Hi Bimmer100
Thank you for all your posts & thoughts on this subject and these units.
Just curious if you have received your yellow DXIO Pro3A & what you thought? Although others have said the Pro3A was the "best," I am concerned about reports as to its build quality.
I am leaning toward the Breeze.
Thanks again.
I surely can't say that the COLOR of the pro3a will have ANYTHING to do with whether it is better or not. they are all the same, but have been known to have some quality control issues. As it seems with many ddc's. sadly....
but the pro3a is clearly the best ddc for the money. My DIU8 is just as good but also 3 times the price, and it's only as good after I upgraded to crystek 957's....soon I will try NDK's (this weekend). anyhow, i'm not interested in the new melodious, as it doesn't have hdmi i2s. neither does the pro3a. SO..... i sold my "yellow" pro3a to another headfi member who absolutely loves it paired with his Theta Gen V . The pro3a is fantastic with coax, and preferably a very good coax cable.
I will have a breeze this month sometime and will be doing the 957 mod. SO, at this time I can't say the breeze is better or worse.... I would go with a very very strong gut feeling to say the pro3a will STILL be better than the breeze after the 957 mod. seriously. just my opinion, but I have not tested this "hunch" yet. I will report back later at the end of the month or early march when I have had time to compare the Breeze w/957s to the pro3a.
the new melodious looks better than the breeze as it sits...just my opinion, I would like to try it, but i've wrapped up too much money into the ddc thing lately.
I'm looking at building a custom one from JL audio's DIY setup, and use some seriously high end linear PSU's for the isolated section and reclocker.
anyhow, whatever your choice, i'm sure you will be happy enough. The pro3a is very detailed and sounds incredible. I say it's a better designer overall than the breeze. You can power it with a linear psu...no brainer there.
the breeze has poor power implementation in comparison... no option for linear power, and shows signs of improvement from power cables. likely due to a poor ac mains design. I'm just guessing a good cord helps reduce noise into the breeze.