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Dear Customers, Thanks for purchasing the aune X8 and congratulations on choosing this high- performance DAC. We sincerely hope the brand new X8 will bring you excellent Hi-Fi experience. Please read this manual carefully before using the device.
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View of front/rear panel and name of each part Indicator light 1. Input Optical Coaxial Selection button Indicator light Volume knob (for pre-amp) 2. Filter mode fastroll-off,linearphasefilter Coaxial input Power switch slowroll-off,linearphasefilter fastroll-off,minimumphasefilter slowroll-off,minimumphasefilter apodizing,fastroll-off,linearphasefilter hybrid,fastroll-off,minimumphasefilter Pre-amp output Optical input Power input brickwallfilter Line output...
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Specifications Introduction USB: up to 32bit/768k DSD512 The X8 is a DAC of the aune X series. It uses aune's self-developed FPGA Optical: up to 24bit/192k DSD64 technology and supports music files up Coaxial: up to 24bit/384k DSD128 to PCM768 / DSD512. The Op-amp is Line output level: 2.0Vrms...
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Operations To change Input / filter mode 1. Press the button on the panel to change input Optical Coaxial 2. Press the button longer to change filter mode a.Pressfor2secondstoindicatethecurrentfiltermode b.Pressfor4seconds,thelightswillbeonandoffinturn.Letgowhenthelightsofthe desiredfiltermodeis/areon. fastroll-off,linearphasefilter slowroll-off,linearphasefilter fastroll-off,minimumphasefilter slowroll-off,minimumphasefilter apodizing,fastroll-off,linearphasefilter hybrid,fastroll-off,minimumphasefilter brickwallfilter Selection button Indicator light...
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Operations Via USB 1. Connect the X8 and a computer with the USB cable in the package (diagram 1) 2. Set input to USB 3. Play music on the computer 4. Optional: connect the X8 and an amplifier / active speakers via AUDIO OUT (fixed line out) 5.
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Operations Via Coaxial / Optical 1. Connect the X8 and a digital audio device (eg. digital transport, computer main board with digital outputs) (diagram 2) 2. Set input to COAX or OPT 3. Play music on the connected device 4. Connect the X8 and an amplifier / active speakers via AUDIO OUT (fixed line out) 5.
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