Hi,   thats probably more related to sampling rates and buffering. I suggest you try to play with buffer amounts, where sometimes less buffering time can be advantageous! Start at 50 or 100 ms and work your way up to 500-1000 ms. Try it with different sample rates, too. The DI itself is...

Does anyone know if USB implementation is synchronous (adaptive) or asynchronous???   Maybe someone mentioned it already, but search engine doesn't yield results for me. BTW: I'm using the socalled "Luxury Version" of the Valab 1543 which must be more or less the same as the TeraDak 3.1D...

Does anyone know if USB implementation is synchronous (adaptive) or asynchronous???   Maybe someone mentioned it already, but search engine doesn't yield results for me. BTW: I'm using the socalled "Luxury Version" of the Valab 1543 which must be more or less the same as the TeraDak 3.1D.

Bump!   That's an interesting question! Anybody meanwhile? The device is still alive in the Bay http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230622562812&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT or here http://www.3pdt.com/products/rivals-dac-1, maybe elsewhere, too. It resembles the Benchmark's...

Quote: My warm suggestion:   don't do it in Linux (though I like it, too) - build up a cMP²-System instead! (= "cics memory player" PC) That's a very well proven and well documented system that can be realized for a reasonable amount of money. You can vary the plans to your...

Yes Vall, you're right.   In my case at the moment: Music PC (44/16 .flac upsampled to 96/24 through Foobar's Sox) -> DI via USB (upsampling to 192) -> NFB-12 > Beyer DT880/250   I find DI's upsampling slightly more refined in the hights at the moment, but I'm still testing since...

Hi HeadFiers,   got mine.   For those who are still in doubt I would like to post my first impressions after ~24h. For comparison I have a Fun with all available modules. I figured out that I prefer the WM8741/WM8805 combo over the rather bright AD1852 and the DIR9001, the latter giving...

OK, playing phase is going on...   Meanwhile I've figured out that I prefer the Earth module and the DIR8805 together with the WM8741. Its the best combo for full bodied, warm, airy sound with strong bass and satisfying clarity and timbre in my ears (which don't become tired of that...

Quote: WASAPI doesn't work for me under Vista, only KS. But I believe that a good ASIO driver should be the best sound option and the most reliable one as well concerning bit transparency. Drivers do make a difference.   Has enyone encountered the problem that the DI is not...

Great! Thanks

I can't find the price of the Ploytec driver anywhere. What will it cost if I decide to get a licence? Do they accept PayPal? Has anybody tried it yet?

OK, thats a helpful hint towards the thesis that the 9018's soundstage ist probably not surprisingly narrow or kind of "congested". And the -1ES is most likely not worse than the -10ES since the former is a dedicated DAC while the latter is a compromise between DAC and preamp. I'm currently...

Additional components (like an amp) influence the sound, of course. But thats not the point. I'd like to find aut the specific contribution of the -1ES to the sound (according to "garbage in, garbage out") before I order one and probably be disappointed. And i don't want to focus on detail...

Well, in my case its a KT88-tubeamp...   Its hard for me to imagine what "clinical" really means. Can it come to the point where detail damages the sound?   What about soundstage/3D...?

Can someone summarize the NFB-1ES's sound characteristics regarding soundstage/3D-capabilities for me, please? (probably compared to the WM-DACs or even an R-5)   Finding the information in the long/various threads is not easy. And maybe experience has undergone a certain development...

Hmmm..., Peete and all others,   I wonder what the DSP-1 really does inside the R-5. I would expect it to "clean up" the signal or "put things in the right order". I see it as a kind of a re-clocking unit, but from my words you can tell that I'm a dummy with these technical details...

Quote:   Any news on that meanwhile???   I wonder at what upgrade step a sonical improvement becomes quite obviously perceptable (i.e. fairly easily recognizable at first A/B-switching even with a few seconds in between): NFB-12 -> Fun -> NFB-2/3 -> Reference-5 (esp. concerning...

Thanks olor1n - playing phase starting NOW...

Hi there,   just got my new FUN with all opamp modules, DIR9001 and AD1852. Couldn't resist to order WM8741 and WM8805 as well. (and the DI with them... Playground ahoi)   First impressions are that the FUN plays "slower". I believe that's due to more clarity (while still playing softer...

Quote: What ASIO driver are you using?  

So Ploytec drivers support the Tenor chip (and the DI) natively, no software tweaking necessary, right? @kr0gg: What Russian player is that? Are there ASIO alternatives? I'm using the drivers in a cMP² system, so ASIO is mandatory for me. Does ASIO4ALL work with the DI? (though...

Quote: Hi kr0gg, Hi everyone else who might know,   how did you manage to get the Ploytec drivers working with the DI? Did you add lines to the .inf-files containing vendor's-ID, etc.? If yes, how did you do it precisely?   Aren't the Ploytec drivers derived from e.g. the...