Studios dont need best audiophile playback quality. They are producing for people who are listening to I-Devices with Dr. Dre Headphones or worse... so yes Studios dont use that for sure i believe you. In a studio its about "how can we make it sound good on the most crap headphones and speakers...

Most people dont know the difference between audio and data stream. USB cables do make a difference in audio stream and every cable or type of cable has its own signature it adds to the sound, while a more subtile than the analog cables of course.   Spending more money on analog cables makes...

Glad you liked my review it was my first for a DAC. The X-10 is technically superior to the X-9 cause of the ES9018 which is the best chip for D/A in the world. Another bonus is the opamp free analog output which is very rare for DACs in this price range. I dont know if any of the sellers got...

Np, just checked ebay and it seems the newer versions of the Dac X-9 are using XMOS for 32 bit 192 khz. This is what they posted:   "With the USB technology development, USB 24bit/96K is no longer able to music lovers requirements. USB 24BIT/192K became inevitable outcome. X9 born."...

BSODS might happen cause of the incompatibility of asynchronous streaming on certain Intel platforms and their chipset drivers. Mostly you only see a driver called ntoskrnl.exe as the problem which isnt exactly the case. Anyway i checked the Dac X-9 and it looks like it uses the Tenor TE7022L...

The XMOS Chip only works with USB Audio Class 2. Windows only supports USB Audio Class 1 natively. The ASIO drivers are needed to make the XMOS chip work under windows. Only Mac OSX supports USB Audio Class 2 natively. So you always need drivers on windows 7 or 8 if you use newer USB receiver...

@Jeep as much as i like the netherlands more than my own country (and folk more often than i like to say) i dont get why you throw out so many racistic hints to "the German" since there is no such clishee thing in reality.   Sure i like precision and accuracy. And of course not being involved...

dude just everything of your last post is stupid and wrong - it makes you look like a raging valab fanboy histerically defending one of the worst ebay sellers ever.   1. ems is dhl post or gdsk in my country there is no ems in europe. so ems is trackable with dhl tracking but you like to...

There are more sellers on ebay for this Dac now. Minishow0328 and Forexman both without negative feedback. From minishow0328 i know they do really care and help you when problems occur or answer questions fast and accurate. It also seems vintage audio lab photoshoped a bit to let it look like...

  I would like to add to the list:   1.) Anedio D2 2.) Matrix X-Sabre 3.) M-Dac 4.) Apogee Symphony (used only) 5.) Apogee Quartet 6.) Black Lion Audio Red/White Sparrow   All of these feature the best DAC chip of the world (not too sure about Apogee can be only ESS9016 or something)...

Its by far not that simple as you want to make people believe. Studio gear is very overhyped when it comes to terms like "high quality converters" which is simply not true in most of these items. Its also the reason they dont public their internal specs. Studio gear is good for their in and...

In case XMOS+ES9018 I2S USB to fiber coaxial 192K-24BIT   149$ at ebay.   Unmatched in price / quality worldwide. It even has 2x TCXOs for internal master clock. Its a very simple ES9018 implementation i would say but it seems to be not bad specially not for the price considering the ES9018...

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Thank you zenki14 and tomscy2000 i think if the label above the power button says "use only with 250V fuse" it is for Europe. If it says "use only with 110V fuse" it is for Taiwan and will blow up if i connect it to my plugs.   Voltage Transformers (step up/down) cost from 7 Euro to 400 Euro...

Can someone help me please? The seller is not answering if 110V or 240V unit and trying it out could be dangerous. Will i be able to see it on the Transformators inside or is there no way to see what Voltage Input it Needs?

Finally i got a tracking number which says it was shipped at 25.10.2013. Seems like it will be delivered by DHL and the seller did somehow react to my many mails begging him to send it with DHL and not EMS. And cause of that its already at the customs in my country now.   Can anyone tell me...

I was influenced also by this thread to look for this specific DAC so i tried it. Would be better i could give you a review now than rage and frustration i totally agree.   About EMS again. Yes it is horrible no better words to describe it. But that counts maybe only for my country where its...

Thanks for the link. If i hadnt the experience with vintage i would definetly check this item out since it reads very nice spec wise. About the voltage problem - i never had to tell the seller what is needed cause they see where im from before they send the item and can conclude which works for...

I have ordered this DAC since it seemd to be a very good offer. Its 2 weeks ago now and the seller doesnt respond to any mails. I wish i had bought from a more trustable company... After Investigation i found another person who got scammed by this vintage audio lab guys. They sent him a version...