Sorry NZheadcase, been a very busy few days. Just has a bit of time last night to get back to some music. I totally agree, enjoying the music is much more important. Back to my issue the Ciunas converter I have came with an attenuator which I plugged in to try some time ago. I removed it to give...

      Thanks for your comments. This seems to be the confusing part for me. As already mentioned by many others in this thread, the addition of a quality converter has improved the sound quality of their system. I have only done a short comparison between converter/spdif input vs the usb...

Hi all, another newbie just started out on digital audio. I have had my M51 for about 3 months and I am quite pleased with it. I have a Synology NAS connected to the M51 with a Cardas usb cable and play music via the NAS audio software which is very convenient. But I have gone through a few...

Thanks again. I am based in Hong Kong so "boutique brands" seem easier to get hold of. I'm in no rush so I'll read up more first. Plus the Ciunas converter has already made a huge improvement compared to the USB input of my DAC.

Thanks WNBC but what about for spdif cable? As newbie I wasn't sure on what to go for and ended up with a Cardas USB cable from where I purchased the DAC.

Hi, I have had Ciunas converter in my system for about 10 days now and it's sounding very good. Have gone through this thread and the comments from other converter owners pretty much sum up my impressions. I'm just a beginner to digital audio so I wonder if having a better spdif cable to my NAD...