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    Fiio E17 Review

    I got the E17 last week and I've been evaluating it with my computers as a DAC and my ipod touch as a headphone amp. Overall I'm impressed with the payback quality, particually with 16bit 44.1 FLAC and Apple lossless files however I have some concerns with playing hi res audio files such as 48...
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    Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus vs Yulong Sabre D18

    I'm looking at every DAC in existance right now looking the best choice, I've looked at the DacMagic Plus, V-Dac Mk11, Musical Fidelity M1, The original DacMagic, The Asus Xonar Essence One, The Ross Audio Dual PCM1794, Valeb X-Dac and some others and then I came across the Yulong Sabre D18...
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    Yulong Sabre D18 thread: reviews, impressions, discussion (full review added 2/5)

    I'm beginning to understand that not all Saber32 ES9018 DAC's sound the same. I was looking the Wyerd4sound DAC that goes for $1400 and by all accounts, it has it's own sound signature but also looking around, where else are you going to get a Sabre32 ES9018 based DAC for $699. The next Sabre32...
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    Yulong Sabre D18 thread: reviews, impressions, discussion (full review added 2/5)

    I have the Oppo BDP-95 which has the ES9018 DAC and the clarity, soundstage and detail that I'm getting is unreal. Check out my review here. http://www.head-fi.org/products/oppo-bdp-95-universal-blu-ray-player/reviews/6336  I'm so impressed with the Oppo that now I'm seriously thinking of...
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    Does anybody know about or use the PopPulse PCM1796 DAC MKII

    I've in the market for a outboard DAC. I've been looking at the Cambridge Audio Dacmagic and the Musical Fidelity V-Dac Mkll as prime contenders to buy however I've seen this DAC called the the PopPulse PCM1796 DAC MKII http://www.poppulse.com.hk/pp1796mk2.html The specs on this DAC look pretty...
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    Reply to review by 'airman' on item 'OPPO BDP-95 Universal Blu-ray Player'

    You can do it from your home PC or laptop computer via your DLNA 1.4 or above home network. The BDP-95 will look for other network devices on you network and if those devices are configured to share files then it can access the music files stored your PC or laptop hard drive. You can also buy...
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    Review by 'airman' on item 'OPPO BDP-95 Universal Blu-ray Player'

    I just hooked up the BDP-95 with my Matrix M-Stage headphone amp and my Yamaha RX-A2000 A/V receiver. Got good quality interconnects from Monoprice.com. I have purchased some high-resolution audio files from hdtracks.com namely The Carpenters, Singles 1969-1981 Audiophile version 48KHz/24bit and...
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    Asus Essence One Headphone Amp/DAC (CeBIT 2011)

    How come the  Europeans get every thing first. The Asus Xonar essence one is already on sale in Germany and we here in the U.S . haven't even got a ETA on this thing yet. I've got the xonar essence ST with the X6 expansion card one of my boxes  but I had to send all  the way to England to get...
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    Practical Devices XM6 vs Ibasso D6

    Quote: Thank you for your input. What I'm most interested in is whether or not the XM6 will do bit for bit decoding of 24bit 96khz source material. I'm planning to download  alot of 24 bit music files from HDtracks.com or other locations and I want to be able to play them back from my...
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    Practical Devices XM6 vs Ibasso D6

    I haven't read any thing on the D6 in comparision to the Practical Devices XM6. I'm looking to get a Headphone amp/USB DAC and it broils down to the D6 vs the XM6 http://www.practicaldevices.com/amps.htm Has anybody got any opinion on the differences between these 2 products, I'm leaning toward...
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    • Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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    Ibasso D6 vs Practical Devices XM6

    I haven't read any thing on the D6 in comparision to the Practical Devices XM6. I'm looking to get a Headphone amp/USB DAC and it broils down to the D6 vs the XM6 http://www.practicaldevices.com/amps.htm  Has anybody got any opinion on the differences between these 2 products, I'm leaning toward...
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    • Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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    What Portable Headphone amp/DAC should I buy? Ibbasso D4 or D6. Practical Devices XM6 or Pico Headphone amp upsampling DAC.

    Hello everybody. OK I'll try to put this as simply as I can and I would appreciate it if all of you high tech gurus that know everything would please put your replies in English. I guess you could say that I need a Portable Headphone amp/DAC for Dummies book. I'm new to 24bit audio I put a Asus...
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    • Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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