BournePerfect
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Is the black unit available for purchase in the US?
-Daniel
-Daniel
How much sonic improvement will Hilo get from external DC Power and USB->AES converter?
...... And how is the USB compared to dedicated USB->AES converter?
http://www.head-fi.org/t/668613/lynx-hilo
After shipping, you may be as well off to buy a new one. He wants 2,032. and you can get a new one for 1850. If you have a good spdif converter, 1725.
Yeah the price wasn't very good. Not sure why he's asking for so much. Can you elaborate on the "good spdif converter, 1725." part? I live in Hong Kong, so not sure if that's still applicable.
Hi, here http://www.head-fi.org/t/552695/lynx-hilo-new-offering-from-pro-audio-company/375#post_9815307 I gave my impressions using internal xmos usb interface Vs Offramp 5.
My conclusion is that they are on par even if with different characters.
Yeah the price wasn't very good. Not sure why he's asking for so much.
Because it's from EU??
How are people still ignorant of the fact that we have 20-25% VAT added to everything compared to outside of EU, you can't just convert to dollars for comparison purposes without removing that. Hilo retail is around 2200€.
I'm sorry, but I am quite ignorant of things that don't happen in my area of the world. Just like how you are probably ignorant of some things that I take for granted. Too bad that I've never been to Europe. Not sure why you took offense to my comment, as it wasn't even a statement but a question.
Still doesn't change the fact that the price is high for non EU buyers. But good thing is now I know about the high VAT.
Can you compare (or have you compared) USB->Hilo to CD Transport->Hilo? (Using rip of the same CD, or burn digital file to CD)
Those that have say and Off Ramp or the Alpha from Berkley, Bel Canto Reflink, Audiophilleo, CI Audio Transient II, etc. http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/USB_SPDIF.htmYeah the price wasn't very good. Not sure why he's asking for so much. Can you elaborate on the "good spdif converter, 1725." part? I live in Hong Kong, so not sure if that's still applicable.