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Yes yes yes

Yea, but it’s not the same🙁

Yes!

NOPE, just a hackjob version of it.

@@kaleichristensen4463 it does kind of suck that they're not doing the reviews with Matthias anymore, but they have moved on and are doing their own thing now. Such is the way of life.

Quality content is far superior to quantity content 😊👌

Can’t believe I’ve never seen this 7.4 million sub channel til now

Does that retro/ digital typewriter keyboard have Bluetooth?

@@jaredf6205 same here just found him as well

He's saving up for these expensive useless gadgets

And they don't cost a lot haha...

Yeah I was about to post something similar. The drivers in your headphones are analog. Every headphone has analog drivers. It's literally how they work.

no yeah dacs are necessary but not at 2k+

The fact he did not already understand this made me chuckle. There is no such thing as a digital speaker, at some point a thing has to convert the 1's and 0's to a sine wave to feed a driver, and that thing is a DAC. They can be higher or lower quality, but it is what it is. P.S. Dude also looked like he was also outsmarted for a full minute by a paint can. XD

@@HimechinachaeApple dongle DAC works just fine. They have a usb c version too.

I mean honestly audiophiles kind of suck so...

It's also downright wrong, I don't know this guy so I am not sure if it's part of the personality but a lot of the stuff he got wrong could have been solved with a simple search. That product might not appeal to the casual consumer, but that is because it's not made for them,it's made for audiophiles. Those people have no problems spending a big amount of money in new sound products, so the price point and the obtaining of lossless music formats it's not a problem for most of them.

also not understanding what a DAC even is

To be honest $400 headphones are hardly "mid-range". There are sharply diminishing returns at higher prices.

@@alanmonteros6432most audiophile products are just modern snakeoil scam bro

Same!

Dope or nope started of like this, feels like hes revisiting his roots

Dope or nope has always been just him reviewing things. He did apps, Amazon items, etc, so he’s going back to his roots, which I really appreciate. Welcome back, Matthias.

Totally agree ! Looking forward to the next video

This video sucks! :(

It's also good to add that the DAC alone won't make your music sound good. You also need high quality sound files, amplifier, cables for the analogue part, and speakers. The quality to price ratio really jumps off a cliff when you get past a certain price point, and that's before you stop to consider how good your hearing even is.

@@bartz0rt928 The cables part is a bit silly though, TBH. I've made interconnects that sound just as good as expensive cables.

Also, I feel like he didn't try very hard to find normal music on HD Tracks. My dad and I have bought a bunch of music from there, and they have a lot of classics. Just by filtering by 96/24 in the rock section, I saw David Bowie, Deep Purple, KISS, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Jethro Tull, and SEVERAL Bon Jovi albums.

Also the DPSL2 is a DAP not a DAC. DAP is just a digital audio player, aka MP3 player. This term is used since they play a lot more formats besides MP3 only. The main advantages of a DAP vs a smartphone could be higher quality components for audio and lover quality everywhere else usually (screens, processor, software). You also regain a few things like a headphone jack and an amp that can run reasonable headphones and IEMs (in ear monitors/earbuds). My favorite feature is getting rid of the phone with all the notifications and other distractions when I just want to listen to some music, since you can use a reasonable Bluetooth or usb DAC connected to most phones to get the same audio hardware benefits of a DAP with all the extras that come with a phone (good and bad). That said $2200 is kinda silly. Something from Sony, Hiby, Fiio, Cayin, or a bunch of other manufacturers in the $100 - $1000 range is fine. And really the wide range is mainly for things like brand or if you want a less compromised everything else experience on the player since most run modified android with some changes on the backend to allow for more audio options then stock has. I use a Shanling M3x (around $200) for my DAP when I want to disconnect from my phone and a Fiio BTR5 (about $100) to allow my phone to connect to my wired IEMs when I want better audio then my Bluetooth buds but I need to be more attentive to my phone. There are cheaper options that get probably get really close to what I use and more expensive options that are slightly better.

Even the crappiest DAC's these days are so good that so-called professional "ears" can't tell the difference between them. The low bitrate ones are almost exclusively used for sensor or position encoding functions where less data is actually preferable. There's no incentive to substitute those into audio designs because the cost is the same. Like, 12¢/unit on a bulk tape reel. You can pay an awful lot for higher resolution DAC's but, in double-blind tests, nobody could tell the difference.

he's Spotify normie

Where you find them?😢

+1, every speaker has to get an analog signal

This isn’t a new format. This is what dope or nope was like in the beginning.

​@@KristenZianourry2015fr, bros not a real one

Matt used to get up to early jacksepticeye levels of loud around 2 - 4+ years back. It was still fun to watch and he wasn't faking his energy but boy was he loud. He's definitely chilled out a lot

Yeah but this is more like reviewing actual products and actually giving them a score instead of doing it for fun.

Wait a minute, I've been busy with life and haven't watched in a while. What happened to Team Edge?

@@JustWatchingSomeStuff this part, just seeing Matt was kinda weird compared to wat i was remembering

@JustWatchingSomeStuff Bobby left the channel. Brian and J-Fred tried to continue, but they either ran out of ideas or they lost the passion for it. I could tell in the last couple of games that the drive was gone. So they ended Team Edge to pursue their own things.

@@denniscrow4724damn man 😕 poor Matt losing all these great people

think we all did its just not the same anymore though not even when it was just matt originally

Dude. I love that ad. It's so creative and fun. I'm just poking at it and having my own fun. But seriously I watched that ad like 10 times. Props to you guys! For real though, if I ever launch a product, hiring you guys.

Everything Sandwich makes is gold. Panic too.

Mmmmm Sandwich 🤤

It's a nice Maybe! ngl

I love you sandwich

Yep. And that DAC can actually be used with streaming services, but it loses portability (and Spotify doesn't have great quality, the highest mode on it is pretty comparable to MP3 320kbps, compared to Tidal which is much better in that regard), just connect it to the PC via USB and use it as an USB DAC. There are also other Bluetooth DACs out there (but iPhone is not really the greatest for it since it only supports AAC codec, and AAC is lossy afaik).

That Pink Floyd cover looks quiet cool

@rgerber looks "quiet cool" huh? Maybe learn how to spell then you can be cool

Even more, my understanding is everything that plays music files have a DAC somewhere in them, as headphones don’t work with a digital signal, the pivotal pulses must be converted to a continuous signal for the drivers to function

​@@sonicfannin6701And it doesn't even have to be a clean, hi-res DAC for even the most discriminating ear (or even oscilloscope) to have clean sine output. It's amazing what audiophiles will pay for.

you could even say it's DOPE.

An app for your TV that emulated it would be cool. When you aren't using the TV it randomly displays stuff. Also that way you could adjust the volume on the clunk clunking.

​@@1978garfield There are a number of "dashboard" apps you can get for your smart TV that display whatever information you want on it when you aren't using it as a TV. couldn't name any off the top of my head but search for "tv dashboard"

It might be very cool in a noisy environment. Noisy financially privileged environment.

And definitely not a reference to big brother government watching you, no sir.

Isn't "little brother" slang in China for your wee-wee?

Literally the same dude 😂

Me too!!!!

Same 😂

I wonder how the algorithm works? the same happened to me, do creators pay? or was it a RU-vid decision?

Mee too, I was there before his channel checked the name from Mathiass to Dope or Nope, this is crazy

Thank you for the encouragement

@@DOPEorNOPE keep going man

@@DOPEorNOPE you got this! praying for yah man..

This is the first time I've seen this - and digging it ! :)

Thanks man! You're killing it yourself!

so much this

"oooOOOHH MY PKCELL!!!"

something about a green iPad 😖

Same

I was just gonna say that you’re only saying that because he’s your husband but then I realized you’re right. Not that I love him or anything but you know what I mean

Can you tell is where he got the candles? The public needs to know haha

Cute

how has matt not replied to his wife??

@Thalia_Grace lol why are you hunting me? Lol 😆

*pushes up glasses* Um, actually the mic input uses an ADC.

@@icebergmm *pushes up glasses even further* ADC = analog-to-digital converter; a DAC in reverse I know what you mean tho lol Also, fun fact: ADC's are used in cameras to convert light into digital signals

This! DACs are everywhere. Directly listening to digital audio is impossible.. it's always analog before it reaches your ears 😊

Why didn't homeboy plug the sennheiser's into the iPhone?

Just what I was about to say. No digital music without a diigital to analog converter. Digital is only the way it's stored or transmitted.

Thanks! I'll take note of that detail. 👌

​@@DOPEorNOPE Glad to see more content from this channel 😃

I don't know how I've missed it but this is the first DoN video I've ever seen and man it's impressive. It's like a very wealthy dad just decided to make cool YT vids one day. Obviously the prod quality and content shows experience but I wouldn't have guessed 13 years and 1098 videos. Very cool (and funny!) and as a middle aged big kid myself I approve, especially of your gadget wall, man that is sick. 😎👍👌

Also for the playdate, you can skip ahead to the current game releases, so you'll get all the games at once that are already released

@@WaffleCat Dope!

Your land line phone has an input if you go to 31:49 on your video, the input is there next to your right thumb (big knuckle). You plug it in and the cord slips under the tab in that groove to hold it in place and shoot the chord out the side. Give it a go!

Hi

its a few steps above the average mp3 player

@@documentthedrama8279 still mp3 player. if you want a player that doesn't have dac you'll have to go full analog with vinyl records and turntables.

​@@cfilorvyls457re: cassettes

This isn’t a new format. This is what dope or nope was like in the beginning.

Yeahhh it’s like back to the Matthias channel again!

Omg same I still listen to it!!

Same here

I still listen to it so much nowadays also! It brings back the memories of how Matt started his youtube journey by winning internet icon 😭 its just such a great song!

That one and Fade Away are my favourites, plus sometimes the parody songs like I'm on an Iphone 😂.

@@McSmurfy I love that one too! Dreaming is also a really good one and as for parodies I love "I'm on an Iphone" a lot, "fast asleep" too

Thank you!