[estim8d]

I was looking for a dac out of my crappy mini-mac, and saw this. Anybody review this yet? I can't seem to find a review or comparison and am mighty interested.

I don't really need usb, but it let's me use some older equipment, besides my toslink cable.

It's also cheaper than the grace design m902 which, looks fantastic, seems hard to justify it's $1,700 price.

http://www.ifiaudio.com/gm.html

Cheers!

 

[Solitary1]

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Originally Posted by estim8d I was looking for a dac out of my crappy mini-mac, and saw this. Anybody review this yet? I can't seem to find a review or comparison and am mighty interested. I don't really need usb, but it let's me use some older equipment, besides my toslink cable. It's also cheaper than the grace design m902 which, looks fantastic, seems hard to justify it's $1,700 price. http://www.ifiaudio.com/gm.html Cheers!

I just saw the DAC myself and came here searching for a review. Only saw a mention or 2, no reviews. Everyone's caught up in the Zhaolu (sp?) right now I guess.

 

[estim8d]

Just received it today and hooked it up. First impression, very nice, it was solidly built.

Photos and review to come. Plus it matches my woo3 =)

 

[Sean H]

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Originally Posted by estim8d Just received it today and hooked it up. First impression, very nice, it was solidly built. Photos and review to come. Plus it matches my woo3 =)

I'd be interested to hear your comments. I'm guilty of not posting some meaningful impressions of mine which I have had for half a year or more. I initially preferred the Zhaolu and haven't given the Great March the time. I inserted it back in the system today after some time and it's a very nice sounding DAC indeed. It errors on the sweeter side of things but with that vocals are killer and it's very musical with great bass. The USB works without a hitch and it is built very solidly. One of these days I am going to do a major Zhaolu/Great March comparison (he says for the millionth time).

 

[GreatDane]

I've been reading threads about DACs recently trying to decide. I know there's been a lot of Zhaolu talk but the Pacific Valve moded version of the Great March interests me.

I'd like to see some more info about it too.

http://www.pacificvalve.us/DIYEDEDNGMM.html