New Onkyo External USB

[Joberthong]

Details:
http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news...+based+PC.html

Anyone anticipating this, or have any more information?

 

[facelvega]

Good golly, look at the caps on that thing!

and that's just the PCI version. Which dac chip does it use?

 

[kramer5150]

Holy crap!! thats a buttload of capacitance!!!

What on earth could they be doing on that board to require that much filtering or power reserves??

 

[misterDX]

there has been threads on this before

 

[arterius2]

i might just get my self one of these... can anyone give some info on this card, the other thread wasnt very helpful.

 

[WittyzTH]

it looks awesome!!

http://onkyo.jp/wavio/se_u55sx/quality_parts.htm

I saw BB PCM1796 on the site.

 

[arterius2]

anyone who can read japanese translate that, because im seriously interested in this card. only let down for me was their choice of capacitors. about the quality of parts: if they really want to get this message across, why didn't they use all solid capacitors? such as used on soundcards like HT Omega's just spells quality(http://www.htomega.com/claroplus.html). choice of types of capacitor used can easily distinguish whether or not a manufacture/company has taken an extra step for high quality product. and since the Onkyo has so many capacitors, it would have been great for Onkyo to show off its quality by going for solid caps.

 

[WittyzTH]

hope this help

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//onkyo.jp/wavio/se_u55sx/quality_parts.htm&hl=en&langpair=ja|en&tbb=1&ie=Sh ift_JIS

 

[redwires]

Quote:

Originally Posted by arterius2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif about the quality of parts: if they really want to get this message across, why didn't they use all solid capacitors? such as used on soundcards like HT Omega's just spells quality(http://www.htomega.com/claroplus.html). choice of types of capacitor used can easily distinguish whether or not a manufacture/company has taken an extra step for high quality product. and since the Onkyo has so many capacitors, it would have been great for Onkyo to show off its quality by going for solid caps.

The caps on that HT Omega card are surface mount electrolytics, they are NOT solid caps, and solid caps does not mean quality either.

For reference, here is a surface mount electrolytic cap from Panasonic's FC series: http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Pana...0.5H,10.0D.jpg

 

[Maniac]

From years of looking at different audio stuff... I have come to the conclusion that parts means nothing without a proper audition. If you want some extreme examples, check out FM Acoustics. Their parts are simply CHEAP, your everyday industrial parts. NOTHING SPECIAL AT ALL, except for the actual performance it delivers, which is way outta the world, and they priced it way outta the world too.


Not to mention, each type of cap have its place, using all solid might end up with a thin/sharp signature in the sound that is not at all pleasent to listen to.

upon closer inspection of the cap, it is SMD electrolytics. It doesn't even show who made those caps... It is just some plain industrial stuff...

 

[arterius2]

oh ic. it looks alot like solid caps, and i remember one of the reviews i've read said it was solid caps as well. but anyways, i think im gonna get myself one of these.(the Onkyo)

 

[Maniac]

Quote:

Originally Posted by arterius2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif oh ic. it looks alot like solid caps, and i remember one of the reviews i've read said it was solid caps as well. but anyways, i think im gonna get myself one of these.(the Onkyo)

Do let us know how it sounds.