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...

Hmm.. interesting, i know somebody over here in germany who tested several different DAC´s like the Benchmark, Valab 4395 Premium, Beresford Caiman, Corda Stage Dac and RME Fireface 400. Finally he prefered the RME Fireface and ditched his complete digital setup exept the netbook wich was ...

Quote: Originally Posted by jpelg So you are saying you do not hear a significant sonic difference between the HLLY DAC/t-amp combo and the HK AVR5500, when powering your new (better) speakers? And that the HLLY DAC/t-amp combo displays less bass, but a more forward midrange than the...

A few days ago i´ve compared a HLLY t-amp 20 + HLLY DAC DMK IV against my Harman AVR 5500 and even at higher listening levels we could´t tell that there was a difference in sound listening through my actual speaker setup. Connecting my old pair of speakers i noticed a lower bass output with the...

Ah ok, thx. With a DAC feature this piece would be a no brainer because there´s non of such Player on the Market in this pricerange and buildquality. reading in their forum i´ve found out that emotiva will release a dac in july or so, based on their cd player. Buying just an only cd player for...

Is it possible to use the Emo ERC as DAC like the Cambridge 740c or 840c ?

My dream wuold be a DAC / preamp with display and remote control build with a t-amp 90 like amplifier unit into one case of standard hifi size. This would be a big seller and wouldn´t have any competition. I devinitvely would stay with remote control in future units and not follow the standard...

You should take a look at the Maverick Audio Tube Magic, the Thread here on head fi and AC reads very good and you have the possibility to roll tubes if you want a slight other sonic direction

I would devinitively go with a proper pair of speakers and forget the teufel crap. The teufel stuff might be a step upwards to your logitech system but i really doubt that it´s suited for music listening as a pair of hifi speakers. I know the teufel stuff very well because i´m living in germany...

AMC will present at least a new DAC at the german high end show, the unit will be able to handle higher samplerates, that was a feedback from a AMC Dealer. No further infos regarding the old DAC9 yet

@ AmanGeorge thx @ DragOn @ krmathis He got PM ! Thx for your support