t1_j0tsxoy wrote

Thats just dumb then, isn't it?

If they can't even label their spec sheet correctly, how can I trust them to do anything else right?

Imagine intel saying their CPU clocks to about 3.8 Gigabyte lmao ...

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blorg t1_j0ttiee wrote

Welcome to ChiFi, they are actually a lot better at making this stuff than writing English marketing materials.

Would you trust companies like Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Coke or Pepsi? They have made similar mistakes translating for the Chinese market.

>1) Pepsi “Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation” Mistranslated into “Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Dead”
>2) KFC “Finger Lickin” Good Mistranslated into “Eat Your Fingers Off”
>3) Mercedes Benz Used The Name Bensi Which Means “Rush to Die”
>4) Apple’s iPhone 7 Was Translated as a Sex Organ in Cantonese
>5) Coca-Cola’s Band Name Translates “Bite the Wax Tadpole” Initially

https://limpid-translations.com/2022/02/08/when-chinese-translations-gone/

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[deleted] t1_j0tvft5 wrote

Using the wrong unit has nothing to do with translation tho?

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