NON OS DACS

Thanks guys ..I wanted to confirm .What I've seen a few other folks say about the non OS Dacs. " Less is more" This is the concept I have followed for nearly a year now. The simpler the components seem to get in the system,the better it sounds in my system.Meaning minimum parts count and short signal paths. I seek the sound of unamplified instruments. Which too my ears sounds more natural than listening to instruments through equalizers and amplifiers.

Not looking for amplified rock concert type sound. I've come to the conclusion.Most audiophiles fall to one side or the other.This seems to take them towards a system that gives a sound of amplified instruments or one of unamplified instruments.IMO the unamplified instruments sound more intimate and natural .

I've been seeing alot about this Audio Mirror Dac. Seems like some good stuff! It reminds me of some of the Dacs from DIYCLUB.com. I almost bought one to try it out. But since I was having an integrated amplifier built. I had the designer to make me a NOS Dac as well to match it. It doesn't have tubes. I may add some type of tube buffer..just for a taste of tube magic eventually.These are good times as prices for some good stuff is with in reach.

I've tried the upsampling thing.Great dynamics but waaaay too much top end. It can be very fatiguing.You need plenty of tubes in front of it to smooth things out.All this stuff about getting super high frequencies is nonsense too me.
I tested my hearing two days ago. I hear up to 18 or 19khz.
Anything past that is a waste of time to even worry about.Makes me think some of this equipment is spec for hype more than anything else.

Hey Gunbei ..imagine my surprise! I thought I didn't hear above maybe 15 khz. LOL
The test disc proved me wrong .It also proved my assumption wrong that my speakers had no real output above 16 khz.The SPL meter was still reading decent pressure up to 20 khz. Even though I couldn't hear it.:-)

Here's a couple of pics of my new NOS Dac.It's kinda of Retro cool to me.The top is clear acrylic with perforated aluminum underneath. The board mounts loosely on the standoffs (I was told it sounds better this way), and the top cover assembly just slides on top of that. The bottom plate is made out of maple. Very simple design ..direct and to the point. The little Dac features blackgates galore with gold traces and extremely short signal paths.
It uses the same D/A converter and input receiver of the 47 Laboratory Shigaraki DAC. Just without the price that comes with the name.

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