[lan]

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Originally Posted by Edwood a buy one get one half off kind of deal.

It is. you can choose the first product you buy. It could be the stereo ADC, DAC, or multichannel ones.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by lan It is. you can choose the first product you buy. It could be the stereo ADC, DAC, or multichannel ones.

Really? Heheh. Well, that would be clever. But I guess they are assuming most people won't want 2 DACs.

-Ed

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by lan Just use AES/EBU from your RME

I'll have to buy the adapter cables for the RME then. Bleh.

Well, unless someone could tell me the pinouts for the DB9 connector.

-Ed

 

[StephenFSC]

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Originally Posted by Edwood Really? Heheh. Well, that would be clever. But I guess they are assuming most people won't want 2 DACs. -Ed

You can ask somebody here who wants to buy the 96 DAC with you. Then you can buy 2 @US$750 each

 

[lan]

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Originally Posted by Edwood I'll have to buy the adapter cables for the RME then. -Ed

Or you can just use a coax. Or you can get an optical to coax or aes/ebu convertor.

 

[cadobhuk]

This DAC is very intriguing..but the look of it..Benchamark may be inferior in sound,but it looks quite hi end and stylish.IMHO,maytec should release "second edition" of the DAC with redesigned case.

 

[StephenFSC]

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Originally Posted by cadobhuk This DAC is very intriguing..but the look of it..Benchamark may be inferior in sound,but it looks quite hi end and stylish.

This is also what I concern. The look is quite disappointing. Although the sound quality is superior than the Benchmark in some senses, its look makes make me hestitate.

It quite depends on what we want, outlook or sound quality. To be frank, it is quite difficult for me to choose.

 

[Zoide]

I'm still kind of scared by the fact that it doesn't seem to be too promising in the low end of the spectrum. Has anyone from Head-Fi reviewed the Mytek and ran headphones off of it?

 

[ooheadsoo]

What's wrong with the low end? On my speakers, the bass on the mytek was cleaner and leaner than the benchmark, which is a thumbs up from me.

 

[Zoide]

Well, on the sample files, right? What I'm saying is none of us have listened to the actual DAC in our rigs.

Also, you mentioned that the bass is "leaner" than that of the DAC1 (again, from the comparison files). But afaik the DAC1 is already known for being somewhat lean on the low end. So a DAC that is comparatively leaner than the DAC1 might be too lean, imho.

 

[Edwood]

Well for those with headphones that can't afford to lose any significant amount of bass (coughK1000coughR10cough) it would be a major negative attribute for this DAC.

Although, has anyone compared this one or the DAC1 to the Bel Canto DAC2? I just heard it, and I LIKE it.

-Ed

 

[ooheadsoo]

Well, I thought the benchmark file sounded bloated in comparison, but who knows. I'd love to hear the real thing. And compare it to my upcoming nos dac, as well

 

[Zoide]

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Originally Posted by ooheadsoo Well, I thought the benchmark file sounded bloated in comparison, but who knows. I'd love to hear the real thing. And compare it to my upcoming nos dac, as well

When are you getting the NOS DAC?

 

[lan]

This isn't a popular DAC so who's going to take the first bite?

I've never heard of a bass shy AKM based DAC so I'd speculate this isn't like that either. If neutral isn't to your preference then find some other way to increase bass.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by lan This isn't a popular DAC so who's going to take the first bite? I've never heard of a bass shy AKM based DAC so I'd speculate this isn't like that either. If neutral isn't to your preference then find some other way to increase bass.

Did you say they were close to you, can you audition it in person?

-Ed