Loxjie D30 DAC MoOde configuration

[Miss Sissy Princess]

Any USB A to USB B cable that meets basic USB specs should work fine.  All such cables "sound" the same:  

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum...nce.11272/

Regarding the Loxjie D30, are you drawn to that because you want some of the bells and whistles like Bluetooth or the headphone amp?

Thank you for the cable info.

I will use the Loxjie D30 only as a DAC by connecting it with Rca cables to an integrated amplifier (as I am doing now with Khadas tone board) but I don't know how to configure it with MoOde.

For a dedicated DAC in the same price range, I'd urge you to consider a Topping D10s or E30 DAC, but I really can't find significant fault with the DAC aspect of the Loxjie D30. Its headphone amp and bluetooth are rather low-rent when it comes to performance, though.  I'm a 'separates' purist when it comes to audio and not a fan of paying for unused circuitry.

The only "trick" to configuring USB DACs is knowing that it's done through MPD Config after telling moOde that there is no I2S DAC via the Audio Config.  See attached screenshots for how things look for my Emotiva Stealth DC-1 DAC (with apologies for the large image sizes -- a result of screen captures on Apple Retina displays).

Note:  I realize that the Emotiva Stealth DC-1 DAC is nowhere near state of the art, but it has a pair of features that I "need" -- an RCA analog input and a rotary volume control.  I feed the RCA input from a remote-control audio switch, the Emotiva Stealth SP-1, which also includes a decent phono preamp.  That combo let me retire my Adcom GFP-565 preamp, eliminating a post-DAC source of noise and distortion.

Thank you very much for your detailed info. 

I totally agree with you that it doesn't make sense to have circuits you don't use but D30 allows you to select the input and output source so I would set USB and Rca.

I am evaluating the purchase of the D30 because several people have had very positive experiences with this DAC connected to an amplifier and some even compare it to Topping D50. It also has the advantage of not requiring a low noise power supply as it has one in its case.

Part of my concern about "extra" circuitry that is not in use is that said circuitry is still a potential failure point -- one that can sometimes render a whole device non-functional or degrade performance in the event of a localized failure.  

Good luck with the Loxjie D30 or whatever DAC you decide on!