Musical Fidelity V-DAC Owners? - Page 12

I am using that and lossless WAV since I got a new 1TB drive.

A few commas and full-stops in your post might make it easier to understand!

According to What Hi-Fi's recent DAC grouptest, the V-Dac might be perfect for the kind of music you are into. They said it has a great midrange, but that it wasn't too good at thumping basslines. Sounds like what you're looking for.

Does it make a difference (for the quality of sound) to connect the V-Dac through USB, spdif or optical?

Sorry for my stupid question but where can we purchase the Musical Fidelity V-DAC in Canada or USA ??? edit: please forget my question. http://www.musicdirect.com/

V-dac in USA

Also www.audioadvisor. com (30 day return policy, I believe)

That seller was the only one listing the V-DAC. I asked about combined shipping; received reply that this was no problem. Yesterday I was going to "buy it now", but learned that the 30 day auction had been pulled. I asked about it and received this reply:

"Dear spahn_ranch,

Thomas, your German dealer don't want to see us there any accused us of violating their intellectual property. It is understandable because they want to charge you 100 eur higher. You can buy one direct from

My DAC - MAD England, My Audio Design Made in England,Hi Fi - Items
I assumed you found us from the hi-fi forum, please let the people know about us on your local forum. Thanks!" "Intellectual property"? He's been selling these things for a good while now; is listing a lot of stuff yet has only 148 feedback points. This doesn't insipre much confidence to part with my money outside of ebay/paypal. I've never seen a mention of madengland.com, and I get no hits when searching, other than the shop link. Everything in their catalogue is "available in stock".

I'm not sure this computes. Has anyone here every bought anything from MAD England? Or a V-DAC shipped internationally from another UK dealer?

Which issue of What Hi-Fi? Which other DAC in group test with V-DAC?

It should be clarified that eBay administration themselves pulled the auction, citing an undisclosed breach of eBay policy. Furthermore eBay goes on to state that individuals who have won items in that auction now have the option to keep them or return them for a refund.

Alright, all I know is ebay's statement regarding that auction: " This listing (250347159769) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number. If the listing was removed by eBay, consider it cancelled. Note: Listings that have ended more than 90 days ago will no longer appear on eBay."

I've had further correspondence with the seller and I may go ahead and purchase from his shop after all; that's if anytime fairly soon he'll get the checkout procedure sorted to offer a method of payment, specifically paypal. Yesterday, cheques were accepted; today nozink.

Any members who were the winning bidders on that auction got a much more detailed letter from eBay than what you are seeing when you try to access the auction number.

btw, can someone give me the exact specs of the adapter please? As usual, Australia is a pardigm in lethargy in getting any of this stuff and I am now growing somewhat impatient. The only hitch is the adapter - I won't buy from the UK so that pretty much leaves the states and the 120 volt issue.

So I am wondering if any 12 volt regulated(?) wall wart of x amps capability will power it until MF bring out their (supposed) V series PS.

looks like the EU distributor of MF products wasnt too happy with the VDAC being shipped for less out of UK.
I got mine from UK audio gallery via ebay and they referred me after sales to their shop as well (MAD) should I am interested any other products.
I got mine within 2 weeks (over xmas) but otherwise have no other experience with them.

It was and still is being shipped for less, by Stoneaudio of UK. Regarding UK audio gallery, he pushed that quite a bit and the next day the item was pulled off ebay. That's sorted out now and I would have proceeded with the order at MAD, if only the checkout procedure was operational.

Edit: Paypal checkout fixed, order placed at MAD England: £189.19 total (incl VAT and shipping) to Sweden.

Has anyone tried the V-DAC with an upgraded power supply. The walwart power supply on the V-DAC is a ****ty 500mA 12V. Almost all 12v DACs that use a 500mA walwart benefit greatly from more powerful 12volt DC power supplies. The Kingrex UD-01, SuperPro USB, and Monica 3 Dac's are all transformed when a decent power supply like the KingRex PSU is used instead of the stock walwart. Another option would be to connect the V-DAC to battery source such as the Kingrex SLAP or the Audiomagus PowerCenter.

I believe the common complaints regarding the PRaT of this device would be solved with a decent power supply. I would imagine it should increase the rhythm, timing, and clarity . If anyone has a 12vDC power supply higher than 500mA could you please give it a try and let us know if there is an improvement in sound quality.

The V-DAC has a 1.3mm DC power socket which I believe the Kingrex PSU has. At $169, the Kingrex PSU may not be the cheapest upgrade but it might make the sound of the V-DAC comparable to the X-DAC V8.

I was wondering about that too - though I have to say I have no issue with PRAT yet.
However on the package of the VDAC MF is marketing a V-PSU, an "enhanced/ overdimensioned" PSU that is supposed to be released soon and is marketed as a "significant" upgrade to the stock PSU of any "V componen"t.

FWIWs...

Can anyone tell me what chips/dacs are used in this unit? MF offer no info on the electronics on their website.

Cheers
wolster