Quote: Did you try using your DAC with different input type (Optical/Coaxial)? Can you maybe try and use different source (CDP /Playstation ...)?   Maybe your DAC is faulty ? I saw that you compared the results with uDAC-2, but it might be bad too. Do you have access to any...

That depends on the DAC, some are made better and some are made cheap. You can buy the V-DAC ($300) and add the V-PSU(another $200) later if you find the sound wanting. I compared my (aging) Arcam Alpha 7SE with the V-DAC and rDAC and both had better clarity and details in complex tracks my...

go for the DAC Arcam new rDAC (is a really nice product and you should not have to worry about mechanism.   Another option is MF V-DAC which goes for $300 in the US   

Quote:   The CPU on the LIVE is about twice as fast as the original HD, but my point was not to use the WD-TV as is with WD S/W, but to treat it as if it was a standalone PC running Linux. Since this box is able to stream real time BD content (about 50 Mb/s) I assume that being...

You should solve all latency issues before dealing with ASIO4ALL setting. My Laptop had latency of 5000-20,000 usec before I did massive cleanup (disabled Bluetooth, infra-red, serial, and wifi)  and I'm now down to 20-500 usec.   Having an high-end system with bitperefct and world class...

I didn't mean to use it as a streamer with WD code, but instead to load Linux and use it as if it was a PC with Foobar and proper USB Audio sound

  I'm in the process of designing my music-pc which I would like to be small, quiet and decent looking. I plan to load all my music in FLAC format and connect over USB to my new Zodiac+ DAC. I don't want to have another server running so that rules out all streaming products like APPLE-TV...

Are you using your computer as a source? If so it might be DPC latency.   You can read more about it here - http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml There is a small utility you can download from that site to check your latency   Other options might be bad player (you can try...

I just notice you are looking for DAC/AMP to work with your iPhone, in that case you should disregard the DACport as it is a PC only solution

I didn't try any of them, just throwing one more option. On paper it should be a better DAC than all of them and it is a very slick unit (which is enough for me so getting one for XMAS) I suspect that most entry level DAC simply align chips together with no regard to the software part...

Quote:   It is not the same beast as the transporter requires running an external music server while Olive saves all the sound on its internal HD. I think it could be a great turnkey solution for people who want ease of use without bothering with building system themselves...

DACport DAC+AMP cost $400 leaving you just $100 for phones of-course if you raise you budget a little ...

  Thanks for the replay I will take advantage on the 30-day trial on my next visit to the US in few weeks time   regards /gabriel

Quote: Mr. Goodman,   Can you please explain what you mean be cleaning up the signal? Does it mean you buffer the data as they arrive and  reclock it before feeding it to DAC chip?   Could you also be so kind as to explain what is the meaning of Adaptive and SYNC USB-Sound?  ...

Michael,     Thanks for replaying my Post. If my math is right using 380mA on 5V translates to 1.9W From that you will probably need to allocate about half to the digital circuits so we are left with something like 1W for the AMP section which might be a little too short for some...

  Quote: mgoodman,   Why is DACport limiting itself to only 380 mA out of USB potential 500mA ? Is it a prudent approach taken to overcome bad USB implantations or that you don't think more power is needed? If the problem is USB limitation I think the limitation can be overcome by...

  Quote:   All the DAC I have heard were USB DAC (the Ayre being USB only and the others having multiple inputs) Most of the testing was done with direct USB connection form a dell netbook  We tried the optical connection on my 7SE which sound inferior to the Dell+USB, but coaxial...

I started doing serious shopping for my new system and a dealer here was able to gather few DAC for a session and boy do I feel silly about my original post. We tried the MF V-DAC and Arcam rDAC  (connected to cheap netbook) and both wiped the floor with my poor 7SE playing Dave Matthews's...

Quote: Originally Posted by slytown I'm looking into an external HDD for Djing, but I'd also like to store movies on it. Would it be better to just get the firewire/usb drive vs. just usb? LaCie - Little Disk, Design by Sam Hecht - FireWire & Hi-Speed USB 2.0 If you got enough...

wrong thread /gabi

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurotetsu Optical isn't necessarily the best due to lack of error correction and, depending on the cable, can be quite lossy. I don't think errors are expected on optical link unless you broke the cable Quote: USB has the edge due to error...

Just noticed the VDA1 stand-alone DAC is (was?) using the same 1716 DAC chip CIAudio VDA-1 Anyone here familiar with that DAC ? How does it compare to the VDA-2 using the new 1794 DAC chip (similar to the 1792A found in the XONAR I think ) or for that matter how will it compare with "modern"...

Hi I'm trying to get an idea of what is a good (or good enough) DAC unit. The only DAC I'm familiar with is the one in my aging Arcam 7SE CDP (1999 model) so would like to use it as comparison base. I think the 7SE has Burr-Brown 24/96 DAC unit (PCM1716) What DAC will give me comparable...

Quote: Originally Posted by roker Pico Dac is the only low cost dac that comes to mind. I think this unit takes only 16/48 and then upsample the signal to 24/96 which is the same thing done by DACMagic I'm looking for a DAC working in native 24/96

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks usb audio is normally limited to 16/48. due to usb1.1 speed So why not add drivers to run your USB-DAC using USB2.0 speed ? That driver could be reused by all other USB-DAC makers Quote: and the lack of 'easy/cheap' chips that work...