elrod-tom
Moderator - Prefers "stereo weirdo" to "audiophile"
OK, so I've had this DAC for a while now. I used it for a while as a work rig source, and then as the DAC for one of my computers (not necessarily the one I use for computer audio). I've often got more DACs than I know what to do with, and this one somehow got lost in the shuffle.
Then, about two months ago, I plugged it into my Mac Mini as a stop-gap for computer audio in my den. I had sent my Wadia 830 in for mods, and wanted something back there to listen to...and the Silverstone EB01 happened to be handly. It was feeding a Fisher 500C amp, and Polk Monitor 40 speakers, and whatever cans I happened to plug into the Fisher (which, by the way, has a damn nice headphone section that is fed directly by the main amplifier section).
Well, I'd always liked this humble DAC (it can be purchased for $90.00 on NewEgg), but for some reason I keep forgetting why. Fact is, it sounds pretty good. It's a little rolled off on the high end, and it doesn't provide anything close to skull-cracking bass to be sure. Having said that, it does a very nice job on the whole, and is one of the real values in computer audio that I've ever come accross. It presents in a nice, neutral way...the midrange is very well done. It doesn't do any one thing exceptionally well, but it's solid, and a nice listen.
What about the rest of y'all?
Then, about two months ago, I plugged it into my Mac Mini as a stop-gap for computer audio in my den. I had sent my Wadia 830 in for mods, and wanted something back there to listen to...and the Silverstone EB01 happened to be handly. It was feeding a Fisher 500C amp, and Polk Monitor 40 speakers, and whatever cans I happened to plug into the Fisher (which, by the way, has a damn nice headphone section that is fed directly by the main amplifier section).
Well, I'd always liked this humble DAC (it can be purchased for $90.00 on NewEgg), but for some reason I keep forgetting why. Fact is, it sounds pretty good. It's a little rolled off on the high end, and it doesn't provide anything close to skull-cracking bass to be sure. Having said that, it does a very nice job on the whole, and is one of the real values in computer audio that I've ever come accross. It presents in a nice, neutral way...the midrange is very well done. It doesn't do any one thing exceptionally well, but it's solid, and a nice listen.
What about the rest of y'all?