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'06 micro dac vs. new ultra dac?

post #1 of 20
12/1/07 at 5:03pm
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I am currently using an '06 micro dac with a gilmore lite, and am curious how much of an upgrade the ultra dac would be? Thanks,

will
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post #2 of 20
12/1/07 at 5:26pm
I upgraded my '06 Microdac board to the '07 board (non Ultra) and it was a terrific investment.
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post #3 of 20
12/1/07 at 5:56pm
I dunno but just from a few post I have no doubt that UltraDAC will show a significant upgrade over the 2006 MicroDAC.

Tyll, what I want to know is how do the 2006 MicroStack and Portable MicroAmp w/ DAC compare in SQ. which one edges out over the other.
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post #4 of 20
12/1/07 at 6:35pm
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Originally Posted by wsilvio View Post
I am currently using an '06 micro dac with a gilmore lite, and am curious how much of an upgrade the ultra dac would be? Thanks,

will

I have the same setup and hope someone will chime in that owns the Ultra.
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post #5 of 20
12/2/07 at 11:49pm
I owned the 2006 microdac for about 3 weeks. I ended up sending it back and preordering the ulra microdac. I've had it for about a month now, and I will confirm that yes, it owns the 2006 microdac.

Its a great little box. Terrific buy on my part, I must admit. I'm even selling my cherished monica 2 because I know I won't use it much anymore.
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post #6 of 20
12/3/07 at 1:08am
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I'm even selling my cherished monica 2 because I know I won't use it much anymore.
Having heard both the Monica II and also the MAX dac I'd have to agree wholeheartedly, not a fair comparison at all.
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post #7 of 20
12/3/07 at 8:56am
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I upgraded my '06 Microdac board to the '07 board (non Ultra) and it was a terrific investment.
Can you provide more info on how you upgraded? I wasn't aware that Headroom offers 06 Micro DAC owners to upgrade.
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post #8 of 20
12/3/07 at 9:05am
check w/Mike@HR. He upgraded my board for $100/
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post #9 of 20
12/3/07 at 10:26am
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Can you provide more info on how you upgraded? I wasn't aware that Headroom offers 06 Micro DAC owners to upgrade.
Neither am I. I'd like to hear about that.
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post #10 of 20
12/3/07 at 5:10pm
I had a '06 regular Microdac and Mike swapped out the board only for the regular '07 Microdac several months ago. Perhaps
it was not a standard upgrade.
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post #11 of 20
12/3/07 at 5:38pm
Wow, let us know if it's something the rest of us can take advantage of!
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post #12 of 20
12/3/07 at 7:40pm
It sounds like this may have been a trial by Mike to see if it works. There was some strong stipulations with the new board and the old Microdac such as, if you put batteries in it,
it will malfunction severely. I hope no one is disappointed if this turns out to have been a one time only trial.
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post #13 of 20
12/4/07 at 1:35am
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Originally Posted by dw6928 View Post
I hope no one is disappointed if this turns out to have been a one time only trial.

Yeah, and Mike wouldn't get in any trouble neither. He really works hard to keep peoples gear coming in and out. I asked him about it today; didn't remember what it was about. He did say though that he'd done a couple of op-amp upgrades for some reason or other.

I'll tell you another one about Mike: He gets iRiver husks of eBay for a dime and mix and matches them and builds working units. Heck of a tech.

Man, I hope I just didn't get him in trouble with a PM box of people asking if he's got some. Eeek!
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post #14 of 20
12/7/07 at 5:47am
Mike is the reason I bought my Ultra microdac after sending back my microdac. He went above and beyond my expectations and worked with my unique circumstances. Because of this, I have become a loyal customer of headroom. I plan to make all of my further purchases with you, and send my friends.

I hope mike got a nice xmas bonus.
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post #15 of 20
12/7/07 at 10:13am
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I hope mike got a nice xmas bonus.
Believe me, there's a lot of folks desrving of a nice Christmas bonus here. And I plan to make it hurt just a bit handing them out.
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