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Usb 24 192khz M2tech Hiface

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9/20/09 at 9:47pm
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M2Tech
Another fun toy after the monitor musiland. 01 us.
It was sold in the hifi show in Milan at a price of 99 euros
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9/21/09 at 7:42am
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It'd be really interesting to see a picture of the unit opened up...
Anyone tried it, btw?
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9/21/09 at 12:13pm
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A very interesting device.
I also had the opportunity to hear a demo (with state-of-the-art system) in Milan at the hifi show, and I spoken with the designer.
"Inside the case" there is a micro, a two quartz precision oscillators clock ref, and a s/pdif interface.
The "devil" is in the proprietary driver, it's able to release from USB clock and to use USB-2.
Yes, it's really 24/192
No more PCM 270*, no Tas1020, no more ASIO drivers.

And driving it is a very easy task for a PC, so that even a Intel Atom is enough.
And yes, the sound is really OK.
I think that soon we will get wind of it.

And no, the designer is not my cousin

Ciao!


GuidoR
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9/21/09 at 3:52pm
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WHERE CAN I GET ONE? JESUS CHRIST ITS PERFECT!

₪ AH-D7000 ☊ HF-1 #457 ☊ HF-2 #123 ☊ ATH-ESW10 ☊ HD595 ☊ HD650 APS v3 XLR
₪ Foobar2k / Musiland Monitor 01 USD / Buffalo32s Sabre 32-Bit DAC / βeta22 Dual Mono Headphone Amplifier /
₪ Bedside > Rockboxed IPOD 5G / ESW10 japan

"Music is the shorthand of emotion." ~ Tolstoy"Music is a...

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9/22/09 at 3:43am
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It will be distributed through the italian review Audiofilemusic.com
When it will become available, I'll inform you
Or contact them directly.
BTW, on their site there are two tracks (freely downloadable) in different resolutions: AudioFileMusic.com
44KHz/16bit WAV / FLAC
88KHz/24bit WAV / FLAC
176 KHz / 24 bit WAV / FLAC
MP3 128 Kbps

Stay tuned!

Guido
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9/22/09 at 1:37pm
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Originally Posted by GuidoR View Post
It will be distributed through the italian review Audiofilemusic.com
When it will become available, I'll inform you
Or contact them directly.
I have just bought the M2tech hiface converter this morning through contacting them by e-mail

From what I understood, they have an exclusive distributor only in Italy. For all other countries, you can contact them by mail to order the unit.


Main Rig : Foobar v1.0 --> KS --> Jkeny's modified Hiface --> Oyaide DB-510 BNC --> Audio-gd DAC-19 DSP --> Deep Sounds Silver Plated Surfers ACSS --> Audio-gd C-2 --> Beyerdynamic T1 (w/ ALO Chain Mail Cable)
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9/22/09 at 2:12pm
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What was the price? 99 euros + shipping or something different ?
Sources - Meier-Audio StageDAC; M2Tech hiFace; Creative Zen Vision:M 30 GB
Phones - Beyerdynamic T1; Sennheiser HD650; AKG K501
Amps - SPL Auditor; Earmax Silver Edition
Cables - van den Hul The Orchid RCA; Oyaide DR-510; Signal Cable SilverMini mini to RCA; SAA Equinox for HD650
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9/22/09 at 2:17pm
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What was the price? 99 euros + shipping or something different ?
When you contact them directly, the asking price is 82.5 euros + shipping.


Main Rig : Foobar v1.0 --> KS --> Jkeny's modified Hiface --> Oyaide DB-510 BNC --> Audio-gd DAC-19 DSP --> Deep Sounds Silver Plated Surfers ACSS --> Audio-gd C-2 --> Beyerdynamic T1 (w/ ALO Chain Mail Cable)
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9/22/09 at 2:21pm
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What about payment method - wire transfer or do they accept Paypal ?
Sources - Meier-Audio StageDAC; M2Tech hiFace; Creative Zen Vision:M 30 GB
Phones - Beyerdynamic T1; Sennheiser HD650; AKG K501
Amps - SPL Auditor; Earmax Silver Edition
Cables - van den Hul The Orchid RCA; Oyaide DR-510; Signal Cable SilverMini mini to RCA; SAA Equinox for HD650
My Feedback - Head-F...
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9/22/09 at 2:36pm
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yes let me know also

₪ AH-D7000 ☊ HF-1 #457 ☊ HF-2 #123 ☊ ATH-ESW10 ☊ HD595 ☊ HD650 APS v3 XLR
₪ Foobar2k / Musiland Monitor 01 USD / Buffalo32s Sabre 32-Bit DAC / βeta22 Dual Mono Headphone Amplifier /
₪ Bedside > Rockboxed IPOD 5G / ESW10 japan

"Music is the shorthand of emotion." ~ Tolstoy"Music is a...

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9/22/09 at 3:44pm
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What about payment method - wire transfer or do they accept Paypal ?
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yes let me know also
I paid using paypal but they seem to accept wire transfers too.


Main Rig : Foobar v1.0 --> KS --> Jkeny's modified Hiface --> Oyaide DB-510 BNC --> Audio-gd DAC-19 DSP --> Deep Sounds Silver Plated Surfers ACSS --> Audio-gd C-2 --> Beyerdynamic T1 (w/ ALO Chain Mail Cable)
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9/22/09 at 4:32pm
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You already know we are all waiting for a comparison to your Musiland...
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9/22/09 at 4:39pm
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This thing is extremely interesting. I also got the price for the device through e-mail. I also got a link to some Italian forum where they have discussed more about the product. There should be some impressions about the little gadget.

Videohifi Forum

Now where are all our Italian Head-Fi'ers. Some translation maybe?

Headphone: FLAC → M2Tech HiFace → Audio GD DAC19Mk3 → Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear → HD600 + Cardas
Speaker: FLAC → M2Tech HiFace → Audio GD DAC19Mk3 → Bel Canto e.ONE S300iu → ProAc TR8 Signature + Anthony Gallo TR1
Portable: iPod Touch 2G → Koss Porta Pro

last.fm ■ feedback

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9/22/09 at 4:50pm
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Looks interesting but with little information available I don't see anything that can make it better than Musiland variants. Anyone have pics of internals and/or more details on how it works?

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9/22/09 at 4:51pm
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I want one now! what is 99 euros to USD?


says it bypasses a clock to reduce jitter even more, and NO CABLE helps with variations.

₪ AH-D7000 ☊ HF-1 #457 ☊ HF-2 #123 ☊ ATH-ESW10 ☊ HD595 ☊ HD650 APS v3 XLR
₪ Foobar2k / Musiland Monitor 01 USD / Buffalo32s Sabre 32-Bit DAC / βeta22 Dual Mono Headphone Amplifier /
₪ Bedside > Rockboxed IPOD 5G / ESW10 japan

"Music is the shorthand of emotion." ~ Tolstoy"Music is a...

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