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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- UPDATE 10th March 2023: My unit has failed. See my pinned comment for more details.
A cheap and convenient little device.
#UGREEN #DACAMP
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Link to the item on Shopee: shopee.sg/UGREEN-Bluetooth-5....
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Credits for the background music:
Treat Yourself - Dyalla
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Features
0:36 Sound
1:28 Battery Life
1:38 Conclusion - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
UPDATE March 10th 2023: my unit has starting failing with the audio cutting out at times since about a week ago. seems like the audio jack itself is starting to go. sometimes unplugging and plugging in my earphones will fix it for a while, but it's annoying enough that I wouldn't want to use it anymore. While it did last quite some time (1 year+) which seems okay considering the price, I actually don't use them that heavily. So I would probably still say reliability is below average. Not sure if they have improved it over the year or so with newer batches, but it's something to be aware of at least.
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astonishing video Alex Hong. I shattered the thumbs up on your video. Keep on up the wonderful work.
Nice one Alex. Thanks for the review.
The only great review of this unit with captions, it's quite sad that there isn't more reviews about this bluetooth dac.
to be honest this is a good product, and it is cheap have been using this for one year and half the only issue for me was the battery got blaoted, i think they need to improve their battery and also the clip broke after just a month of use but all in all great product i like the sound quality it is better and cleaner crisp compare to using your headfone directly to your phone or pc.
Hey Alex, do you have any suggestions on a dongle/dac for my iPhone 8 coupled with Tanya and Oxygen possibly with Cirrus Logic chip?
I have the Tanchjim Stargate dongle dac and the Apple dongle already but I am a little unsatisfied because of a lack of more power.
Note that I found out that the iPhone SE P2 jack is better that if my dongles. Thanks
hmm. i think iPhones might be a bit hard since ultimately there is a bottleneck at the lightning port. I haven't really tried much options, but JCALLY JM10 with BHD firmware (which outputs max power all the time), seems to have a bit more power than the apple lightning dongle. I'm guessing tempotec sonata hd pro with bhd firmware would be the same too. A lot of the cirrus logic implementation seems to use adaptive output, which sort of doesn't work well for the Tanya especially. I do know the apple usb-c version is a bit more powerful than the lightning version though when plugged into a computer, and it's a fixed output. So even though it's not the most powerful, it sounds better than this UGREEN DAC and the JCALLY JM10 (with stock firmware) to me.
I have heard that using the apple lightning camera (to USB-A) adapter can help to draw more power, but not sure how true though. I'm starting to feel like maybe bluetooth DACs might be easier to deal with compared to lightning port (also not sure how long apple will keep using lightning). 😂 The iFi Blu Go seems to have a decent amount of power and is using CS43131 too, though i've heard the bluetooth connection is a little weaker.
hmm good
hows the battery life?
Thx for the review. Any better alternatives if budget is not your problem?
thanks! unfortunately i've not tried anything else like this so can't say for sure. But the Fiio BTR5 and Qudelix-5K does come to mind as 2 of the options that is very popular in the audiophile community. so probably can't go wrong with either of those!
May I know if your unit held up well? Considering this or BTR3k for SHP9500 and a couple of earbuds. Thank you, great review! It's the only one I found for this unit.
Which one you end up getting? I am looking at ugreen too
@@ozzieblackcherry0707 btr3k. No regrets, it sounds great.
@@joremnuevo3252 thank you
Nice short review 👍
JCALLY JM20 has the same cs43131 dac chip but what's the difference between that and JM10?
Have you tried the JCALLY JM40 or JM50 with the ESS saber dac?
One more question - KZ EDC are hard to drive. Which dac is best suitable?
not sure what's between those 2 dongles actually haha. but at this point i'm probably not going to be trying more dongles since a lot of the time they don't sound that different to me. I only hear bigger differences when power are involved like bigger dongles with more power, or regular dongles with less power. and i don't really need a ton of power most of the time. 😂 I think anything that can output a higher power all the time would work? A lot of the CS43131 implementation seems to use adaptive output, which might not be the best option for harder to drive, but lower impedance stuff. I imagine Tempotec Sonata HD Pro or JCALLY JM10 with BHD firmware would be fine? But in the end, they are still dongles and will have some limitations in terms of output. 😂
@@axhng appreciate your response 👍
@@axhng Hi Sir what do you prefer to buy Jcally Jm40 or Jm10 its my first time to buy a DAC 😅
Ess jcally dacs are garbage . Better get the jm10 , jm20 has a neutral kinda bright signature , so if u have a bright iem it will really make it bright and cause ear fatigue . Its also not good with lo res files. Everything wrong with the jm20 is fixed in jm10 its also reference grade and neutral signature.
@@Wakaweakweak7474 jm10 is the best jcally dac out there for its price
Is Type C port support USB DAC dongle?
Does it has a low noise floor? I'm sensitive to Bluetooth dongles having constant hiss even when music is not playing. It's a problem for me because I listen to music on low/medium volume most of the time.
hmm. i'm probably not the best judge of this since i'm not very sensitive to hissing, unless it's from something very obvious like on the KZ aptx hd adapter. but it seems fine for me at least even on KZ ZSTX.
But you know this is like comparing apples to oranges. In wireless (max 320kbps over bluetooth 5.2) vs cable (max 7000mbps over cable, yes Loseless quality). In your video Ugreen bluetooth vs apple cable.
Hi, thanks for the review!
I'm looking for a receiver with headset support to use as a motorcycle headset. So, will I be able to use the connected headset's mic for calls? Does it allow to call Siri somehow?
no problem. unfortunately while the specs hinted it might be able to, but when connecting it to a headset with mic, the mic doesn't seem to work, and it seems to rely on the mic on the dongle itself? not sure why though.
@@axhng thanks for the quick response🙏🏻
Can i ask. This is compatible for nintendo switch?
Hi @Alex, does it support aptx ll? I'm looking for a dongle that has low latency for when I watch videos. Thank you
hi there. it doesn't AFAIK. but for watching videos like on youtube, the delay should be almost unnoticeable. using the video below to test it on my ipad with the dongle, i don't see/hear any delay. i hear the tock sound at the same time the ball hits the bar at the bottom. most OS i think has some way to compensate for audio delay through bluetooth since the audio is fixed and predictable. they can just delay the video a little and the audio will be in sync. things like aptx LL is mostly for gaming where the audio feedback isn't predictable. Also since it's a dongle and there is only one receiving device unlike TWS earphones where there are 2 that needs to be in sync, the delay will be even lesser.
th-cam.com/video/ucZl6vQ_8Uo/w-d-xo.html
Voice and speaking style is very known 🤔
Is your unit still holding up well? I heard on a review that someone broke his 3.5mm jack in a month.
mine is still working normally, though i don't use it that often these days, only once in a while. so not sure how it'll fare in daily use.
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Hey Alex. How it compare to Fiio btr3k? Plz answer thank you!
i have not used the BTR3K so can't say for sure. but at least features wise, the BTR3K probably is better since it has balanced output and LDAC support. just that battery life is probably a bit shorter.
Type C to 3.5 mm does it support transmission !!!
if you mean whether you can plug in a USB-C cable and then use it wired, it does work that way.
Should i buy it or save up for the fiio btr3k?
the BTR3K is probably still a better bet since it has better support, and seems to be more durable. but it is a pretty old device at this point and FIIO has mentioned at the start of the year that they will have a new model out this year, the BTR11, and the timeline they gave was around June. so at this point, i think better to just wait for that newer model. 😅
forum.fiio.com/note/showNoteContent.do?id=202401201120349466517&tid=4
How well will this drive larger over ear headphones like Rode nth-100? thanks
looking at their specs (32Ω and sensitivity of
110dB/V) on rode's website, it should be able to drive them to a pretty good volume. aside from that, can't say much else though since i've not tested them personally.
@@axhng Thanks for the reply
I got a brand new one but it is not charging
if it's not charging best to contact ugreen to see if they can get it replaced?
which bt dac/amp is best for making sundara's wireless?
unfortunately have not tried enough to be able to give a good recommendation. But i have heard mostly positive things about the Qudelix 5k though.
The ifi go blu has a lot of power so maybe that
Thanks for the replies :) I already bought Qudelix 5k
hey @axhng , is this device operating as amplifier when using bluetooth mode?
hi there, can't really say it's amplifying much though. from what i understand, it's mostly doing the conversion from digital signal to analogue output through the 3.5mm jack. it probably does amplify the output in the process to a usable volume, but then not much more.
@@axhng i see, thank you!
Is it still working properly?
mine is still working well. but might not be the best example since I don't use it daily. just once in a while.
can it run a headphone like shure sth 440?
can't say for sure since I don't have those (assuming it's the SRH440), but looking at the sensitivity and impedance of those, it should be okay in terms of volume level at least.
Hi, can you use an external mic for this one?
unfortunately not. even when i plugged in a pair of earphones with built-in mic, it still uses the mic on the ugreen bluetooth adapter itself.
@@axhng That sucks, I am planning to use this one to connect on my action camera. I will instead get the fiio btr5 as it supports external mics but not the in-line mic of a connected earphone. Thanks.
Does it work while charging?
it does. if it's connected to a powerbank or charger, using it through bluetooth still works just fine.
is it usable as a wired desktop? will it ruin the battery ?
it can be used with desktop through USB, but then it probably won't be good for the battery if it's plugged in at always at near 100% battery all the time
@@axhng do you have any dac recommendations? Also how does the nice hck eb2s stand as fkr rigt now? Any better choices?
Fiio Btr3k or Ugreen CM 402?
not sure about sound quality since i've not tried the btr3k. but if you want better support, balanced output, and LDAC, then the BTR3K has those. if you just want something much cheaper with 3.5mm, then this works well enough imo
How are phone calls with this?
when it's connected, no matter whether the earphones have mic or not, it will use the mic on the adapter itself for calls.
@@axhng is the built in mic good for phone calls?
sorry for the late reply. unfortunately it's not that great. it works in a pinch, but it seems to pick up a lot of noise too.
should i buy it now bro ?
I'm not sure if they have improved their QC or not though, so can't really recommend at this point. have heard a few too many cases of failures, including my own unit which died some months back despite not using it much.
I am buy, it sound not better than apple dongle
No good?