Posts by sorue

i managed to get some time with the vioelectric not too long ago. A buddy of mine is nuts over it and so he wanted me to give him my impressions. I must say it is a really fine dac not just for the price, but plain good, period. It...

Thank you for chiming in. This sums it up all: "The website is not telling anyone, that we have invented the best regulator in the universe. Instead it is all about value for money in terms of raw material and sound quality....

Jason: Thank you for the update. Regarding the Q1 DAC, can you elaborate more about the USB code that will be used, same as in the Bifrost? Will it also be the CS8416 + AKM4396?   edit: just realized Jason already answered...

You’re taking this personally. I’m being objective with how I look at it. I can understand your position, since you have purchased this DAC. After your experience with the yulong, and particularly because you didn’t like how the...

Furthermore, RC decoupling is used to preclude any interaction between the regulator and the audio circuitry again lowering the noise seen by the audio circuit. This is hardly a big deal and it's common practice in plenty of...

Quote: Originally Posted by slackman    About Srajan not being a designer / great technical expert, yes that what I said too :) But at least he got a good look at construction quality and parts,...

Quote: Originally Posted by slackman    I can't really agree with real world DACs not measuring as manufacturers specs. I thought that manufacturer specs are often based on their evaluation...

6moons gives everything rave reviews. And especially when comparing cheaper stuff to more expensive stuff, there's always this, "for 1/10 the price, this is a terrific bargain" bit in there.   "Doing the calculation finds...

Quote: Originally Posted by DrHouse    Im using foobar2000, and I only say this because all of my redbook audio was supposedly being played (according to the M-DAC) at 24/96. When I used the store...

Question, why was there upsampling? Windows 7 doesn't do this natively AFAIK. Btw, i don't know what player you're using, but there's always JRMC/foobar/insert 'audiophile-approved' player.   there is wasapi on windows...