FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Nuforce uDAC USB DAC AMP with line out and S/PDIF out - Page 15

Excellent, thanks HPA.

Just got my RE0 an hour ago. This is my first true audiophile setup. I love it! Everything is so much clearer. Since I bought the RE0 used on ebay, I reckon it already has some hours burned into it. It might improve after a week or so. I wish I could say more, but that's all for now. Thanks to HeadphoneAddict, Mark, and other RE0 owners who posted their impressions. These people all steered toward these purchases; and so far, no buyer's remorse!

My uDAC came today. With my Westone 3's it sounds noticeably better than my Apple iPod Classic running the same Apple Lossless files.

Running the uDAC's RCA outs to my Rotel RA820 Integrated Amp driving B&W DM601 SII speakers (My Office speaker rig) it sounds a little tizzy right now. I'm leaving it play the Westone's to break-in a little. I don't have any full size headphones with 1/8" plugs to try, and I don't have an adapter.

This weekend I'll compare the uDAC with my usual Desktop amp a Headroom Portable Desktop with the premium modules. The Headroom also has a DAC, but it supports USB and SPDIF inputs. Other than that I know nothing about the Portable Desktops DAC.

My initial impression is that if you want an inexpensive USB DAC/Headphone amp the uDAC is a no brainer. If the uDAC beats my Headroom Portable Desktop amp then my Brother is going to get the Headroom for Xmas, if it doesn't then he'll get the uDAC.

Ordered Wednesday evening... NuForce shipped Thursday FedEx.... arrived this morning!

Not much tme with it yet, but I can say this is absolutely "bang for the buck!" Very impressed so far... and don't anticipate that changing much.

Since it is a digital signal, I would imagine that it would be lossless regardless of cable length, would it not? Headfiers, correct me if I am wrong.

I saw the 115 euro price on the european site.

Check around this forum and computer audiophile; many users report a difference in SQ with changing USB cables due to timing reasons / improper shielding on generic USB cables. I'm a bit of a skeptic myself, but for .79cents, I'm not opposed to trying it.

I just ordered the red one. Maybe I'll do a shoot off between my Keces 151.

Oups I just ordered one, hopefully it will be here before christmas.

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No, digital signal suffers error when traveling through distance or bad quality cable. You can see it clearly comparing cheap HDMI (the image gets snowy as the distant increases) with better ones.

Hi jasonl,
How long is the included usb cable and is it just ordinary cable or something of at least belkin gold quality? I was wondering whether I needed to order another cable right now before the dac arrives.

The included USB cable is a generic 1m cable. There are tons of USB cables out there you can buy. I've boiled my selection down to a WireWorld USB Starlight cable for ~$80 if, and only if my .79c converter from microbarn makes a difference. In case anyone else in interested - USB A Male to USB B Male Adapter is what I bought.

80$ for a cable for a 99$ dac. Hmm dosent sound like a good value. I'd rather put the 80$ towards a higher end dac to begin with. Although this udac does compete out of it's class. Belkin gold can be had for 5 bucks on ebay.