Graham Slee Bitzie USB DAC

Bitzie USB DAC Preamp/Headphone Amp The palm size "bus-powered" Bitzie hi-fi USB DAC will easily match the sound of much bigger DACs. It will drive a power amplifier, active loudspeakers, and as a hi-fi USB headphone amp — headphones! Its source can be an Android device, laptop ...Bitzie USB DAC Preamp/Headphone Amp The palm size "bus-powered" Bitzie hi-fi USB DAC will easily match the sound of much bigger DACs. It will drive a power amplifier, active loudspeakers, and as a hi-fi USB headphone amp — headphones! Its source can be an Android device, laptop, desktop and iPhone! — which it will instantly recognise without drivers because it's plug and play.

And at the same time it will convert USB to transformer-driven coax or optical S/PDIF and send to other devices — it's a hi-fi USB to optical converter and a hi-fi USB to coax converter. And now with its optional "power wire" (available separately), it can grab its power from other 5V sources including Virgin Atlantic USB "in-seat power" or a phone charger, as well as being made to sound even better. Bus Powered or Remote Powered Bus powered means it gets its power down the USB cable from your device.

It's economical because it only draws one USB unit of power which means it will play longer from your portable computer or Android phone (e.g. up to 7.5 hours with a Samsung S3). It can also be remotely powered via the "power-wire" (optional extra) from a 5V USB charger, in your car, on board the plane, in fact anywhere there is 5V DC on a USB A-socket.

It can also improve the sound further because of not having to share power with your device. Preamp Or Headphone Amp? What you see is what you get, and the Bitzie is supplied complete with the gold-plated adaptor above to give you three different analogue-output connection options. As a USB preamp for hi-fi digital audio, use the adapter with a twin RCA phono to RCA phono interconnect hooked up to your power amp or your nearby active speakers for outstanding sound.

Looking for stereo headphone boosters for your portable? Use the Bitzie as a USB headphone amplifier, use the 3.5 jack or the ¼ jack with your headphones. Use the full range of the volume control to get the volume you want. When using high impedance headphones turn it up high - it can go fully clockwise without distorting — a great hi-fi headphone booster for use with USB sources! Plug And Play — Real Easy! ...with Windows and almost any operating system including MAC and Linux Ubuntu.

The Bitzie will be detected as "new hardware" and your computer will most likely search for drivers. A driver is not needed, and you can simply cancel the search. To prove it's there play some music: the easiest way to get playing is to use your file explorer program (such as Windows Explorer) and locate your music folder, select the tracks you want and right click "add to media player playlist" - simple! This will open up your default music player and play the selected music.

You might want to be more adventurous and install a dedicated player such as Foobar (for Windows). You will have to select 'USB Audio CODEC' in your playback preferences output configuration for it to play to the Bitzie. The Bitzie will also receive all the noises your computer makes - which you might want - but if this is annoying, simply turn-off your computer sounds...

Go to "settings", "control panel", and open "sounds and audio devices". Select the "sounds" tab and select "no sounds" from the Sound Scheme drop-down menu. Most operating systems have this or a similar facility.

Hook Up Your Bitzie USB DAC To Your Phone With an "On The Go" adapter in conjunction with a USB cable, the Bitzie can take digital audio from almost any up to date Android phone or tablet - making it a great hi-fi USB headphone amplifier. It has been tested with Samsung S3, S4, S5, S6 and Huawei Ascend/EE Kestrel phones. If you use an iPhone or iPad you'll need the "lightning adapter" in conjunction with a USB cable (most models are compatible).

The Bitzie works straight out of the box with so many devices - you're bound to have one or more it works with.