Audinst has an amp. Audinst has two headphone outputs. Quote:

OK, I have an official information from Audinst / Ji-Hoon Kim about the volume pot: We recommend that you turn the Windows up to maximum volume, and let the analog volume be set to the direction in over 9 o'clock. So much the better if you set to the direction in over 11-12 o'clock.

I am under Windows 7 and it says: "SPDIF Interface".    BTW Audinst support has just replied and they are sending me a new power adapter, no questions asked! I wish I had experience like this with all computer related brands...

Of course my redbook audio CD will always stay 16 bit no matter what I do, but if I had a 16 bit dac then a 50% volume control would loose half the bit depth, making it only a 15-bit DAC. With 24-bit DAC I don't care if I loose 1 out of 8 unused zeroes, I still have enough room for the music...

Just before purchasing mine last week, I have read numerous reviews and someone mentioned that it's better than uDAC-2.

So you say if I listen at 9 o'clock than it shouldn't be a problem?   A different question: since me adapter is DOA now I am using a 12 V brick I had for an external LG DVD burner (quite a big brick, but only 2 A). Do you think the DAC would be more optimal with a 15 V or a 18 V adapter? I...

I personally don't beleive that when listening on a 24-bit soundcard/DAC, there could be any _noticable_ difference between 100% and 50%. In theory, yes, it's not bit-perfect at 50%, but in real life, there is still 23 bits to represent the music, which is way higher than human ear / music...

I received mine 10 minutes ago! I cannot write, it's sound is just soo beautyful!   The AC adapter in mine was broken, but it works well with both USB power and a 12 V adapter I found at home. I hope Audinst sends me a new adapter.   The sound is soo nice! In my opinion, the resampling...

Can someone provide me with some additional information regarding the windows driver of the Teralink? I hope soon I receive my Audinst HUD-MX1 I have just ordered, so I can experiment with the Tenor driver on the Audinst (to see if it works, and if yes, with what performance):   - Does this...

You are almost there, except that reducing volume is something like multiplying with a number between 0 and 1, let's say 0.8. And think about padded bits as decimal places available. So at 16-bit padded to 16-bit you have only integers. But at 16-bits padded to 24-bit you have room for the...

Mathematically you are right, but human ear is not resolving over 18-19 bit. And even in a high resolution music, the bits over 20 bit are mostly just noise. That's why for example on a 24 bit music, dithering has no effect because you are essentialy modifying the 24th bit, which no one can...

Of course we use the volume knob, but all what you say is just the phenomenon that classical music albums are usually much more quiet than pop CDs. But what I say is that if you can only have 16-bits to play with, then you shouldn't alter the sound digitally, you should only put any volume...

I have read the article in post #4. For me, it's clear that any kind of well mastered CD would never produce this clipping. In the part where it says that "how to prevent..." it says that it's a one click switch in Ozone for example, so i would think that this whole problem is part of every...

Thank you for your reply, the point where you say that it has better sound with SPDIF than with USB is the one which concerned me the most. Because from what I researched, it's the case with every DAC which uses the cheap 16/48 USB 1.1 receivers. As all my music is in lossless files now and I...

OK, but even if the problem does exist, what you say is that all external CD transports or any standalone CD players must have the same error, don't you? They usually have no circuit before the DAC chip which would do any kind of digital volume or gain control. So what you say is that every...