My First USB DAC Sounds Dull, Please Help


Greatings from Tanzania,

I finally jumped into the PC audio arena with the purchase of a Mhdt Paradisea+. However the PC/DAC combo came out very disappointing! The sound was dull and contrived. Even my wife gave it a thumb down.

This is my first try on a system with a tube stage, but don't think it should sound so lucking of high frequency signals. I switched between foobar and Windows MP11, tried a different laptop, and even connected the DAC direct to the Amp (by-passed the preamp), but to no avail.

The rest of my system is comprised of Martin Logan SL3, Bag-End Aragon 8008 BB, Aragon Aurum preamp, and Kimber cables.

I am I doing something wrong. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I remain a believer of PC audio.
planckscale

Showing 1 response by johnss

get yourself a Lynx two card and be done with it.

http://www.lynxstudio.com/product_detail.asp?i=12

I have a server PC system with 4TB of HD space, with 2600 CDs without any compression and 200 high res 24/192 tracks; smokes any cd player.