khollister
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bump - added day 1 impressions in the first post.
What strikes me the most is the simultaneous texture and detail in instruments and voices while having absolutely no audible grain or extra musical texture, e.g. a male voice can have the texture you would expect but a piano can have a liquid, bell-like tone with no grain whatsoever. The combination is quite amazing.
K,
Are you going to use an async USB to SPDIF for this eventually so you do have async?
khollister, thanks for the impressions. Looks like the Rega DAC has the sound I'm looking for. I might get it in a few months and give it a try.
I've been looking at the Musical Fidelity V-Link too, but not enough funds right now.
Music Direct says it's available January 2011, but it's already the 30th.
Audio Adviser might have it. http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MFVLINK
You might want to give them a call and see if they have it in stock.
Called AA today - no joy and no ETA.
Quote:khollister, thanks for the impressions. Looks like the Rega DAC has the sound I'm looking for. I might get it in a few months and give it a try.
I've been looking at the Musical Fidelity V-Link too, but not enough funds right now.
Music Direct says it's available January 2011, but it's already the 30th.
Audio Adviser might have it. http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MFVLINK
You might want to give them a call and see if they have it in stock.
Called AA today - no joy and no ETA.
Slight delay-of-game, as I managed to contract a nasty cold so my hearing is screwed up. I'll get back to posting some more impressions in a few days. Should also have the EVO and can compare the USB and S/PDIF inputs as well.
The USB input isn't bad, but it is thicker/warmer and somewhat closed-in or dead sounding