utsource is a Chinese supplier. I bought many components from this source. Some of them were bad quality, some of them were not working or failed after a short time of usage.   When I owned MHDT Havana I tested many PCM56P chips: Korean, Malaysian, Japanese, K,J,L grade. I suppose all of...

  The DAC may lose its old school sound character without the tube buffer especially with PCM1704 DAC on board. I think it loses that magical, sweet sound the people love it for...   PCM1704 it detailed and cold and sounding rather like the modern DACs.

thanks Joel, good work... I think I'm gonna get the Pagoda in the nearest future, I'm just wondering how it compares to my other reference DACs, no worries, no upgrades this time :)... but replacing the chips PCM1704 with K grade would tempt me...

  My friend did already managed to compare Dave to DCS Vivaldi stack and the Dave was absolutly superior to DCS with detail retrieval.   In his subjective opinion Dave is world's best DAC in that catagory, I suppose Total DAC would be in big troubles while comparing. But we will know when we...

Thanx Rob for thermal explaination, all I have to do now is to compare Dave with your old SX-512 which I consider it to be the best DAC ever released.

  I'm very curious how the Dave sounds. I have to test it.  I'm a little worried about the high temperature inside the DAC. Heat problem is known from DPA Dacs, which Rob designed many years ago. What about the Dave Rob, why does it become so hot? Can we run it with continuos play for 24h a day?

Quote: I had a look at Pagoda. Great DACs inside, PCM1704. One of the finest DAC's chip ever made. There is a chance for a great sound.

  I guess you use a computer for audio. If so, try to put some distance between the DAC and the computer. The hiss should disappear.

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killer price  - good luck with the sale

no Hungarian users here willing to help?

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I need someone from Hungary who could help me contact the seller from http://elektronika.vatera.hu thanks in advance

  In the case of capacitors higher voltage is always better.