[diaBoliQu3]

Maybe I missed it but what headphones are you using?

Plan is Modi/ E-DAC > Crack> HD600.  Brother to your HD650. Any other different for ODAC XL from ordinary ODAC?

 

[Solrighal]

The HD 600 will pair nicely with the Crack.

The ODAC XL has all ports on the rear. That's the USB input as well as RCA and 3.5mm outputs.

 

[jasonb]

Still loving my ODAC. It has been getting used to feed a speaker amp lately instead of headphones, but it still continues to impress me. 

 

[diaBoliQu3]

  Still loving my ODAC. It has been getting used to feed a speaker amp lately instead of headphones, but it still continues to impress me. 

Yup, plan to use E-DAC for hifi setup too:
E-DAC> Sansui AU-555A> B&W 685
 
As for head-fi:
Modi> BH Crack> Senn HD600.

 

[Paspasero]

Can anyone help me out. My odac seems to have a weird problem. Sometimes when I start listening I will hear static and rustling over the notes. However when I unplug and replug my odac, it goes away and becomes clear again. Not really sure what could be causing it. I am just using the stock usb cable straight into my computer. 

 

[.Sup]

Can anyone help me out. My odac seems to have a weird problem. Sometimes when I start listening I will hear static and rustling over the notes. However when I unplug and replug my odac, it goes away and becomes clear again. Not really sure what could be causing it. I am just using the stock usb cable straight into my computer. 

Do you have many stuff plugged to your pc? Is it a laptop? Sounds to me like too many devices are draining power and Odac doesn't get enough of it.

 

[diaBoliQu3]

And make sure try plug in directly to your machine directly instead of USB port extensions.

 

[Paspasero]

Do you have many stuff plugged to your pc? Is it a laptop? Sounds to me like too many devices are draining power and Odac doesn't get enough of it.

Nope it is a desktop, and I have just a keyboard, mouse, and the ODAC plugged into it.
 

  And make sure try plug in directly to your machine directly instead of USB port extensions.

It is plugged into a USB 3.0 port on the motherboard of my desktop. 

 

[diaBoliQu3]

  Nope it is a desktop, and I have just a keyboard, mouse, and the ODAC plugged into it.
 
It is plugged into a USB 3.0 port on the motherboard of my desktop. 

Ah, somehow in my experience USB 3.0 always troublesome due to driver etc, especially after Windows update. BTW, have you reinstall driver etc? I think if you already troubleshoot from software and cable side but the problem still persist, maybe it's the DAC itself.

 

[Solrighal]

There were certainly people having problems with USB 3 on Windows machine a while back. It works fine on my USB 3 equipped Mac mini.

 

[LogicalDisconnect]

Has anyone tried the ODAC with an iPhone 6 or iPad Air 2 and Lightning-to-USB connector? Other DACs with higher power draw seem to work without a USB hub but not sure if the ODAC does.
 
Also, I'm looking for something identical to the ODAC in performance (ie audibly transparent) but with optical input. Any recommendations? I'm pretty set on the O2 amp but if there is an amp / DAC combo that offers equivalent performance I'd be willing to go for that. Otherwise I was thinking the O2 + ODAC + some other DAC with optical support or the O2 plus a DAC with both optical and USB inputs. Just hard to find anything that has as much objective info about it as the O2 / ODAC combo.
 
EDIT: Also, it's for use with IEMs so I need a very low noise floor like the O2 has.

 

[mchang]

Has anyone tried the ODAC with an iPhone 6 or iPad Air 2 and Lightning-to-USB connector? Other DACs with higher power draw seem to work without a USB hub but not sure if the ODAC does.

Those devices require a hub. The hub doesn't have to be powered, though. I'm using a normally powered 4-port hub, but not plugging it in.
Read and try this: http://blog.jdslabs.com/?p=838

 

[SilverEars]

Anybody tried DoodleBug usb isolator yet?  If so, please let us know if there are any differences.
 

 

[ClieOS]

  Anybody tried DoodleBug usb isolator yet?  If so, please let us know if there are any differences.
 

 
Well, not DoodleBug but I have a few USB isolator, and they are based mostly the same design as DoodleBug. Can't say I hear any real difference with or without them with ODAC. However, I do want to add that my PC has a pretty clean USB to begin with.

 

[paconavarro]

About a week ago my ODAC started showing in Fidelia and Audio Devices both in my MacBookPro and iMac as Unknown USB Audio Device, the ODAC works flawless, no issues with the sound or anything else than the name on the computer...
 
Somebody have the same behavior?
 
Happy 2015