I´ve ordered a NFB-3 for a friend, looking forward to hear it, possibly get one for myself if it´s noticebly better than the DAC part of my Arcam Amp

They should have build it into a standard hifi widht case instead of those standard bread boxes. I´ve found it here  http://www.audiophilechina.com/cp-show.asp?C_id=173&S_id2=37&s_id=38

dcs sounds like a noname brand, but they produce 80.000$ Units wich beleiving some reviewers are the best the´ve ever heard. How it stacks against the streamlenght stuff will be interesting, i think that Arcam wouldn´t license it if it would be crappy.  

The Paul Hynes PSU could be a decent upgrade http://www.paulhynesdesign.com/page7.html   They should be even superior than a battery.

I think it´s better to chose your own PSU if the supplied one is a weak link, so you can even run it n Battery without having to heavy modify the unit.   Better so than building some rubbish in like others do.

It will appear in the next days i think, here´s a nice vid showing it´s insides http://uk.cinenow.com/videos/2377-arcam-r-dac-resolves-the-quality-issues-of-pc-music-sound-and-vision-the-bristol-show-2010   Here a dealer claims to have it in stock on the 30th this month   ...

Has somebody encountered the same problem with the v6 described in this post ? http://avforum.no/forum/generelt-audio-hifi/85253-abrahamsen-v6-dac-brukserfaring-test-8.html#post1460991   The dac is very intersting but this problem seems to be very weird...

It depends on the recording, if you hear mainly stuff fully made on a computer then digital will sound always better, if you hear analog recordings with a top notch vinyl rig then this will sound better. Personally i like the analogue vinyl sound wich is more weightful, blacker, just more real...

Quote: The Transport ( and a dac ) can´t clean anything wich is introduced by the recording, if the recording is jittered that this will remain. The same happens to clock jitter when your onboard pll derives it´s clock signal from the computer > use a soundcard or device with it´s own...

Here is a summary of what i paid for the whole cMP² system :   GA31m S2L Board - 30$ Ebay ( i saw it selling for even cheaper ) e7300 cpu - 40$ ebay ( " " ) 512mb crucial dqt9 ( similar to the kingston low latency ) - 10$ Cogage MST 140 cooler ( rebranded Thermalright axp 140 selling...

  Quote: I understand your point of view, the whole hifi live would be easier if jitter would be inaudible. From my experience i can tell you it´s not. The big question is, if it´s not the jitter wich counts, what is it then ? Placebo is not Placebo if 2 people hear the same difference...

Here a very good read wich helped me to understand what jitter is  :   http://www.jitter.de/english/engc_navfr.html   Here a good read to understand the Sense of oversampling / upsampling and how pcm works  :   http://www.mother-of-tone.com/cd.htm   I recommend reading the whole...

I use a computer as transport and i´m very happy with it, never would buy a standalone device for music playback again. It just depends on you how good the transport get´s, sources to build a hq pc transport are available, just need to try it out. CMP² is a good start, even if you don´t use cmp...

  Quote: Yes it´s possible and there are Tube vst plugins wich perform really well just adding a nice subtle warmth, for me very useful with lower quality recordings lacking body. This one is free http://kunz.corrupt.ch/?Products:VST_TAL-Tube   Another one wich i like is this...

It would be interesting to know if they licensed the asynchronous protocol from gordon rankin and wavelenght ( wich is what ayre did ) or if they have developed a m2tech similar solution by themself. Supposed to be a big seller it could be possible that Arcam brings this wavelenght technology...