musicman07
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| What would you buy Sub $350 Firewire/USB DAC As Steve would point out products like the BC Thingee, and HagUSB use the same PCM2704 USB chip already used in many consumer DACs. So the benefit of one of these would be negated. That's where the Bel Canto converter box is superior... not quite ... | |
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| Little bit "forward" sound - what cables to avoid? To sum up for the adjectively challenged... the OP does not want his system with new cables to sound "more forward". He is content where it's at now. Of course that begs the question why new cables? Which as noted make no real difference. Length, ... | |
| What would you buy Sub $350 Firewire/USB DAC Yes, that's just the "box". It's $495, the DAC3 is $2495. | |
| What would you buy Sub $350 Firewire/USB DAC Most of the USB DAC chips used are not up to the task at hand. There are only a handful of DACs that "properly" implement the use of USB, i.e. the Benchmark DAC-1 (which has other deterrents). You'll repeatedly see chips such as the PCM2702/4/7 an... | |
| Reality cables or Grover Huffman OEM, you've obviously done your research. You can't go wrong with either. Both get generally excellent reviews. The GH speaker cables may fair slightly better, but also cost about 20% more. Also, there is no reason the spades used wouldn't sound a... | |
| Newbe PC audio True, but then you need to compare the DAC-1 to units costing three times as much that may sound as good or better without all the tweaking. While firewire is preferable to USB I wouldn't say a "world of difference". Enough though for me to choose... | |
| What would you buy Sub $350 Firewire/USB DAC Considering the dozens of choices that is a bit of a "short list". ;)I've considered several possibilites as well over the last year or two. So what did I end up with? A pro rather than consumer audio piece in the Focusrite Saffire Le which connec... | |
| Newbe PC audio Lots of possibilities. The best, but expensive option would be the Empirical Audio stuff. Alternatively you can go with a DAC that already looks after the jitter issue to a decent degree such as the Benchmark. Unfortunately the sterile DAC-1 proba... | |
| Xindak DAC-5 Toss the MHDT Labs Havanna or Paradisea+ onto that list. From your list I like the CI, Stello, and Mini the best... in no particular order. A member over on AudioCircle mentioned the Zindak DAC-8 being a new favourite of his that bested some well ... | |
| My First USB DAC Sounds Dull, Please Help I also have this DAC (non-USB version) and it is one of the better DAC's for the money. May sound better after some break-in time. Others have reported improved performance when connected to a "USB converter" such as the Trends UD-10, rather than ... | |
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| To DAC or not to DAC... Vdg, you may also want to check out MHDT Labs new Havana DAC, the big brother to the Paradisea. Reviews are saying it keeps the Paradisea's smoothness while adding extra detail. Modding the Benchmark to take away detail and add softness would take... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC... The firewire Apogee would likely be my choice here. Think of the modded Benchmark as a double the price Apogee wannabee, lol. Gives you more punch, but needs a grand worth of mods to add some musicality. That said I have a Paradisea+ which is uses... | |
| MHDT Labs DAC: Havana or Paradisea+ ? S1rrah great review. In a very detailed system such as mine, the Paradisea+ has an excellent synergy due to its "buttery" quality. I bought mine in like new condition a little over a year ago, so it also has more than a thousand hours on it now. U... |