Waiting for review... :)

Hi Rudra, How the Ares react to the different upsampling freq and PCM vs DSD ? Thanks

Thxs Guy for the comparison, very helpful

$499 for online data is completely insane, can't agree more

I did 1 week ago, still not shipped...

If there is any interest, I can let you know guys whether my second seller from ebay is reliable or...not

Tracking numbers from seller wsz0304 on ebay do not work. I spend my whole week asking him whether he shipped the Xmos or not. Eventually after ten times 'I'll check', got a clear answer : "not shipped"   Bought another unit from rcshop2011, will see now if that's better

Hello,    I do think it works better at 8.5 or 9V. Surprisingly, a bit louder as well.   Possibly a bit cooler at 7V, but I have a steady 35°C at 8.5V, so not really concerned. You're right to spot it, I do not power the USB interface with the uR, that is possibly the reason why.

Tried the HDPlex PSU and happy with it. I'm also powering my NAS and a Xmos interface separately with it.   Not sure I will go for the "mystery" as it only give a max of 7V and doesn't appear to be optimal, at least from what I read.   As 9V seems to be better in term of SQ, I'm considering...

Gino,    Obviously it's not in stock !   And I think MINORISUKE is perfectly right, F1 is probably not in stock but resellers still pretend that's ok to maximise their profits.   My issue is just they still pretend to have shipped the item when it's obviously not the case

Hi,    Thanks all of you. Really. I feel more confident now.  Tried to find the DHL tracking number on ebay transaction but I can only see the one from HongKong Post. Just need to be a bit more patient :)   In there they appear to have stock, not sure whether it is reliable or not...  ...

  Already more than a week but thanks for your reply. That will help to wait tracking to appear...

Bought mine from ebay seller (wsz0304). Tracking number appears to be a fake, nothing seems to be actually shipped and seller simply ignore my requests. Very bad customer experience :(

LPSU makes a massive difference over the regular ifi power at 9V. - with the ifi psu, uR is a good source,  -with a nice LPSU, uR is simply superbe. Give it a try and let us know

  Same issue for me, Xmos supposed to be shipped 1 week ago and still can't track it. I wonder if they did shipped it actually

same thing here, I'm a big fan of your reviews rb2013 

no USB output, that's useless !

    Excellent !   Cheers

Hi All,    Has someone tried the XU208 with Linux ?   Thx

I suspect it will be a DA8 killer, I'm pretty sure the sabre chip is not that important and the sound depends more on the design itself

OS also is very important. Windows 7 and Windows Server 12 does not sound the same on the same software

Hi    Pretty sure that some people were about to believe... before the comments ;)   Excellent !

Hello,    Has anyone tried to upgrade AOP on his DA8. A friend of mine reported it lifted the global sound with discrete op amps from 14/20 to 18/20 ? Any other experience ?   Cheers

Hi   I use linux on my PC and it sound definitely better than windows on the same computer. The sound depends definitely on your OS and the software you're using.  Try Daphile for instance and let us know     Cheers

  Yep that's why I can compare both of them