aurabullet
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If anyone has heard can you tell me your impressions on it? Compared to the W4S and Benchmark DAC1, Anedio D1
They basically demand that you go out a buy a Mac Mini which is apparently the holy grail for crappy USB converters.
The design is quite simple, and I'm not quite sure where all the money goes. If it had a great USB implementation I might be interested, but it doesn't, which is a show stopper for a USB only DAC. The USB is old fashioned and outdated adaptive mode, and the company is a bit wishy washy on why they didn't just license a proper asynchronous system like Streamlength. Instead, they basically demand that you go out a buy a Mac Mini which is apparently the holy grail for crappy USB converters. I'm unsure of exactly which gen was "the one" and whether that even still applies. MacBooks and the like aren't deemed worthy, and you can forget a Windows box. The USB problem would be easy to get around if they gave you a S/Pdif option, but they don't so you're stuck.
If you're interested in the Tranquility you should be looking at other NOS DACs and vintage R-2R models, not 24/192 Sabre DACs.
I'm waiting for reliable reviews, I don't trust Srajan at 6moons.