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It's time to move beyond the uDAC1, but where to go?

post #1 of 11
2/25/11 at 6:47pm
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Gents,

 

I've read tons of threads and I'm more perplexed than I was before I started. I have a nice starter system with a little dot mkIII, sen HD600 and a uDAC1 to play back 320kbps AAC's and apple lossless 16/44 tracks from an apple imac over USB.

 

I'd like to upgrade the DAC and have about $300 to do it. any recommendations are welcome and i would especially appreciate any advice on dealing with 16/44 tracks in regards to bit rate and upsampling.

 

 

thanks in advance!

 

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post #2 of 11
2/28/11 at 1:46pm
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anyone got a bone to throw the newb?

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post #3 of 11
2/28/11 at 2:22pm

I've got one of these: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/436043/new-pop-pulse-1796-dac-usb-input.  If you have optical out from your macbook, it could be good.  Nice sounding, but bear in mind that it's not a portable unit.

 

Updated link to vendor:

http://cryo-parts.com/index.php/pop-pulse/1796-mkii-dac

 

- Ed

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post #4 of 11
3/2/11 at 5:14am
Thread Starter 

thanks for the suggestion. i'll investigate. my list has also grown to include:

 

1) audinst MX-1

2) matrix mini-i

3) matrix cube

4) little dot

5) HRT streamer II

6) hotaudio DAC WOW

7) MF v-dac

8) upcoming maverick dac??

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post #5 of 11
3/2/11 at 4:38pm

Have you considered the E-MU 0404 USB?

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post #6 of 11
3/2/11 at 7:59pm
Thread Starter 

i know absolutely nothing about it. i'll take a look. thanks for the suggestion!

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post #7 of 11
3/2/11 at 8:22pm

 

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Originally Posted by Project22a View Post

Have you considered the E-MU 0404 USB?



But beware of poor Windows 7 drivers. Last driver update was 2/1/2008, and doesn't even mention Windows 7 compatibility (Vista is mentioned though).

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post #8 of 11
3/3/11 at 12:15am
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Originally Posted by Vitor Machado View Post

 



But beware of poor Windows 7 drivers. Last driver update was 2/1/2008, and doesn't even mention Windows 7 compatibility (Vista is mentioned though).


A Windows 7 Beta driver was released on October 2010. It has worked great for me so far.

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post #9 of 11
3/3/11 at 2:07pm

headfonia review

http://www.headfonia.com/the-new-recommendation-the-yulong-u100-usb-dac/

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post #10 of 11
3/3/11 at 2:13pm
Thread Starter 

yeah, that needs to be on the list too. dammit.

 

 

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post #11 of 11
3/3/11 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by drandall View Post

Gents,

 

I've read tons of threads and I'm more perplexed than I was before I started. I have a nice starter system with a little dot mkIII, sen HD600 and a uDAC1 to play back 320kbps AAC's and apple lossless 16/44 tracks from an apple imac over USB.

 

I'd like to upgrade the DAC and have about $300 to do it. any recommendations are welcome and i would especially appreciate any advice on dealing with 16/44 tracks in regards to bit rate and upsampling.

 

 

thanks in advance!

 


My advice is to save your money until you can spend a lot more on your source.  A great source with an average amp will blow away an average source with a great amp.

 

USG

 

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