I have received my review sample of the Kingrex UD384 last week and thought I should perhaps share some preliminary impressions.     Description of the UD384 and the UPower:   Below are some specs on the UD384 and UPower:   UD384:   The Kingrex UD384 is an async USB DAC and...

Preamble:   I started a thread a few months ago named “USB to SPDIF converters shoot-out: EMU 0404 USB vs. Musiland Monitor 01 USD vs. Teralink-x vs. M2Tech hiFace” that was closed a few days ago. While my initial intent was for the thread to be a place where people could share their...

Review: Mark 2 Sennheiser Silver Dream Headphone Upgrade Cable   Preamble:   About 2 months ago, Alister from Artisan Silver Cables contacted me to see if I were interested in reviewing their new headphone upgrade cables for the Sennheiser HD-600 and HD-650. I accepted his proposition...

Review: Jkeny’s modified Hiface A few months ago I started a thread here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/usb...hiface-449885/ where I compared a few usb to spdif converters. So far I had used in my system 6 different usb converters and the M2tech Hiface was my favourite. A few weeks ago...

Review of the Audio-gd DAC19 DSP & C2 amp - The ACSS connection For those wondering what ACSS means it is the acronym for Audio-gd Current Signal System which is similar to Krell’s CAST system. What it means is that when you connect your whole chain in ACSS, there are 2 interesting...

Review of the Purepiper DAC A-1 Preamble: I was asked by a fellow head-fier (on behalf of Purepiper) if I were interested in reviewing a DAC from a Chinese company I have never heard of before. After accepting, Purepiper sent me pretty quickly their DAC A-1 and I received it about 2...

Comparison of headphone cable upgrades for the Sennheiser HD-650: Artisan Cable “Silver Dream” vs. Stefan AudioArt Equinox Preamble: The Sennheiser HD650: I have owned the Sennheiser HD-650 for more than 3 years now and since the time I got them, I have been amazed about their sound...

The Oyaide DB-510 – An analog sounding digital cable   Review deleted

Review of the Audio-GD FUN - A modular Dac / Headphone amp / Preamp IPreamble The Audio-GD FUN: The Audio-GD FUN is the replacement of the Compass which has been extensively described here by Currawong, so I won't go into the details. Like the Compass, it is a DAC / pre-amp /...

The Truth About Interconnects and Cables — Reviews and News from Audioholics While reading this thread (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f21/be...-300-a-459752/) started by rosgr63, someone linked to the article above. I read that article and there are many things that bother me about...

Preamble : While I am writing a review about cables, I don't think that cables have a sound of their own but I believe they induce losses to the signal being transmitted that can be audible to various degrees depending on the transparency of the system. So my review is based is how they...

Preamble : While I am writing a review about cables, I don't think that cables have a sound of their own but I believe they induce losses to the signal being transmitted that can be audible to various degrees depending on the transparency of the system. So my review is based is how they...

USB to SPDIF converters shoot-out : EMU 0404 USB vs. Musiland Monitor 01 USD vs. Teralink-x vs. M2Tech hiFace Purpose of this thread 24/03/10: Since this thread has been assaulted many times by people wanting to discuss theory of jitter, what is possible to hear and what is not I decided...

It was suggested to me here to start a new thread about the Teralink-X drivers. System used: Sources : Teralink-X Musiland Monsitor 01 USD EMU 0404 USB Zero DAC Audio-gd DAC-100 Audio-gd DAC-19mk3 Headphone Amps: Audio-gd C2C with the upgraded pot Little Dot MK3 Audio-gd ST-3...

Review of Audio-GD DAC-19MK3 Part I : this is my initial review. Part II : this is my updated review (Oct. 09) which includes a comparison between mode A (PMD100) and mode B (DF1704). Part III : this part contains links to impressions/reviews/comparisons of the dac posted in this thread...

Well, I have been using the Musiland Monitor 01 USD for a few days now as a tranpsort for Audio-gd DAC-100 and here are my impressions: Sound: Well the Musiland seems to have cleaned a little bit of "muddiness" in the highs, also the bass seems stronger and more articulate (in comparison...

Update 06 july 09 I decided to update my review to post my impressions after a few optimizations/upgrades I made to my system. The DAC-100 is basically the DAC section of the Audio-GD Compass. The ST-3 is a sigle ended Class A headphone amp which should be comparable to the Audio-GD Compass...