I got a pair of Zensor Pico's for a friend, I've had a pair of LS50's here too (now sold), using the same Sony ES Amp with the Pico as i did with the LS50's, i've set the Picos up carefully, and they've been running for a few days, while obviously they don't plum the depths of bass, but i...

If your using it mainly with headphones get the Asus :)

Quote: Yes you can use both at the same time.    

Quote: I have the latest driver installed that seem to be fine via USB. Apart from one or two little niggles (lack of digital inputs, high gain) this is good Dac, for the price the quality is superb, it's got it own character but its very enjoyable via the monitors and excellent with...

You could have simplified a bit more and bought an Asus essence One instead of the Dacmagic Plus, great little headphone amp on the Asus. Both Dacs work great into actives however, different character between the two but both very good. 

Dacmagic (version without volume control) yes it sounds fine via the USB but is limited to 16/44. Ive always used mine with the USB to SPDIF though which isolates from any ground loops from the PC which is on a different circuit.   Dacmagic Plus, you wont need a USB to SPDIF converter with...

      Does anyone know if you can use the XLR and RCA at the same time? ie XLR to the monitors, RCAs to subs.

Quote: Hi Lee thanks for your input, look forward to your further experience with the Dac. Obviously your comparing it to the Stello Eximus which is an unknown quantity to most people at the moment. Can you say how it compares to other Dacs/headphone amps you've tried, budget or...

Quote: 1. It is a switch mode power supply on the Dacmagic Plus, Of course the Words printed on the back of the power supply "Switch Mode Power Supply" could simply be a spelling mistake.   2. Its is 12V DC, not AC.   3. The rectifiers, heat, sinks and caps have gone AWOL in this...

Quote:   Probably! lol.  

Quote: Originally Posted by thathertz The Meier StageDAC is looking good but more reviews are needed, not to mention a comparison with the DacMagic! It looks like a very versatile Dac, it has a preamp out too.

Quote: Originally Posted by thathertz That's interesting. I had a conversation with a guy in the UK who sells and modifies mainly very high end equipment (like the dCS Scarlatti DAC) He's worked on quite a few DacMagic's and Benchmark units and said that there was not much between...

Ive had both the BM Dac Pre and the Dacmagic, the Dacmagic is more than a match for the BM Dac SQ wise if running both through the balance outputs, to my ears and in my system the Dacmagic actually sounded a bit bigger soundstage wise and a bit more dynamic than the Benchmark (im running a...

Quote: Gordon Rankin has commented that the C-Media USB controller in the TeraDak TeraLink-X (the same CM108 used in the TeraDak/Valab DAC) has very high jitter in his testing. It's also the same chip used in the Cambridge DacMagic that Stereophile's John Atkinson labeled its USB as...

More or less the opposite of the HD650