Top quality DAC for less than top quality price
Pros: Stunningly clear, transparent sound, excellent digital volume control, perfect size for headphone setup
Cons: USB does not support 88.2kHz sample rate (but DOES do the much more common 96kHz)
My full review: http://www.head-fi.org/t/574418/review-violectric-v800-dac#post_7799058 In summary, this is one of the best DACs I've ever experienced, which is surprising since it only costs $1300. That's a lot of money, but actually pretty low for a top class DAC, which is what I consider this to be. In my personal experience I rank it below the Resonessense Invicta ($4k), MBL 1511E ($8k), and very very slightly below the now discontinued Anedio D1 ($1230), but above the Audio GD Reference 7 ($1900), Esoteric D70 ($6500), Wavelength Cosine ($3500), and of course all the usual suspects from Lavry, Benchmark, Grace Design, Musical Fidelity, Cambridge Audio, etc. ...
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