# The first sun # Onkyo Onkyo DP-X1A lossless player - listening to music, you can better yourself

After the fall of walkman in the field of portable music players was ruled by Apple's iPod series, but after the rise of smart machines, it was quickly integrated with smart phones such as card cameras and mp4 players, and even the industry’s overlord Apple had abandoned it for years. The ipod series has been updated.

But just as smart phones have disappeared but DC has failed to replace SLR cameras, the demise of low-end portable music players has also stimulated the industry towards high-end development. In order to achieve better musical effects, many domestic manufacturers put desktop desktop player components. All of them were stuffed into portable devices, which also led to a sharp increase in the size and weight of personal equipment. This is also the origin of the name “National Tile”.

(Famous brick - Colorful C4, very wasteland style)

However, in the past two years, a series of music players suddenly burst into flames in the circle of enthusiasts, that is, Avery in the mp3 era and its AK series. People are amazed at the fact that players with such a high price will actually be able to buy a purse if they can buy it, and if they can do well in terms of sound quality and appearance, they will be able to attract consumers' wallets. It is also true that many bricks have been built to “beauty”, and foreign manufacturers are also trying their best to build this high premium product.

(AK series's current flagship - AK380)

Onkyo and Pioneer are both established audio manufacturers in Japan and have a large number of audio products in HiFi's atmosphere. In 2015, Onkyo and Pioneer jointly launched two portable players, the Pioneer XDP-100R and Onkyo DP-X1. The basic configuration of the two products is consistent with the use of Qualcomm Xiaolong 800 soc and the Android system as the kernel, can be seen as a cellular phone module castration; and the difference is XDP-100R appearance protection bars and speakers, and DP -X1 has a separate 2.5mm balanced output. Both of these products have a lot of sun bills for the Aunt, and those who are interested can learn about it. ,

(Left: dp-x1; Right: XDP-100R)

After the launch of the previous generation products, they received a lot of praise from overseas and Hong Kong regions. So in 2016, Onkyo and Pioneer introduced the upgrade products of the previous generation products - Pioneer's XDP-300R and Onkyo's DP-X1A, literally XDP- The 300R removed the bumper bar and outboard and added a balancing port (this is not the same as the DP-X1), while the DP-X1A upgraded by upgrading the Black Diamond capacitor and upgrading the built-in storage from 32g to 64g. Such a lack of sincerity is still very rare. However, based on the principle of buying new products instead of buying them, I purchased DP-X1A at the Yamada Electronics Co., Ltd. in Shinjuku during the trip to Japan, equivalent to about RMB 3,500. After watching the circle aunt did not open the box, let me come to the first sun.

I couldn't help but to open it in the hotel that night, so now it is a fake box. The protective film on the screen is also torn off.

The packaging is not very big. In the upper right corner, a small gold label marked with hi-res is highlighted. On the back is the description of the parameters in Japanese, English and French. The side is written with onkyo since 1946.

You can see the main body by taking out the package and opening it. Surprisingly, there is only one USB cable and manual in the whole package, and there is nothing else. Heaven, this is too embarrassing.

So we still focus on the player body, dp-x1a adopts all-metal integrated design, the entire machine is stamped from a piece of alloy, the lines are very tough, the whole body does not have any traces of rivets and screws, while the body grinding Very delicate, matte treatment is not easily contaminated with fingerprints. Erosion on the fuselage carved models, button icons and cursive font of the word twin dac, the volume key on the left side of the fuselage, a stepless adjustment knob, the metal polished the outer edge to increase friction, while the button on the back of the The area is sagmed and the hand feels extraordinary when it is right-handed. The overall exposure to high-end atmosphere feels.

The screen uses a 5-inch 720p resolution ips screen, which is less than the top level of current mobile phones, but more than enough for a music player. Sensitive touch screen, there will not be some country bricks can not slide such an awkward thing. As an Android device, the hardware specifications have not changed compared to the previous generation. They are also Qualcomm Xiaolong 800 processor, 2GB RAM, built-in storage space upgrade to 64GB, support for two up to 200GB microSD card, a total capacity of up to 464GB, the battery capacity is still the same It is 1630mAh. Basically as a smart device can only reach the level of passing, but it is more appropriate to run the music player than you wouldn't use a player to play the broken Sanhewang pesticide.

Look at the design of the fuselage interface, in addition to the front of the screen without any buttons, the left is only a volume knob, the top of the fuselage is equipped with 3.5mm headphone jack and 2.5mm balanced interface, below the microUSB interface; all the operating keys are basically Focus on the right side, from top to bottom are the switch, the next song, play / pause, on a song, then down two tf card slot; the back of course, in addition to the nameplate outside the dark one, the integrity of the machine Very strong.

But dp-x1a did not replace the mold also represents the inherited the shortcomings of the previous generation of various designs, the first tough shape determines the grip is not very good, cutting the inevitable situation; metal body in this winter Is also a very frozen person; at the same time, the right side of the four buttons is still hard to be the case, especially the key to open the screen must be clicked on the button, very difficult to press, do not know whether Onkyo had thought double-click the screen bright screen function Add to firmware upgrade.

Interestingly, I actually found a Hermès Special Edition DP-X1A on the Onkyo official website. Fans can consider it.

As a music player, let's listen directly to the song. We don't do anything like running the sort of two hundred and five. But first, let's introduce the audio-related hardware of dp-x1a, as well as the operating system and player.

First, the DP-x1a decoder chip uses two ES9018K2M, supports up to 24bit/384Khz PCM audio and up to 11.2M DSD audio, and built-in two SABRE 9601K op amp chip, these are exactly the same as the previous DP-X1 . In order to make the audio part completely undisturbed by the Android part, dp-x1a made them separately on two substrates, physically isolating the signal interference.

The operating system is based on Android 5.11, and there is no change compared to the previous generation. At the same time, the UI is basically close to the native system without any customization. Because it is bought in Japan, Google family barrels are also readily available. It's worth mentioning that Onkybashi's custom player is present on the second screen as a desktop widget. And there are four output modes that are noticeable below: Line out (linear output mode), stand alone (off all wireless transmitters and receivers), ACG (not the mode you want to hear acg music, but Active Control Ground Balance Output mode) and Balance (balanced mode). Because it is set on the desktop, it can be adjusted very quickly.

(nearly native UI)

(The second screen on the desktop, you can directly implement music playback and output options)

The music player as an Android app does not know whether it can be reverse coded for use by other Android devices, but from the player's point of view, the interface is not fancy but is also far from the domestic app, so the feature part is very powerful. The EQ adjustment mode, in addition to several preset EQs common to players, there are many EQ tuning options available for masters. If you have patience, you can select the most suitable one for you. Very high sex.

Also worth mentioning is that as an Android device, standby power consumption at 1400 mAh is also a problem, especially with the Google family barrel is even worse, anyway, I usually listen to music to be honestly shut down.

Having said so much, what is the sound quality in the end? Let's test it. The headphones choose dynamic iron, dynamic coil and coiled iron—respectively, the xba-300ap, xba-H3, and the iron triangle ckr9 of the Dafa are all in thousands of yuan. The price of sweet-level headphones believe that more representative, for the 300ap and h3 these two line headsets. Wire selection In addition to the original line, there is an official upgrade of 3.5mm line outside a line of single crystal copper balance wire purchased from Taobao; the test track is still my usual song list, which basically includes male and female students in the preparation of small preparation.

First of all, from the equipment comparison point, compared to the mobile phone (iphone6s) DP-X1A is the most obvious increase in the resolution of the upgrade, a song could not hear the sounds of the original, and stirred together in the shadow of obliteration in the dark Suddenly straightened out, it is very pleasing to those who love small music. However, there is not much difference between the sound field and the timbre of the mobile phone, which is far from obvious for a headset.

If I compare my usual mobile phone + AMP playback mode, I have been using the iphone + innovative E5 as a portable music device. Under the thrust of E5, the sound field will be much larger. At the same time, if you select DAC decoding on the E5, the sound quality will be warmer, although the resolution is still lost to DP-X1A, but the long listening comfort on the phone + E5 combination It will be better.

However, it is worth mentioning that the above tests all use the results of a 3.5mm analog interface headset test. If you replace the balanced cable, will the DP-X1A change a lot? The answer is yes, after the sound from the balance port, the same headphone sound will have a lot of changes, the most intuitive or analytic to further enhance, especially when using dynamic iron headphones, some high-frequency part of your original Unintelligible sounds will appear in your ears; in addition, there will be improvement in the sound field, and the surrounding sense will be strengthened. Although the thrust is still weak, it is far better than the mobile phone. In addition, the body's own output mode ACG (Active Control Ground balanced output mode) can maintain the grounded negative pole at 0V, ensuring a stable, low-noise output and a quieter background. Sound can be found after the trial. Further pure cold.

In general, the DP-X1A is a reflexive playback device. The timbre is cold in the absence of EQ, and the electronic taste is heavier. For those of us who like to listen to warm, clear female voice songs, it is a device that is excellent in quality but not very appealing to the ears. In the case of playing, I still like the sound of an external amp, but it will lose the analysis of violence, making it difficult to choose.

The DP-X1A machine is very good in terms of design, workmanship and quality. The price of nearly 6,000 RMB when it is listed has currently fallen to more than 3,000 yuan in Japan on many occasions. It is also more difficult to find better choices. From the point of view of sound quality, it has great advantages for the small compilation of music and electric sounds, etc. Balanced mouth has an extra bonus; but for vocals, it is somewhat backward, it is difficult for me to stick to this kind of ear control. At the same time, because there is no licensed agent that can only buy parallel imports, it is only recommended for old drivers who know their tastes and understand that they want to upgrade at that location. It is not recommended for newbies.

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