[Honkytime]

Seeing you live in Canada and have the NFB15, do you mind me asking how much import taxes and duties did have to pay? also what shipping company was it when it arrived at your door, Canada post? 

The import charges for me where 20$ at the door in Alberta another fellow head fire in ontario bought his at the same time as me paid 25$ so I seems to very by province and mine came by Dhl and was at my house in 4 days

 

[Change is Good]

I had them lower the value to $50, which resulted in no import charge in the US. I think they normally set the value at $100.

 

[Uri Cohen]

After having mine for over a year it is still a keeper.  I only use it for USB from my computer and it is top notch for the price.  I think the Compass 2 with the Dual WM8741 is better sounding than the 15.32 but to me it is like 10-15% more in performance.  If you can't get the Compass 2 but you still want a Dual WM8741 setup, you can't get better than the 15.32.  

 

[EpicHobo1]

I've had the NFB-15.32 for a few weeks, and it is working fine, except for the fact that I get a random blue screen about once a day whenever I play audio. I am connected via USB. It's certainly because of the driver, but I absolutely need it in order to use my NFB-15.32 with USB. I have tried switching USB port but the problem still occurs. Did anyone have the same problem? If so, how did you fix it? 
 
A few information:
- I am not using the original cable that came with the product it because it was too short.
- I'm using Windows 7
- Blue screen can happen at any time when I play audio, mostly when I pause and unpause a Youtube video or open a video/audio file.
 
Here is a picture of the blue screen error if it can be of any use:

Help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[PurpleAngel]

  I've had the NFB-15.32 for a few weeks, and it is working fine, except for the fact that I get a random blue screen about once a day whenever I play audio. I am connected via USB. It's certainly because of the driver, but I absolutely need it in order to use my NFB-15.32 with USB. I have tried switching USB port but the problem still occurs. Did anyone have the same problem? If so, how did you fix it? 
 
A few information:
- I am not using the original cable that came with the product it because it was too short.
- I'm using Windows 7
- Blue screen can happen at any time when I play audio, mostly when I pause and unpause a Youtube video or open a video/audio file.
Here is a picture of the blue screen error if it can be of any use:
Help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 
As a long shot.
Have you tried using the k-Lite package, from Codecguide.com for playing videos?
And tried Foobar2000 for playing audio files?

 

[EpicHobo1]

   
As a long shot.
Have you tried using the k-Lite package, from Codecguide.com for playing videos?
And tried Foobar2000 for playing audio files?

I've been using combined community codec pack (CCCP) + media player classic for videos and Zune for audio files. I don't think changing codecs would completely solve the problem since it also crashes on YouTube.

 

[Honkytime]

Have you tried switching USB ports? I had This issue a few times and it quit after switching USB ports

 

[EpicHobo1]

Have you tried switching USB ports? I had This issue a few times and it quit after switching USB ports

Well I haven't tried all of them, only 3. Everytime I get a blue screen I switch port, so it can take some time. 
 
I uninstalled the driver and installed the new one "For the products shipping since 14th.Aug. 2014" from this link: http://audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/USB32/USB32EN.htm
 
My product shipped before august 14th so I don't know if it's bad? Will it affect the sound in any way?

 

[Honkytime]

Well I haven't tried all of them, only 3. Everytime I get a blue screen I switch port, so it can take some time. 

I uninstalled the driver and installed the new one "For the products shipping since 14th.Aug. 2014" from this link: http://audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/USB32/USB32EN.htm

My product shipped before august 14th so I don't know if it's bad? Will it affect the sound in any way?

Yes it would affect it cause it will not match the firmware on the on board firmware chip you need to match the driver to the USB firmware.

 

[hucifer]

 
 
Hey guys. I got a tip from another Head-Fier about Audio-GD so today I went down a store near me which had both the NFB-11 and NFB-15 in stock and did some testing. I'd read beforehand that the Sabre chip in the NFB-11 was considered to be more detailed and the WM8741 in the NFB-11 was smoother but I was keen to find out for myself.
 
I blind tested them side by side (well, sort of blind because from the front they look almost identical and I didn't know which was which)  and A-B'ed a variety of different tracks for over an hour with my HD 600s. The funny thing was that almost straight away I thought the NFB-15 sounded the most detailed of the two! The NFB-11 sounded smoother and the trebles a touch recessed so I was sure that it was the NFB-15! I did a classic double-take when I finally checked the back of each unit for the model numbers! I guess I'm lucky that the cheaper one sounds better to my ears
 
Anyway I am very happy with the performance so far and at its price point the NFB-15 offers great value. The only thing that's not so great are the USB drivers but I've got them working without any problems now. I have the 26th May - 14th Aug revision.


 
 

 

[Change is Good]

^Nice! You really do get more value out of Audio-gd products. I wish I had bought one when I first started this hobby...

And, yeah, I wish driver installation was simpler. Got it working, though, after a while of figuring out how to...

 

[Kamakahah]

^Nice! You really do get more value out of Audio-gd products. I wish I had bought one when I first started this hobby...

And, yeah, I wish driver installation was simpler. Got it working, though, after a while of figuring out how to...

 
Have you tried it using the optical out? 
My current  Desktop(My own custom build) with Windows 7 is about 4 years old. USB audio and it don't seem to get along very well. Tried every fix in the book and finally gave up. The only time it doesn't give me issues is when playing music through foobar with wasapi. I don't encounter the issue using optical. 
 
Also, did you straight up ask them to have the value lowered? I might do the same just to be safe.
 
Anyway, can't decide if I want to go with the NFB-15 or the NFB-10.33. It's a pretty big price hike to a balanced rig. Not sure if it'll be worth it. 

   
 

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Hey guys. I got a tip from another Head-Fier about Audio-GD so today I went down a store near me which had both the NFB-11 and NFB-15 in stock and did some testing. I'd read beforehand that the Sabre chip in the NFB-11 was considered to be more detailed and the WM8741 in the NFB-11 was smoother but I was keen to find out for myself.
 
I blind tested them side by side (well, sort of blind because from the front they look almost identical and I didn't know which was which)  and A-B'ed a variety of different tracks for over an hour with my HD 600s. The funny thing was that almost straight away I thought the NFB-15 sounded the most detailed of the two! The NFB-11 sounded smoother and the trebles a touch recessed so I was sure that it was the NFB-15! I did a classic double-take when I finally checked the back of each unit for the model numbers! I guess I'm lucky that the cheaper one sounds better to my ears
 
Anyway I am very happy with the performance so far and at its price point the NFB-15 offers great value. The only thing that's not so great are the USB drivers but I've got them working without any problems now. I have the 26th May - 14th Aug revision.


 

 

 
Thanks for this. If I do decide to go with a single-ended unit, this has made my decision easier. 

 

[Change is Good]

Have you tried it using the optical out? 
My current  Desktop(My own custom build) with Windows 7 is about 4 years old. USB audio and it don't seem to get along very well. Tried every fix in the book and finally gave up. The only time it doesn't give me issues is when playing music through foobar with wasapi. I don't encounter the issue using optical. 

Also, did you straight up ask them to have the value lowered? I might do the same just to be safe.

Anyway, can't decide if I want to go with the NFB-15 or the NFB-10.33. It's a pretty big price hike to a balanced rig. Not sure if it'll be worth it. 

Thanks for this. If I do decide to go with a single-ended unit, this has made my decision easier. 

No, haven't tried optical because my laptop doesn't have the output. I have read, however, that it is rather enjoyable an may be better than USB. You can't go wrong with this baby.

And, yes, I asked them to lower the value and they gladly did so

 

[xxxfbsxxx]

   
 
Hey guys. I got a tip from another Head-Fier about Audio-GD so today I went down a store near me which had both the NFB-11 and NFB-15 in stock and did some testing. I'd read beforehand that the Sabre chip in the NFB-11 was considered to be more detailed and the WM8741 in the NFB-11 was smoother but I was keen to find out for myself.
 
I blind tested them side by side (well, sort of blind because from the front they look almost identical and I didn't know which was which)  and A-B'ed a variety of different tracks for over an hour with my HD 600s. The funny thing was that almost straight away I thought the NFB-15 sounded the most detailed of the two! The NFB-11 sounded smoother and the trebles a touch recessed so I was sure that it was the NFB-15! I did a classic double-take when I finally checked the back of each unit for the model numbers! I guess I'm lucky that the cheaper one sounds better to my ears
 
Anyway I am very happy with the performance so far and at its price point the NFB-15 offers great value. The only thing that's not so great are the USB drivers but I've got them working without any problems now. I have the 26th May - 14th Aug revision.
 
 

you can always send them email asking for newer firmware and enjoy the latest driver version
imo, it kept getting better with newer driver, just like you got free upgrade model for free ^__^
i used to have very first nfb15.32 unit (just sold it for another audiogd products, but really miss it sound to me it even best the nfb28 which i also owned and sold)
i upgrade and downgrade firmware from version 1 to 11.3 many times without any trouble

 

[faisal2003456]

   
 
Hey guys. I got a tip from another Head-Fier about Audio-GD so today I went down a store near me which had both the NFB-11 and NFB-15 in stock and did some testing. I'd read beforehand that the Sabre chip in the NFB-11 was considered to be more detailed and the WM8741 in the NFB-11 was smoother but I was keen to find out for myself.
 
I blind tested them side by side (well, sort of blind because from the front they look almost identical and I didn't know which was which)  and A-B'ed a variety of different tracks for over an hour with my HD 600s.
 
 

Hey hucifer. I'm probably going to get the same desktop setup you have (already got the HD 600), so thanks for the write-up. I'm curious about a few things though and I'd appreciate it if you could enlighten me.

Between the NFB-15 & 11 when paired with the HD 600:

a) What were the differences in the sound sig? I love a warm signature, but I'm a little worried about getting a veil from the combination of a warm amp (NFB-15) and warm headphones.
b) What were some of the differences you noticed in the sound-stage?

You probably don't remember all too well, but any input is great. Cheers.