cravenz
Headphoneus Supremus
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morning *bump*
What about the new Musical Fidelity M1?
We don't have a distributor/dealer for MF in new Zealand but asked Len Wallis Audio in Sydney and a rep said they're expecting units at the end of the month at $799AUD.
Any other suggestion about a relatively cheap but good DAC, which can be used by any digital sources, not just by PC?
The good thing about lower end gear is that you don't really have to worry about cables and small tweaks, most of which will lead to only small yields in sound quality improvement because lower end gear just smooth over microdetails with a nice warmth. In fact the only tweak I think may be necessary with forgiving dac/amp is headphone recable if the cable is particularly thin and long so you don't get choked bass. Flaws in recordings and setup become more obvious with the dac19 which I believe is due to its bigger soundstage and quicker microdetail retrieval, but having experienced DSP3 in the ref 3 (replaced by Digital Interface) I must say it does a good job compensating for bad transport and digital cable. If you get the sparrow or fun you can just plug and play and never really worry about accessories, if you get dac19df or dsp (Now that I experienced dsp3 I would recommend it over DF unless you like emphasis in high frequency performance which can be interesting) there may be other things you will want to upgrade down the road to make full use of the dac19, ie additional power filtering, DIY 12-14 awg power cables, decent interconnects, and 24 or thicker awg headphone cables.
As well as Musiland Monitor 02? I can put it onto a CD player, connect them through spdif and works?
Yes, you can check the digital "output" of the CD player and the "input" type of your DAC but i bet the onboard DAC of the CD player will sound better than the musiland.
just for the record, I went with the NuForce HDP and am waiting for it to be shipped over now