[jyle_t]

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (3)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (1)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (1)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (1)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (3)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (1)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[Menisk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by leveller1642 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Big difference. The DacMagic2 was released in 1995. The current DacMagic should have been DacMagic3.

Oh really? Okay, makes sense to leave it the way it is then.

 

[Headphony]

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (3)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (2)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (1)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[alcyst]

I can accept that the Sennheiser HEV90 is high-end, but is the HEV90's DAC high-end? wavoman, you probably use the Wadia to feed the HEV90?

There should be a prize for the most obscure DAC in captivity.

 

[roker]

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (3)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (2)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)
_________________

 

[slavazh]

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (3)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (2)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[dannie01]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (3)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (2)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (1)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[sq225917]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (3)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (3)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (1)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[IPodPJ]

.

 

[Lil' Knight]

huh? when was the HEV90 considered a 'hi-end' DAC? I know it's expensive but is it truly hi-end?

 

[OPTiK]

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (4)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (3)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (1)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (1)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[Dan Millheim]

Mid-Level
North Star M192

High-End
Sonicweld Decoder

 

[denp]

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (4)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (3)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (1)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[omigawsh_lollercoaster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Millheim /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mid-Level North Star M192 High-End Sonicweld Decoder

Entry
------------------
Apogee Duet (1)
Asus Essence STX (2)
Audio-gd Compass (5)
Beresford TC-7510 (2)
Beresford TC-7520 (3)
Beresford TC-7520 SE (Caiman) (1)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic (8)
Cambridge Audio Dacmagic2 (1)
Edirol UA-25 (1)
EMU-0404 (3)
EMU-1212m (1)
Headamp Pico dac only (4)
Headamp Pico dac/amp (2)
HotAudio DacDestroyer
HotAudio HotUSB1 (1)
HRT Music Streamer+ (1)
iBasso D10 (3)
iBasso D2 (1)
Keces DA-151mkI (1)
Keces DA-151mkII (2)
Little Dot DAC_I (2)
M-Audio Firewire Solo
Matrix (1)
Maverick Audio Tube Magic (1)
MF VDAC (3)
Moodlab Concept (1)
Music Hall DAC 25.2 (heavily modded) (1)
RSA The Predator (4)
Silverstone EB01 (2)
Tianyun Zero (2)
Trends Audio 10.1 (1)
Gamma1 (1)
Zhaolu D2.00 (1)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2008 Ver. (2)
Valab Non-OS DAC 2009 Ver. 2.1 (1)

Mid-level:
---------
Adcom GDP600 (1)
Audio-GD Dac19MK3 (4)
Benchmark DAC 1 (4)
beyer Headzone (1)
CI Audio VDA-2 / VAC-1 (1)
Gamma-2 DAC (1)
Lavry DA10 (2)
Meier-Audio StageDAC (1)
MHDT Havana (3)
Musical Fidelity xdac v3 (1)
Mytek Stereo96 DAC (1)
North Star M192 (1)
PS Audio DLIII (7)
Stello DA100 Signature (1)
Stello DA220 (1)
Stello DA220 Mk II (1)
MSB Link III + Upsampler module + P1000 power base (1)
Parasound DAC11000HD (1)

High-End:
---------
Audio-gd Reference One (2)
Buffalo Sabre32 (1)
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 (2)
MSB Gold Link + P1000 Power Base (1)
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (1)
Sennheiser HEV90 (1)
Sonicweld Decoder (1)
Stello DP200 (2)
Wadia 521 (1)
Wadia 781i (1)

 

[wavoman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif huh? when was the HEV90 considered a 'hi-end' DAC? I know it's expensive but is it truly hi-end?

Yea I know everyone makes fun of the DAC in the HEV90. But I put a low-jitter SPDIF 44.1 feed into it, threw the switch, and it sounded great. Better than the DAC built in to the CDP (a Bang & Olufsun, no slouch). It was easy to wire this as a direct A/B comparison. What can I say? I plan to have others listen to it when we do a mini-meet here, and we can collect some other views. My high-end hearing isn't what it used to be.