HELP ... Mac MIni and Bel Canto DAC3 Problems ...

This is strange. I just came from a buddy's home with my DAC 3. We hooked it up to his Mac Mini. After a little playing around in the Midi setup..it worked just fine.

I'm not a Mac user,but what do you see in your Midi setup?

I use a 15 ft cable no problems in my setup.It sounded great in my friend's setup! It sounded so good he didn't want me to take it away! lol
He's vowed the Bel Canto Dac 3 will be his next purchase.It will replace his preamp and DAC. Just like it replaced mine. ;-)

He drove two monster amps with the Bel Canto. A Classe CA300 and a Audire Otez. Both look like engine blocks sitting on the floor.

It is a phenomenal piece ..which you are soon to learn! :-)

Pwfletcher ...you mentioned the BC to do great in separating the voices and instruments when things really start to cook..

My friend and I both agreed on this yesterday while listening.That's one of the areas where this Dac got two thumbs up. It never sounds confused or jumbled.The images are ROCK SOLID!

Thanks for the nice review. I concur with your assessment of the BC. I was planning to sell mine this week if it didn't work out. I just bought mine brand new a few days ago. So no brand loyalty here..either it works for me or it's got to go!

I'm happy to report it's not going any where any time soon!lol
The only other Dac I've had here for audition that sounds similar was an Empirical audio modified ECD-1. That Dac was around 4 grand with the modifications and was the best I've heard. The BC Dac 3 stands toe to toe IMO.

Good listening

I've tried both on Windows..it sounded about the same too me. No real difference to put one a head of the other.