I was fortunate enough to get a Lavry Black unit form the first production batch and I picked it up yesterday. The LB is a DAC with digital XLR, coax, and optical inputs. It also has an integrated headphone amplifier and comes with a digitally controlled analog volume control. This volume...

Those fotunate souls who have attended the recent San Francisco meet had a lot of toys to play with... One of those was a Zhalou DAC with its cover removed. People passed by it on their way from the impressive AMB display and the mighty Orpheus to the left, ignoring this unit. In the end, lamark...

DAC Showdown: AQVOX USB 2 D/A vs. Benchmark DAC1 vs. Lavry Black DA10 The Back-story: For well over a year, as many of you know, I’ve been one of Head-Fi’s most prominent DAC1 apologists, arguing the merits and performance of this particular piece of gear until the cows came home...

Hello all   I am very sorry for this obviously beginner query, but there is one thing about the cables I am using that is puzzling me a little (ok, a quite a lot).   I am using two pairs of powered studio monitors; klein&hummels (neumann), and adam. I am feeding the K&H's with a pair of old...

I have read papers where asynchronous reclocking in a DAC actually adds jitter. So I don't buy the "this DAC is immune to jitter" line. With anything in the audio chain there is a good budget solution except a low jitter SDIF source. There are few recommendations. Most info on CDP's center on...

Just wondering how the stock output of the HRT Music Streamer stacks up against stock RCA output of my Logitech Transporter and Lavry DA10 i used to have in system.   Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

I've found a Lavry DA10 available locally, which seems pretty rare (in Canada). I've searched the forums, and most experience with this unit is 5-6 years old, and somewhat uneven. Is it sill worthwhile building a system around this DAC?   My current headphones are Hifiman HE-500 and HE-5LEs...

Hello everyone,   I have a DA-10 using optical from my MacPro. It sounds good but a bit dark and I would also like a little more energy in my DAC. All of that may sound like I want a colored/coloured DAC - maybe so...     BUT... if the W4S has the same timbre and tone as the DA-10 that...

Hey there.   Here comes my current setup: Mac -> Audinst HUD-MX1 (DAC + AMP) -> Audeze LCD-2r2   Now I bought an Violectric V200 so the new setup looks like the following: Mac -> Audinst HUD-MX1 (DAC) -> V200 (AMP) -> Audeze LCD-2r2   But: I can't notice ANY difference between...

New AD/DA converter with headphone amp from the Pro Audio company Lynx. Marketed to the small commercial and home studios market. This is a full featured box that should compete nicely with Apogee, Antelope Audio, and Lavry products. Here are links to the most current software update and best...

I was recently recommended to check out the Dangerous Music Source DAC in a thread I started regarding my search for great DAC w/ integrated headphone amp for sub-$2000:  ...

I am just about to drop some cash on the auditor once I find a good place to buy it. Any one else out there got one and would like to share some pics, experiences etc... ? My setup: Source: Mac Mini & Mac Book DAC/AMP: Apogee DUET , SPL Auditor (soon) Phones: AKG 702, Senny HD 25...

I really enjoy these headphones. They have very good detail and lovely midrange. I wish I can have a pair of speakers that sound very much like the K701. In terms of similar Midrange, vocals and detail etc. Thanks, S.

This is assuming a minimum level of quality from all components in the chain ie. headphones in the hd650/k702 price range, amps in the graham slee solo/lehmann black cube price range and dac's in the dac1/da10 price range and mp3's from 320kbps to lossless.   Asumming this quality level -...

Hi everyone,     Currrently I own a Lavry DA10 that feeds external monitors Genelec 8020 and the headphone out is used for.... nothing!. Because it runs too loud my JH13pro. Seemingly this only happens with this extra-sensitive IEMs, before I owned some etys er4s  that sounded great directly...

Currently I have a EC/SS hybrid amp, Music Fidelity V-dac, Denon 7000 headphones, and ultrasone hfi-780 headphones. On the way, I have the new Audeze LCD2 headphones and Meier Concerto Amp coming. I am really thinking I should upgrade my source to complement my high end phones, which DAC do you...

I am an amateur in this forum. I will arrive Miami on Aug 10th. I am quite looking forward to enjoy U.S's days. Moreover, I bring a RME  FF400 to my new home and I am looking for a DAC with relatively small size( I have a Prism Dream DA2, but it is too heavy for me to take it to U.S from...