channel-islands-audio-vda2-digital-to-analog-converter
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Preamp in front of Graham Slee Novo? Opinions needed.
I just purchased a Yamaha A-S2000 integrated amp for my speaker setup. Besides being a terrific speaker amp, it turns out it also has a pretty decent dedicated headphone section so I started doing some comparisons to my Graham Slee Novo headphone amp. (DAC is VDA-2 from CIAudio and Cambridge...- anttipi
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- graham-slee-entheos-series-novo channel-islands-audio-vda2-digital-to-analog-converter akg-k701-studio-headphones
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Woo Audio WDS-1
Hi all, Has anyone received the Woo Audio WDS-1? It's high on my list as well as the Wyred Dac-2. Thanks- Audiophilehi
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- channel-islands-audio-vda2-digital-to-analog-converter calyx-dac-24-192 wadia-121-decoding-computer-digital-to-analog-converter woo-audio-wds-1 nad-m51-dac dacs woo-audio-wa22 wyred4sound-dac-2 schiit-audio-bifrost-dac
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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DAC with more than one unbalanced output?
I've been looking into an upgrade to the Channel Islands VDA-2 that has served me well for some years now. One of the features of this DAC that I rely on is the fact that it has dual unbalanced analog outputs. I've been looking for an upgrade in the 1K to 1.5K range but after combing through a...- Xcalibur255
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- channel-islands-audio-vda2-digital-to-analog-converter benchmark-dac2-hgc
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Dac reccomendation 100-150 price range
Hello, the Dac that I had in the past was the Emu 0404 usb but I ended up frying it with water in an accident. Now i'm in need of a new Dac, for my k701>heed setup. Havn't been to this site in a few years so its been a bit difficult to find what i need on the forums. Any suggestions very much...- skormee
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- creative-labs-e-mu-8740a-0204-usb-2-0-audio-interface-black channel-islands-audio-vda2-digital-to-analog-converter aune-mini-usb-dac-mk2-se musical-fidelity-v-dac-upsampling-digital-to-analog-audio-converter emu-0404-usb-2-audio-midi-interface dedicated-source-components dacs hrt-music-streamer-pro-high-resolution-usb-d-a-converter
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Channel Islands VDA-2
Can anybody tell me anything about this tank? http://www.ciaudio.com/products/VDA2 It seems like it fits the price range for decent entry/midrange DACs, but I haven't heard any mention of it on this forum, most of the hubbub is about the upcoming Bifrost, A-GD stuff, etc. How does...- grmnasasin0227
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- lavry-da11 channel-islands-audio-vda2-digital-to-analog-converter audio-gd
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Channel Islands Audio VDA2 - Digital to Analog Converter
Traditional DAC designs use brick-wall digital filters, usually followed by more analog filtering to reduce sampling noise, but cause signal degradation in the process. Another approach has been to use no filtering at all, but this adds noise to the analog signal. Both of these designs have...