[betweentheears]

I received my uDac from The Mac Group on Mon. I pre-ordered on Wed. at $99, add our favorite taxes and selected the $10 shipping. Price has since gone up to $109.

 

[Dojomoto]

Jason, when will you be getting more stocked in your Amazon store? Will the new stock be $109 or still at the $99 price? Thanks in advance!

 

[Mark Spitz]

Just got mind today. Ordered it the night of the 20th. Got a lucky break with their distribution offices being right below me (CA->WA). Holy balls. I can't compare with anything else, as this is my first amp or DAC, but it sounds really good. The clarity does not seem all that dramatically improved, but the spatial representation and separation is dramatically changed with my 271mkii. I will hit up a longer review in a bit, but this amp seems to have plenty of power straight out of a USB. I feel that this is probably THE product for the college audiophile on the go. I am going to be able to just pop this in my backpack and head for the library. Props to nuforce on the quick shipping and a great product.

 

[Yikes]

It appears that the Nuforce Amazon store still has Red uDAC's available at $99 US, the $109 price is a Canadian store which considering the current mid-market exchange rate is 1.05 $109 Canadian is not really out of line.

I recommended the uDAC to my Brother.

 

[soulrider4ever]

So I received my Male A to Male B usb adapter today, and after some back to back testing, honestly - I couldn't really tell much of a difference. However, I could reduce the latency in ASIO4ALL a bit more without crackling, so it seemed to have some impact. However, I really couldn't tell enough difference. Could be the headphones aren't resolved enough, or my ears aren't good enough - or the uDac is just so good it can properly handle jitter/timing.

Either way, I'll continue testing with different songs, maybe I'll find something different.

 

[MikeW]

the sabre chip has some of the best jitter reduction/correction available, it makes sense the improvement will be minimal.

 

[donunus]

MikeW,
hows youre udac against your modded valab?

 

[roker]

I ordered a red uDac and got a black one. I just don't know if I care enough to swap it out. I like the quality so far. The hp amp isn't as powerful as my LDI+ but I never expected it to be. The dac itself sounds nice. I like the forward presentation of it. This will make a perfect companion to my 125s when I'm traveling. I need more time to thoroughly compare it to my Keces.

Suprisingly it didn't sound good with my NE-M7s. But maybe because I choose to listen to it first with my Grados and Denons first.

 

[MikeW]

have not got around to ordering it yet, i've been waiting for more impressions.

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif MikeW, hows youre udac against your modded valab?

 

[donunus]

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Originally Posted by roker /img/forum/go_quote.gif I ordered a red uDac and got a black one. I just don't know if I care enough to swap it out. I like the quality so far. The hp amp isn't as powerful as my LDI+ but I never expected it to be. The dac itself sounds nice. I like the forward presentation of it. This will make a perfect companion to my 125s when I'm traveling. I need more time to thoroughly compare it to my Keces. Suprisingly it didn't sound good with my NE-M7s. But maybe because I choose to listen to it first with my Grados and Denons first.

Pls report back if you find that your uDac improves with burn in

 

[swmtnbiker]

I ordered one yesterday. Thought it would be interesting to compare the uDAC with my CIAudio VDA-1, just for kicks.

 

[daigo]

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pls report back if you find that your uDac improves with burn in

I've had my uDAC for a month now and I don't think there has been much effect with burn in. Seems to perform as is right out of the box, which I've really enjoyed.

 

[lh0628]

Just got mine today. The unit itself is small and sturdy. One problem is the knob isn't parallel to the front face plate, so sometimes it rubs against the front face plate when adjusting volume.

Sound wise it is definitely better than my onboard card.

 

[jasonl]

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Originally Posted by Dojomoto /img/forum/go_quote.gif Jason, when will you be getting more stocked in your Amazon store? Will the new stock be $109 or still at the $99 price? Thanks in advance!

More Black uDAC should arrive around Jan 15. He is referring to TheMacGroup's price in Canada, not Nuforce's online store price. It has been $99 and there is no plan to raise the price. We love it when so many people are thrilled with the value and quality we offered.

 

[jasonl]

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Originally Posted by lh0628 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just got mine today. The unit itself is small and sturdy. One problem is the knob isn't parallel to the front face plate, so sometimes it rubs against the front face plate when adjusting volume. Sound wise it is definitely better than my onboard card.

This is probably due to production tolerance issue with your unit. Just pull the knob out (slowly with some force) slightly.