Photos from user spritzer on head-case forum:

I just noticed that my Compass had its 3rd birthday a month ago. How many of you guys still remember the buzz it made? I still have it in day to day use at work and it keeps up quite nicely. Opened it up and it looks like on the day I bought it. For me it was the first step into "hi-fi" from...

There is now a new release that still has version 1.0.8.4 but does not slow down dated 26 Feb. I guess the speed fix did not justify a new version number.

If you use SPDIF out only then there is no need to use mains power for the 02 US - it's only for the analog out part.

Did you reboot during uninstall-install cycle. I've had problems with no-reboot updates. I've found out the best is to uninstall, reboot, install, plug device and if windows asks for another reboot - do it. You can update the driver with no reboot but going to 1.0.8.2 without reboot my 02 US had...

Seems that new beta driver is available @ http://www.musiland.com.cn/downloads...on_1.0.8.4.exe Changelog is hilarious thru google translator: Sonic boom occurs please try the following versions of users: http://www.musiland.com.cn/downl ... MlCyMon_1.0.8.4.exe Guess it fixes...

Or Musiland USB units with SPDIF out.

Just to test my first oscilloscope I measured spdif output of my 02 US thru a generic cable to my DAC19-MK3 playing at 44.1kHz. Seems pretty nice, a little bit overshoot but nice rise and flat A closer look with old signal trace showing: And this is at 88.2kHz And this is at 48kHz...

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry so you're saying that the switch is instant w/ headphones plugged at the front? even the manufacturer seems to say that there's a delay...reason why they still kept the older fast innacurate mode?! No, it is not instantaneous. But it seems to...

Guys don't mix Musiland and your DAC problems. I have my 02 US connected to an Audio-gd DAC19-MK3 via rca spdif and it takes just about a sec (not 3 sec) to reprogram the chip and the DAC is dead silent during that time.

Be sure to reboot after uninstalling previous version! I went from 1.0.7.0 to 1.0.8.2 by just uninstalling-unplugging-installing-plugging. After that the versions were: ICU 1.6 APU 2.0 I saw screenshots on musiland forums that ICU should be 1.8. So I uninstalled 1.0.8.2 driver, removed the...

Installed on my Monitor 02 US. Damn this is nice, they now use exactly what was said should be used in this and other forums. A product that keeps getting better... Maybe jkeny or anyone else can give this a technical review and verify that now it is true 44.1 and not cutting corners with a...

Just like FUN this casing seems a lot cheaper. Take a look at Compass/DAC19MK3 - they had like a modular case, hard, strong... and I thought audio-gd stylish. These new models just don't have the look anymore.

Looking at a-gd site it seems that it is no longer being sold - running the Chinese DAC list page thru google translate it is under "Have to stop selling the products". I'm just curious - was demand too high and they ran out of some critical parts?

I am not a great historian but reading a few threads about PMD200 it seems that it never really made into full production and while PMD100 was a real chip PMD200 was just a programmed universal chip. Manufacturer information here: DSP56362: 24-Bit Audio Digital Signal Processor. It is basically...