On my Aurora gaming rig I use a Blue Yeti Pro with an AKG 701 (the suspension rails make a great TrackIR mount on the left) plugged into the mic's integrated sound card and TeamSpeak and Discord comms flow smoothly, in addition to great localization (I hear the bogey lining up my 6 in IL2...

Just click on the green buttons for some more FLAC, I love the progressive stream: http://en.flacradio.esy.es/

I got this split data and power USB cable, the quality of the sleeves is almost identical to the M1000i XLRs running out of the Dacmagic:   http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-B-SYSTEMS-Teralink-X2-Hi-End-USB-AUDIO-CABLE-6N-MKII-1M-/260913388693?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbfa65c95   Great...

Yep, USB2, when used with FOOBAR and ASIO plugin for it sounds fabulous.   Winamp and WMP also have ASIO plugins, which SUCK BTW, crash and cannot restart, poor implementation.   BBC Radio 3 streaming AAC+ (not mp3) at 320kbps is out of this world, it and Ceski Rozhlas Vltava are the...

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OK, got the new system running.   Dell Precision 370 Win7 Pro cca. 2007 USB2. Drivers set to "Exclusive" mode, so the Foobar WASAPI plugin controls the action.   USB2 "audiophile" cable with separate power and digital cables, ebay.hk   DM Plus USB2 drivers with linear PSU  ...

Cambridge Dacmagic Plus here.   I can feel you, a decent system deserves a good DAC.   Let me tell you that FOOBAR2000 with ASIO plugin is becoming my player of choice, high speed USB2 from a 2007 Dell 370 straight into this marvel and it beats anything else. Technology is funny...

Strictly separate amplification second hand here:   1. Proac Tablette 50 powered from a Zamp v.3. Got them used $500.   Other suggestions:   2. Paradigm Reference Studio 20 v.2 or above.   3. Canton Karat M30 DC 3-ways.   4. Energy bookshelves, from before they moved...

Quote: Good points, Dacmagic Plus shows 1.5A on the back, OEM PSU is 2A.   The PSU in the pic i posted earlier also benefits from a replaceable fuse and internal filters, the capacitors give it considerable weight, so it is a "balanced" PSU in the sense that it will handle...

Got her. Set it up with the old Canton Karat M30 DC 3-ways and Parasound Zamp v.3.   Futzed around until i got the USB2 ASIO drivers right and started streaming my favorite streams via Foobar. I did comparos with WMP and Winamp, while the ASIO plugins worked, both are flawed and freeze...

Quote: I am thinking of just sticking an $5 USB bluetooth dongle and see what happens, i have 3 different brands.   Streaming A2DP radio from my Droid X if the corporate firewall gets too strong at work, so far i am still well tunneled.   I have a Xoom honeycomb tablet built into...

Quote: Like this:   It gives linear 12v 2A, which is the Dacmagic Plus's spec, i ordered one, the price is good. Have to hook it up to the oscilloscope and put their claims of linearity to the test. At almost 3 lbs it should have some capacitors:)

Hi,   Although i have an advanced home theater setup with separates and listen regularly to SACDs i have to admit i am a total newb when it comes to USB2 24/192 DACs.   My current office setup: X-Meridian 7.1>Parasound Zamp v.3> Canton M 30 DC 3-ways is getting long-in-the-tooth (read...

Quote: Originally Posted by jalyst Interesting, please share your results.... I'd be amazed if you reckon the meridian sounds better overall. But SQ is such a subjective thing it wouldn't surprise me. OK, and the winner is....Asus Xonar ST!!! This is 3 days later, switching...

Darn, that stock X-Meridian in my wife's office next door paired with another Parasound Zamp and Energy Veritas bookshelves still sounds better than my system with same amp and Xonar ST with 3-way Cantons (superior to Energy in all tests). On top of it her system is not even line conditioned...

Quote: Originally Posted by phusg Thanks for sharing your experiences. With which opamps are you comparing the X-Meridian to the ST? Also could you comment on how they compare with respect to listening fatigue? Stock opamps both, fatigue wise i would say the the ST is the...

Got the card, installed it, uses the large 4 pin auxiliary power cable as opposed to the DX, has front audio connectors. When i installed the driver Windows 7 asked me if i wanted to allow "C-Media device drivers" to be installed, so we may have ourselves another ASUS CMI8788 rebadge, i did...

Hi, i am am new here, but have a long history of PC and Mac hardware abuse. Apart from the CMI 8788 PCM 192 KHz via optical to the different systems around my tiny abode i also run analog setups for my office, and the wife's of course. Wife's: Auzentech X-Meridian > Parasound Zamp v.2>...