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Simaudio Moon 300D dac

post #1 of 7
4/7/10 at 3:18am
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first review i've seen so far.

http://www.uhfmag.com/Tech/Moon300D.pdf



little bit of buzz on the audiogon forums too. one of the members likes it more than the weiss minerva
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post #2 of 7
6/30/10 at 12:18pm
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more reviews

http://www.goodsound.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132:simaudio-moon-300d-digital-to-analog-converter&catid=56:equipment-reviews&Itemid=37

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post #3 of 7
7/11/10 at 8:12am

just wonder how much is this unit new or used. also have u compared it to any other dac ?

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post #4 of 7
7/11/10 at 2:36pm
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approx 1500

 

i'd be surprised if u can find it used...too new

 

nope, thats why the reviews are not of my opinion

 

i'm likely to get this dac or W4S dac 2 since theyre the 2 dacs in the 1500 range

 

or maybe a used bryston dac. about the same price

 

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post #5 of 7
7/11/10 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by endless402 View Post

i'm likely to get this dac or W4S dac 2 since theyre the 2 dacs in the 1500 range

 

or maybe a used bryston dac. about the same price

 


If you're planning to use the USB input, I would avoid the Sim as it uses a basically worthless 16/48 limited implementation (same for the Bryston). The W4S's asynch 24/192 capable USB will crush it, for sure. Another DAC that goes for around $1500 is the Audio-GD Ref 1, which is definitely worth a look. I've also seen demos of North Star's latest USB DAC32 going for $1500 or so.

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post #6 of 7
7/11/10 at 4:32pm

I had a friend just sold the simauudio and got a ref 8 instead. from my initial listening, simaudio moon is quite neutral.

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post #7 of 7
7/12/10 at 8:30pm
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Originally Posted by DaveBSC View Post




If you're planning to use the USB input, I would avoid the Sim as it uses a basically worthless 16/48 limited implementation (same for the Bryston). The W4S's asynch 24/192 capable USB will crush it, for sure. Another DAC that goes for around $1500 is the Audio-GD Ref 1, which is definitely worth a look. I've also seen demos of North Star's latest USB DAC32 going for $1500 or so.



I dont think the audio-GD is high rez? dont remember. all i remember is that there was a key feature that was missing from it.

 

nope, not using usb. currently using hiface (and might upgrade to the newer m2tech interface).

 

only reason why i'm considering simaudio is that i already use simaudio so it matches the system.

 

all in all, still waiting for a few months to see how the dac's stack up...theyre all still too new

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