zatara
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I'll take pic's when i get home and then post them.
Originally Posted by jamey Hello, The Desktop DAC uses OPA2134's in the DAC as opposed to the more power conserving AD822 in the Micro. The Micro DAC internal power supplies are shared with both analog and digital circuitry. The Desktop DAC's have completely separate regulated analog and digital supplies. The Desktop DAC is a 4 layer board optimized for high speed digital signals and to keep low noise parasitics out of the analog sections. The Micro has less space available so it's a little less 'tweaked'. |
Originally Posted by appar111 Maybe Headroom should change the description from "roughly the size of a deck of cards" to "roughly the size of a deck of tarot cards.... |
Originally Posted by KenW Now if you'll just sit down and do a quick A/B against the SR-71 and report back... |
Originally Posted by wakeride74 Yeah, it could be close to 30% or 40% larger than the SM3 based on the pics I've seen of that lil guy, hopefully someone who already has an SM3 will get this amp and tell us all if size matters in this case! |
Originally Posted by rab10 It would be great if someone could post a few comments on how the MicroDAC compares to other DACs. |