[ElEsido]

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Originally Posted by Nimrad /img/forum/go_quote.gif If I wanna buy a PAP with D10 that has optical out. What's my best option?

I love my iriver H140 (40GB) that has optical out. They're a bit hard to find nowadays, but they keep popping up on ebay. You might also find a H120 (20 GB). I am not aware of any other portable music player with optical out.

Highly recommended to use them with rockbox. There's a lot of info on misticriver.net - portable.digital.lifestyle.

 

[wuwhere]

I just bought an H120 (from a fellow head-fier) and as soon as I received it, I'll rockbox it and swap the 20GB HD with a 32GB CF.

 

[brandnewgame]

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Originally Posted by wuwhere /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just bought an H120 (from a fellow head-fier) and as soon as I received it, I'll rockbox it and swap the 20GB HD with a 32GB CF.

My thoughts exactly

 

[mrarroyo]

With 120 hours of burn the D10 continues to open up and develop. The bass is still a little shy and the highs not as extended but the mids are very nice. BTW, my D10 is stock and I am comparing it w/ home headphone amps. So all in all it is doing well.

 

[jamato8]

I must be around the same number of hours or a little more and the sound on my D10 has gone south. Rather flat and lacking in dynamics. Hope it comes back. The T4 running from the dac section sounds better and the P-51 sounds very fine from the dac section.

Ok, I went back to the stock opamp and buffers and I like the dynamics and drive more. Much better for my taste. I was using a 8656 and bypassed buffers.

 

[wuwhere]

OT: The H120/H140 can also be modified for SDHC using an adapter. CF spec only goes to 137GB but SDXC goes up to 2TB.

SDXC - SD Association

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

54 hours on mine and still sounding pretty good stock. I can start my review in 250 hours...

 

[wuwhere]

This is what a CF-to-SDHC adapter looks like.

Just imagine, 500GB of FLAC in your H120 feeding your D10 optically.

 

[qusp]

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Originally Posted by wuwhere /img/forum/go_quote.gif OT: The H120/H140 can also be modified for SDHC using an adapter. CF spec only goes to 137GB but SDXC goes up to 2TB. SDXC - SD Association

wow!!!! SD memory is much cheaper than CF too. very cool, I wonder if I can get one for my already CF moded DIYMOD. where can I get one??

 

[kostalex]

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Originally Posted by wuwhere /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just imagine, 500GB of FLAC in your H120 feeding your D10 optically.

It is too good to be true. I bet there are some limitations in iRiver hardware/firmware or Rockbox.

 

[senn_liu]

anybody has any thoughts about the d10 vs the predator, or even the audio-gd compass? all are dac/amp combos, and the d10 is about the same price as the compass, although they are very different in form factor.

 

[burgunder]

Has anyone tried the D10 with some of the harder to drive cans like the HD600, K701 or some of the high ohm Beyers?

 

[theory_87]

have anyone tried comparing the DAC to SuperPro and y1? I tried D10 and find the amp section is good but the DAC section does not wow me. Btw, i was feeding it with alac -> h140 -> D10 optical input -> ACS T1 / Diablo -> ACS T1

 

[EFN]

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Originally Posted by theory_87 /img/forum/go_quote.gif have anyone tried comparing the DAC to SuperPro and y1? I tried D10 and find the amp section is good but the DAC section does not wow me. Btw, i was feeding it with alac -> h140 -> D10 optical input -> ACS T1 / Diablo -> ACS T1

This is not very encouraging. OTOH, you should also look into HifiDIY.net PCM1793 OS DAC, itobito who used to own a HR MicroDAC 2006 mentioned that he loved the PCM1793 DAC more (even before burn-in). For $79, it's almost harmless

 

[theory_87]

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Originally Posted by EFN /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is not very encouraging. OTOH, you should also look into HifiDIY.net PCM1793 OS DAC, itobito who used to own a HR MicroDAC 2006 mentioned that he loved the PCM1793 DAC more (even before burn-in). For $79, it's almost harmless

I will try out Go-Vibe Vulcan and Vulcan VB dac first before I decide to use DAC for portable. PCM1793 DAC is quite huge after the mod in order for it to be usable on the move and most of the small optical dac only offer rca output