lukeahale
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EQ'ing with ODAC? Blasphemy.
Not at all! EQ'ing with transparent equipment means you only have to EQ the music and speakers/headphones, not the components in between.
I would much rather make adjustments with a proper EQ than replacing equipment to do the same thing.
It goes completely against it's designer's mindset though. EQ'ing will also slightly degrade audio quality, as any extra processing will.
Sigh. The ODAC is hardly your best choice for DAC then...
A more forgiving DAC won't show all of those imperfections.
Im merely going by what my eyes have seen, most the people posting impressions of the odac arent comparing it to anything. And the two people that i have seen compare it to other higher end gear, like anaxilus and Brat, both said it was pretty average, which is about when the soap boxes of objectivity get rolled out...
Oh, i guess lots of people have been comparing it to the Bifrost, but that isnt exactly high end either.
I dont know if you dont get this...but im not saying its a bad dac, i have even said that it is most likely a great value. My argument is that it isnt the best dac ever, which is what you are trying to say
What irks me about Brat's post is that he made a large statement with no details to really back it up.
I don't know if an ODAC is better than the Weiss DAC202U or the Ayon Skylla 2, but I would love an actual detailed comparison. Not some a statement as usless as the ODAC is missing 40% of the sound heard from the DAC202U.
"ODAC gives all the music but in a more "schematic" manner, with less details, less realism, less 3D"
Less Details in what?
Less Realism in what?
Less 3D in what?
Give example of songs, instruments, etc...
I have been quietly enjoying my ODAC and have had it since it first arrived on scene. I have not heard a DAC costing over 500 dollars but the ODAC does as good of job as any other DAC I have heard in representing what was recorded, IMO. I am a fan of detail and true representation, thus the ODAC is wonderful for my tastes. If you want to argue or dispute the value, or benefit of the ODAC just take it to a PM or start a new thread specific to this debate. This is a brief impressions thread not an overall discussion thread. I check in here once and a while to see what some new opinions are, and this is just a pain to wade through (granted some of the past few pages is in some ways impression). Some of your points are valid and worthy of discussion, don't take this the wrong way, but nuwavguy has done many people a large favor in providing an affordable usable, and may I add, excellent sounding DAC for the money to the scene (again, just my opinion). Don't like it, cool, then move along and let us who are happy with an ODAC and our perception of it's performance/price point discuss it. I mean not to start a war but to reign in the space bound rocket headed towards a black hole that is probably going to close this thread...
Cheers,
-M