I love my Fubar II. I've been using it every day for a little over a year now with absolutely no snags. My cd player is an AMC CD8b and it DOES sound a little better than the Fubar but for $140 it got me in the door of the world of music servers on the cheap. When I a/b a cd being played directly with the Fubar playing an Apple Lossless file I get more extension in both the highs and lows with the AMC. I will be looking to upgrade this year to something in the $500 range. I think you may need to spend a bit more to get a noticeable difference from the underrated Behringer.
Which new DAC: Super Pro, Edirol or Fubar II ?
Hello all and Season's Greetings.
My current nearfield system: PC - XP > Soundblaster Live! 5.1 card (bypassed; no digital outs)> WAVE > JRiver Jukebox > USB > Behringer U-Control(headphone amp/DAC[16/48])> RCA phonos > Parasound 2100 preamp (all analog ins)> NAD amp > Polk M50 towers/Sony sub.
Use system only for audio playback of on-line radio and MP3 downloads while I'm working w/ the PC. No ripping, burning or headphones.
Note: have downloaded ASIO4ALL, but can't get the control panel to run. So, using Seve's advice to use unmapping (not quite sure what I unmapped!)
System sounds good, but want to upgrade the Behringer USB DAC. Would prefer a used Brick or Bel Canto (regardless of sampling rate or lack of USB in), but those are outside my $150 budget.
Have narrowed choices to:
> CryoParts Super Pro ($100): 24/192; no USB in (would use Behringer to convert USB to optical); no headphone out (good); wall wart power supply incl. No seller/mnfc. support (very bad).
> Edirol UA-1EX ($80): 24/96; USB in; headphone (bad);power via USB.
> Firestone Audio Fubar II USB DAC ($137 @ Audiophile Products): Burr Brown 16/44.1 & 48; no headphone stuff; only I/Os are USB in and RCAs out (great); wall wart incl.
I'm leaning heavily towards the Fubar because of the Burr Brown DAC and it doesn't have all the extra stuff I don't need (Occam's Razor).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Mike19
My current nearfield system: PC - XP > Soundblaster Live! 5.1 card (bypassed; no digital outs)> WAVE > JRiver Jukebox > USB > Behringer U-Control(headphone amp/DAC[16/48])> RCA phonos > Parasound 2100 preamp (all analog ins)> NAD amp > Polk M50 towers/Sony sub.
Use system only for audio playback of on-line radio and MP3 downloads while I'm working w/ the PC. No ripping, burning or headphones.
Note: have downloaded ASIO4ALL, but can't get the control panel to run. So, using Seve's advice to use unmapping (not quite sure what I unmapped!)
System sounds good, but want to upgrade the Behringer USB DAC. Would prefer a used Brick or Bel Canto (regardless of sampling rate or lack of USB in), but those are outside my $150 budget.
Have narrowed choices to:
> CryoParts Super Pro ($100): 24/192; no USB in (would use Behringer to convert USB to optical); no headphone out (good); wall wart power supply incl. No seller/mnfc. support (very bad).
> Edirol UA-1EX ($80): 24/96; USB in; headphone (bad);power via USB.
> Firestone Audio Fubar II USB DAC ($137 @ Audiophile Products): Burr Brown 16/44.1 & 48; no headphone stuff; only I/Os are USB in and RCAs out (great); wall wart incl.
I'm leaning heavily towards the Fubar because of the Burr Brown DAC and it doesn't have all the extra stuff I don't need (Occam's Razor).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Mike19
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