A review of theBit player OPUS#3 — bull's-eye again

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It Seems that the Koreans from theBit already came down from the mountain and, like the bulls of the popular joke, do something. Starting with a and continuing , they did not rest on its laurels and has rolled out a model especially interesting because it goes against the current trends, calling it OPUS#3. Of course, this will be it.

While the industry is in full settles AKM-ovskie chips, only interrupted by the new model ESS, theBit decided that it would be corny, and remembered the wonderful and loved by many PCM1792 chip from Burr-Brown. This DAC has added traditional Android well customized, high-quality, though not particularly powerful amplifier and Packed in an interesting case. New decided to position somewhere between the two previous models and made her price of $ 900 (however, traditionally, the probable discounts), what is interesting will offer this player buyers?

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specifications

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  • Processor: a 4-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.4 GHz
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  • RAM: 1 GB DDR3
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  • DAC: Burr-Brown PCM1792A
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  • frequency Range: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (±0,026 dB) 10 Hz – 70 kHz (±0,3 dB) — both exits
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  • the Ratio signal/noise: 114 dB @ 1 kHz both exits
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  • Division: 130 dB @ 1 kHz normal output 135 dB @ 1 kHz balanced
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  • Total harmonic distortion + noise: 0,0009% @ 1 kHz
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  • output Level (no load): 2.5 Vrms — normal exit, 3Vrms — balanced
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  • Output impedance: 2Ω is a regular output, 1Ω — balanced
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  • onboard memory: 64 GB
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  • memory Card: MicroSD
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  • Battery: li-pol 4000 mAh, 3.7 V
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  • hours on a single charge: ~8,5 h
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  • charging Time: ~4 hours
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  • Screen: touch, 4″ TFT IPS, 480 × 800
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  • Wireless connectivity: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 (A2DP, AVRCP)
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  • Support format: WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WMA, MP3, OGG,APE
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  • Supported resolutions: up to 192kHz/24-bit
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  • DSD Support: native to DSD256, supports DFF and DSF
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  • Dimensions: 74 mm × 117 mm × 18 mm
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  • Weight: 220 g
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Packing and delivery

Going through the various color options, theBit stopped on a noble gray. Traditionally made packaging: box of cardboard in the paper «the jacket». Inside is a player, protective film, user manual, warranty card and quite ordinary MicroUSB cable. Case, most likely, the kit will not be one, although a place for him in the box remains. I player got a cool signature case, which most likely traditionally done in Dignis.

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Design and control

If there was a prize for the most eye-catching design, the creators of OPUS#3 clearly would fall into her short list. Unusual, memorable texture of the pyramids that adorn the back panel, correct work with chamfers and bevels — all this creates an unusual appearance, the player obviously will not work with nothing to confuse. Despite the fact that rear panel is made of metallized plastic, the main part of the chassis of the player — it's aluminum that much weight and appreciable strength build anything, anywhere no backlash, no squeaks, all neatly fitted and assembled.

Controls a bit. On the left side there are buttons to rewind and play/pause. At the top are the outputs: a regular 3.5 mm and 2.5 mm. balanced By tradition, they can act as line out (theBit even have a tricky wire that provides real balanced connection). On the right side and flush with the back panel put the volume wheel, it's a bit loose, but the adjustment is satisfactory — everything is clear, with well-marked clicks, without any extra positives. The lower side is occupied by the MicroSD card slot and MicroUSB port, which is traditionally used to restore access to the memory and work as a USB DAC. For the latter, incidentally, meets built-in XMOS, so the function of the DAC here as independent of the CPU. Using the same chip can output sound to the firmware of the player, which should please fans of «absolute correctness».

Most of the front panel is touch screen, very good player standards. It remains readable in the sun (although it loses contrast), it has good viewing angles of depression are processed efficiently. About resolution and color reproduction and not speak it too good.

One of the strengths of players from theBit — it is their firmware. Despite the use of Android 5.1.1, all «inside» OS carefully hidden, even installing third-party applications were not possible.

After loading the user meets playback screen, familiar from other players of the main part is the cover of the current track. According to tradition, the memory of the player is already uploaded 3 tracks of the Korean project Jazzotheque (I have to like them). In the upper left corner is a button to access the media library, there are expected view the tracks, artists, albums, folders and playlists. In General, the navigation was made very easy and very convenient, all optimized for quality control of the fingers.

If you perform a swipe down from the top of the screen, open shutter settings: brightness, wifi, BT, EQ and so on. Then by clicking on the button with the gear icon to get to main settings screen. Everything is quite familiar with the Android OS, and, perhaps, explanations require just a couple of points, not to tell again about the three-level switch gain, sleep timer and gapless playback. In the same settings menu mode the USB DAC (hint: for out of it you need to click on the circle in the center of the screen).

The First interesting item of the menu — Output — DSP Mode. Here you can choose what mode of sound output will be used by the player: via I2S interface via DAC or XMOS chip, which, as you remember, also available on Board. Anyone can try both and choose the one that will like more.

Another interesting menu item is Streaming. In theBit effectively solved the problem of supporting streaming. If you remember, in a review of OPUS#2, I wrote that it is unclear — why do we need to phone Wi-Fi, because its only use was the firmware update. Now in the firmware of the company have the opportunity to add their software, and even two programs they have set «out of the box». First — is a client of Spotify: it is all exactly as expected. The second player that is very similar to basic, but with support for access files via DLNA/UPnP. Moreover, the player may, if necessary, and play the role of the stores/render, it allows you to build any wireless transmission scheme of the sound. I think in the future network player submenu normal, as the real need to have both programs on the device, probably not.

You may want to add your program to the player, for this we need to download the APK, throw it on a player in the Downloads folder and in the menu Streaming, click on the plus button. This opens a list of available packages and you can select for installation.

I also Note that I recently updated the firmware for OPUS#2, there was added the same capabilities.

In General, the firmware is stable, reliable, no stuttering or gaps in it is not detected. While working close to the claimed and is 8 hours and 15 minutes (the standard test in FLAC 44.1/16 bit Audio MEE P1 in the role of the load, mid gain, volume 70), charging time — 4 hours 10 minutes. In the player mode is deep sleep, so battery device consumes sparingly. A small minus is that when playing with the screen off the power saving mode after some time it disables the hardware buttons to control playback, therefore the player must first «Wake up» by pressing the power button.

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Sound

To listen To the device used the following headphones: , , , Noble Kaiser Encore, Campfire Audio Andromeda , and others.

In theBit well aware that to release a few players with similar sound and close enough price — the idea is not particularly reasonable, so they decided to make OPUS#3 to more flavoring compared to its flagship at number two and, in fact, not lost. The third Opus offers exactly what many people just appreciate the flow of the players: a little warm, punchy sound with accentuated emotions.

The Bass is very very slightly accented to create a light effect pritenennoe in the flow. Hlestkost slightly reduced to make the sound more massive, but it's done very carefully, without pronounced bias. Player well the texture and separates the instruments the low frequency range. Subbas present, but it is slightly removed quantitatively, so as not to create unnecessary turbidity in the bass.

The midrange is transparent and a little the underlined emotion. Sometimes it seems that the player specifically selects and adds vocals to the singers emotions in the voice. OPUS#3 is very nice to relive the classic bluesmen, everyone's favorite jazz singers, raucous rockers — they seem to shed about 20 years and returned at the time of maturity and the maximum height of his powers. Of course, player good resolution, but no breaks in focus and not trying to pull from the records all micronance, on the contrary, it can even hide some flaws. The imaginary stage is very wide, but without additional inflation, the depth a little more than average, but not such a record as width. The division plans ...

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