Okay, so recently I acquired the UD110 v1 from someone here on Head-fi, they had gifted it to me to help me out and it was a very awesome thing for someone to do in this community I have found out they we all (from who I have dealt with are very giving) I received it after some time due to slow post on the west coast going to the east coast(new england is where I reside).
I had already downloaded windows driver's and was ready to go and see how it sounded...only to be very very disappointed with the reason being windows kept stalling completely to where I had to do a hard boot. And then disconnect the device on start up. I was baffled I research for instances where I could find a fix, well to find out windows was corrupted and had to re buy this. Even then it refused to work and kept messing with the os. I had contacted the member who gave me this and he sent the invoice and I sent it to Stoner. They were so decent about this and told me to not worry that they had a few UD110v2's that they could send where they do not need the driver's like the V1. I told them thank you and that I would test it on my girl's pc which has the same Windows 7 ult copy as me, which it worked fine! I was awe struck on the lvl of sound quality coming from such an inexpensive device.
Over time I kept going onto my girl's pc that it got to the point she had to ban me, lol. Anyways I can gladly say I just got the v2 of the UD110 and I Am currently listening and testing sound with the Vali amp and DT 990s and Senn HD595(modded version). Sounds fantastic with both headphones and I am thrilled. I will be honest if you are looking for a inexpensive setup that has a higher audio quality go and purchase the UD110 v2 or even better the new UD120 along with a used Schiit Vali, O2, Little Dot 1+ and be awe struck with the sound coming from this(as long as the headphones permit). If you have a pair of Sennheiser HD595, 598, 580, 600 I would highly suggest getting this with the Vali.
Sorry for this story I know it is long, but it was need for me because there is most definitely not enough reviews on this unit out there... BTW I am comparing the UD110 to higher and lower priced DACs such as the ODAC, CDAC+, Fostex Hp-A3, Gamma 1 Lite, E7, Creative Recon 3d. I will say it beats out all the other except CDAC+, HP-A3, ODAC and it comes damn close to the ODAC. Yes the ODAC is even more clear and clean(CDAC+ is even better than the ODAC) but it is not a big difference, especially at the price difference. I can honestly say you would not miss the ODAC too much if any from switching to the UD110.
It has plenty of detail and transparency, the sound stage of this small sized unit is pretty honest depending on the phone and or amp you are using, the size is a huge plus for those whoe do not have a tone of desk space or a clutter of projects, peripherals, and tools on their desk(like myself). It does a very clean job and it sounds neither too neutral to sound lifeless or sterile, but it does a very decent job at being accurate. I am impressed to say the least and if you have noticed by now that I have some decent gear to compare this too... still impresses me too the point where the point when I send the review unit I was lent and am left with the UD110 v2 I will be just fine, even happy.
