Interesting little DAC (optical/coax input)

For those who have optical or coax spdif already:

There are a lot of threads out there asking for DACs that don't cost too much and sound decent.

To all those i would want to reply the same thing, so instead i just paste a link to the ebay item.

I enjoy it thoroughly (nice with the stock OPA2134, i enjoy it with an LME49720 in it of course) music is full, rich, and listening to it through my Little Dot I+ (yes, also with LME49720 in it, and CV4014/EF91 tubes) is a lot of fun.

I have not heard the metronome this easily in Rasputina's "Wish you were here" on "Lost and found" for example. And all of that without sacrificing a strong low end and clear(est) vocals.

I use it on my m-audio transit in linux (i rather not waste my time putting anything on that linux for sound thread that went off track), *EDIT*: I now use it on a desktop box, gotta love having spidf straight on the mobo, one less box to add to my cable mess..

I went for a BIN auction and went to EMS shipping for $25 for a total of $95, i have plenty of 12V power supplies, so that was the best choice for me, you can sit down and hunt them cheaper on a regular auction. ($60-$95 is your price range then.)

It works well, looks good (yes i care) is not too large and is decently priced and has a socketed opamp.

http://cgi.ebay.com/DIR9001-PCM1793-OPA2134-24BIT-192KHz-MINI-DAC-/380213856012?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588683070c

I hope this one helps somebody.

Daniel

P.S.:

Aside from Rasputina I listen to all sorts of things like:

Emilie Autumn

Lisa Gerard

The Paxcecilia  ( http://www.paxcecilia.com/ )

Edward Elgar

Balanescu Quartet

Persephone

ASP

Unheilig

Rammstein (always interesting how much more you can catch out of the audience on live recording with a good dac)

Certainly beats any PCM2702/PCM2707 dac i owned before or the m-audio's line out.

Oh yeah: for those who go "what dacs are there under $X?" :

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/325941/all-the-dacs-money-can-buy-pt-2

Time for part3? (No, i am not offering, altough a lot of it could be copy/paste probably)

I figured if you google for the names on there and you find a higher version, you still gained something from the links, as you can then use new version + "review" and end up back over here or other sites for some user feedback. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caphead78 

Huh this may just be my next purchase! Does it not come with a wallwart power supply though?

may or may not, i got it without since i have plenty of 12C power supplies. the one i used is actually some random cheapy i had still in power strip and nothing moved me to replace it since it's not causing any issues.

if link is on and at normal listening volume i hear nothing, as far as noise floor is concerned. could crank up the amp and listen this way for a noise floor if anyone would want to know.

Not a fan of the OPA2107...

But that's not what you asked about, so i looked for the noise floor with the dac linked and nothing playing and amp cranked up, and i saw the floor fell out, so nothing to report.