I have both solid state gear and valve. The Nobsound tends more towards the valve sound - warm, natural and smooth especially with slower music  (jazz, pop, blues etc) and the human voice. It certaintly performs way above its price range for sound. It beats my $1000 Marantz receiver for sound. ...

I disagree, the valves do influence the sound, I have had both the jaycar version and the nobsound version. I have tube rolled and certainly does make a difference with different tubes in the circuit. Mods have been done on my Jaycar version and that also made a difference too. Cheers Steve.

Hi, I was skeptiical when I first bought the Jaycar version. I have had mine for 6 years and still going strong. A couple of mods and its one of the most musical budget amps I have heard. It does have a bit of a tube sound - warm, rich, natural sound with a bit of depth. Listen for hours...

Hi, I am choosing between two optical cables as my bluray player as it doesn't have coaxial connections. Which is better sounding cable - chord optichord or vanden hul optocoupler  Mk II. Thanks in advance. Cheers Steve.

Hi, I bought the TXCO in after I bought the unit. According to Kingwa it will takes quite a few hours to burn in as its not pre-burned in like the unit. I found generally it dosent change the tonal balance but it does make it sound slightlly smoother (not as harsh more musical) and it does open...

Sorry your correct, I misread your post.

Hi,   See picture. Mine is plugged into a rotel pre (through the blue leads - wireworld rca ). I run it as a dac through my cd player (red lead/coax dig- wireworld). Which has improved the sound significantly. The yellow power lead is an upmarket one and it opened up the soundstage even more...

Mine has an analogue input. cheers Steve.

  Hi, That is my audio gd 15.32. Cheers Steve.

Mine looks different to yours mine has no markings on the knobs it looks like the 12 series . Burn in is best to run with it all connected so signal goes through whole unit . I may be wrong though Quote name="DJINFERNO806"...

Hi,   Did you feel it improved the sound of the cyrus cd6s. I found it beat the rega apollo-r.   Cheers   Steve.

Hi,   If your audio gd 15.32 unit is produced before June, you just push it in lining it up to the dot, after June you solder. But confirm this with Kingwa as I don't want to give you the wrong advice. Cheers Steve.

Hi,   I need to check, depending when the audio gd was made. Mine was the earlier version which you just push in and the latter version you had to solder in. I can check tonight my emails to see what Kingwa said. Maybe best to email him.   Cheers   Steve.

Hi,   How did you go with the tcxo upgrade.   Cheers   Steve.

Hi, I don't know all the technical stuff, but it seems to lessen jitter therefore its seems to be a cleaner signal. Sonically I noticed a smoother/cleaner and slightly more transparent sound.  Little details stand out more and bass seems tighter and punchier.   Cheers   Steve

Hi,   I know people argue over the value of various cables. I have certaintly heard improvements when I put a good power cord into it and got some high quality coaxial and rca cables plugged into it. It opened up the sound, more transparent dynamic and smoother.   Cheers   Steve.

Hi,   The other thing I noticed its a bit smoother too, making it more natural and musical.   Cheers   Steve

Hi,   What way do you find it better.   Cheers   Steve

Hi, Do you find its better sound with the TCXO chip,perhaps now its more resloution so the difference between setting seems less. Cheers Steve

Hi,   I did notice a little more transparency but at a cost on tonal neutrality and I found the mids a little too forward, I put it back to original. Actually the TCXO was a better improvement sonically.   Cheers   Steve

Hi, I use this dac on my hifi system on a consonance cd-120 linear, with a nice powerlead into it and some upmarket DH Labs 75 and RCA  Chord cables. I have it plugged into a valve pre. It sounds very good as a dac into a cd player. As a budget dac it does very well - beats the cambridge and...

Hi,   I have put about 100 hours on mine, and the sound does improve with break in - smoother, more open and detail become better. The bass also become a bit fuller too. I added  the TCXO chip to mine and that adds a little more transparency and smoother too.   Cheers   Steve.

Hi,   I put in the TCXO upgrade recently in the 15.32, it made it a little smoother, bass is certainly deeper and punchier and its a bit more transparent revealing a little more detail. A good upgrade. It needs at least 100 hours burn in though.   Cheers   Steve.

  Hi, The Audio gd 15.32 are very good sonically for its price, I compared it to a rega apollo-r , it was more open, dynamic and detailed, yet very musical - a touch of warmth in the mids. Cheers Steve. Much better than Cambridge dacmagic

Hi, How is the cable now, did it improve with burn in. Cheers Steve.