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post #886 of 950
2/19/12 at 4:46am

Has anyone compared the anedio D1 to the new Audio lab M-dac?? Would love to know how they compare??

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post #887 of 950
2/19/12 at 6:27am

Has anyone tested the new U2 to see if it's noticeably better than coax?

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post #888 of 950
2/19/12 at 6:53am

If you have a high quality transport I believe the difference is probably very small to the point where subjectiveness might come into play. A coax out from a motherboard is likely not that high quality in terms of jitter compared to the coax out from a dedicated transport. That said my U2 did show improvements compared to the toslink out from my notebook.

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post #889 of 950
2/19/12 at 2:12pm

Mine is coming from my mac pro, so I imagine I'd see similar improvements. I'd also like to play the few 24/192 and 24/88 files without having to resample them up/down to 24/96. I think I'm gonna get it. 

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post #890 of 950
2/27/12 at 8:44pm

Just got an email from Anedio that my D2 will be shipped tomorrow.  Will report back next week once I had a good run with it.

 

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post #891 of 950
2/27/12 at 8:58pm
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Just got an email from Anedio that my D2 will be shipped tomorrow.  Will report back next week once I had a good run with it.

 


Mine went out today, estimated delivery on Thursday. Exciting times!
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post #892 of 950
3/5/12 at 3:10pm

Just FYI, my Anedio D2 showed up today in Canada.  Impressions to follow.

 

 

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post #893 of 950
3/5/12 at 3:14pm
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Just FYI, my Anedio D2 showed up today in Canada.  Impressions to follow.


Congratulations!!! It can take awhile to get used to the sound (took me a few days) but once you do, Ohhhhh Yeahhhhh! biggrin.gif
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post #894 of 950
3/5/12 at 7:54pm

I have the D1 and D2 sitting side by side, the sound is very similar, that being stellar in both cases.  I haven't had much time to really listen as I am chasing down some volume difference between the squeezebox touch and my pc.  The D2 seems to have just a touch more depth and air. Resolution is similar which is to say excellent.  I didn't realize how much smaller (shorter) the D2 is until I unboxed it.  So far, so good (great).

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post #895 of 950
3/5/12 at 8:09pm

cant wait to see what everyone has to say about the D2! though i know its gonna take project86 quite a while before he writes up his own impressions.

 

...and if anyone was looking to dump an old ratty :P D1, i would be perfectly willing to buy it from you :D

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post #896 of 950
3/6/12 at 2:19pm
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I have the D1 and D2 sitting side by side, the sound is very similar, that being stellar in both cases.  I haven't had much time to really listen as I am chasing down some volume difference between the squeezebox touch and my pc.  The D2 seems to have just a touch more depth and air. Resolution is similar which is to say excellent.  I didn't realize how much smaller (shorter) the D2 is until I unboxed it.  So far, so good (great).

Sorry I forgot you already had the D1.

Are you comparing the HPA sections?
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post #897 of 950
3/6/12 at 4:35pm
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Sorry I forgot you already had the D1.
Are you comparing the HPA sections?


The HPA will be the primary focus.  I think that at this level of quality it will be difficult to tell the difference between the subtle gains achieved in the DAC/jitter sectoins vs what can be more easily discerned about the amp section.  To make things more difficult I also have the U2 USB so I could stick that in front of the D1 to see if I can tell the difference but chances are I will probably just use it at work.

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post #898 of 950
3/6/12 at 4:43pm
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The HPA will be the primary focus.  I think that at this level of quality it will be difficult to tell the difference between the subtle gains achieved in the DAC/jitter sectoins vs what can be more easily discerned about the amp section.  To make things more difficult I also have the U2 USB so I could stick that in front of the D1 to see if I can tell the difference but chances are I will probably just use it at work.

Definitely. Concentrating on the amp section differences is the wise choice. Any other sonic differences aren't going to be as prevalent I'm guessing.
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post #899 of 950
3/6/12 at 9:35pm
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I posted this picture in the other thread but here it is again:

 

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I figure I've got about 100 hours on it by now, so it's time to start listening. My D1 probably has thousands of hours on it at this point but I'll compare them and see if I spot major differences.

 

For the DAC aspect, I suspect it will be like when I compared my D1 to the Resonessence Labs Invicta unit - there were subtle improvements, which were more easily spotted on a speaker rig than a headphone setup. If the D2 is slightly better than the D1, that puts it roughly on par with the Invicta, which to my ears is one of the best DACs out there regardless of price. We'll see. 

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post #900 of 950
3/15/12 at 1:10am

Project, we are all waiting your new D2 review since your D1 review is fantastic.

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