morfic
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For those who have optical or coax spdif already:
There are a lot of threads out there asking for DACs that don't cost too much and sound decent.
To all those i would want to reply the same thing, so instead i just paste a link to the ebay item.
I enjoy it thoroughly (nice with the stock OPA2134, i enjoy it with an LME49720 in it of course) music is full, rich, and listening to it through my Little Dot I+ (yes, also with LME49720 in it, and CV4014/EF91 tubes) is a lot of fun.
I have not heard the metronome this easily in Rasputina's "Wish you were here" on "Lost and found" for example. And all of that without sacrificing a strong low end and clear(est) vocals.
I use it on my m-audio transit in linux (i rather not waste my time putting anything on that linux for sound thread that went off track), *EDIT*: I now use it on a desktop box, gotta love having spidf straight on the mobo, one less box to add to my cable mess..
I went for a BIN auction and went to EMS shipping for $25 for a total of $95, i have plenty of 12V power supplies, so that was the best choice for me, you can sit down and hunt them cheaper on a regular auction. ($60-$95 is your price range then.)
It works well, looks good (yes i care) is not too large and is decently priced and has a socketed opamp.
http://cgi.ebay.com/DIR9001-PCM1793-OPA2134-24BIT-192KHz-MINI-DAC-/380213856012?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588683070c
I hope this one helps somebody.
Daniel
P.S.:
Aside from Rasputina I listen to all sorts of things like:
Emilie Autumn
Lisa Gerard
The Paxcecilia ( http://www.paxcecilia.com/ )
Edward Elgar
Balanescu Quartet
Persephone
ASP
Unheilig
Rammstein (always interesting how much more you can catch out of the audience on live recording with a good dac)
Certainly beats any PCM2702/PCM2707 dac i owned before or the m-audio's line out.
Oh yeah: for those who go "what dacs are there under $X?" :
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/325941/all-the-dacs-money-can-buy-pt-2
There are a lot of threads out there asking for DACs that don't cost too much and sound decent.
To all those i would want to reply the same thing, so instead i just paste a link to the ebay item.
I enjoy it thoroughly (nice with the stock OPA2134, i enjoy it with an LME49720 in it of course) music is full, rich, and listening to it through my Little Dot I+ (yes, also with LME49720 in it, and CV4014/EF91 tubes) is a lot of fun.
I have not heard the metronome this easily in Rasputina's "Wish you were here" on "Lost and found" for example. And all of that without sacrificing a strong low end and clear(est) vocals.
I use it on my m-audio transit in linux (i rather not waste my time putting anything on that linux for sound thread that went off track), *EDIT*: I now use it on a desktop box, gotta love having spidf straight on the mobo, one less box to add to my cable mess..
I went for a BIN auction and went to EMS shipping for $25 for a total of $95, i have plenty of 12V power supplies, so that was the best choice for me, you can sit down and hunt them cheaper on a regular auction. ($60-$95 is your price range then.)
It works well, looks good (yes i care) is not too large and is decently priced and has a socketed opamp.
http://cgi.ebay.com/DIR9001-PCM1793-OPA2134-24BIT-192KHz-MINI-DAC-/380213856012?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588683070c
I hope this one helps somebody.
Daniel
P.S.:
Aside from Rasputina I listen to all sorts of things like:
Emilie Autumn
Lisa Gerard
The Paxcecilia ( http://www.paxcecilia.com/ )
Edward Elgar
Balanescu Quartet
Persephone
ASP
Unheilig
Rammstein (always interesting how much more you can catch out of the audience on live recording with a good dac)
Certainly beats any PCM2702/PCM2707 dac i owned before or the m-audio's line out.
Oh yeah: for those who go "what dacs are there under $X?" :
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/325941/all-the-dacs-money-can-buy-pt-2