PS Audio Digital Link III

[IPodPJ]

It will be here Monday so if I can I will do a comparison. But the Ref1 really needs a few hundred hours burn-in before I can do a serious comparison. I doubt I will get that far before I decide to sell the DL3, if I see that the Ref1 easily surpasses it.

 

[Pale Rider]

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Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif It will be here Monday so if I can I will do a comparison. But the Ref1 really needs a few hundred hours burn-in before I can do a serious comparison. I doubt I will get that far before I decide to sell the DL3, if I see that the Ref1 easily surpasses it.

I will definitely be looking forward to your review PJ. Although I remain very interested in Audio-gd products, I confess to still being a a bit dubious about their quality control and related issues. I am also still settling in with my Cullen Stage IV, and so would likely want to do a side-by-side of them myself.

 

[IPodPJ]

Yeah, I understand your concerns about quality control. It is an issue for me too and I'm sure that will put a lot of people off from buying one.

The Ref1 just cleared the Los Angeles Gateway so I'll have it Monday without a doubt.

 

[Pale Rider]

Excellent. I can't remember, so I'll ask: any chance you are coming up for the Bay Area mini-meet?

 

[pedalhead]

Does anyone have an opinion on a modded DL3 against a Headroom UDAC? I'm upgrading amp & DAC to go with my HD800s, amp-wise thinking of either BUDA or GS-X, maybe balanced b22, but a bit stuck on the DAC. I suspect something not entirely neutral might fit the bill as the HD800s are so revealing & might need an injection of excitement. Cheers.

 

[wharfrat1]

I finally pulled the trigger on this one (Cullen IV Modded)

. I know the ref1 is getting a lot of love, but at 1650+ shipped and waiting a month+ vs. $1315 shipped (Nice new price) and I'll have it in a week, I had to go DLIII. Plus from every review I've read, it sounds exactly like what I am looking for. I will be able to compare it to my HR Maxxed Desktop. Man, this is going to be a long week!

 

[SemiAudiophile]

dang...wish i knew about the new price sooner. would've just bought the unit with the mods. i wonder why he didn't lower the mod price too..

 

[oatmeal769]

Just bought my Cullen Mod 3, I'm loving it so far.
I think it's possible that my new ZD #90 isn't even fully burned in yet... so it'll take me a while to really get a good idea of my new rig's 'stock' sound...
Still though, the DLIII is a vast improvement over the 'Zero' I had...

 

[oatmeal769]

I'd still like to know if there's an audible difference between the mod 3 and mod 4. I'll be using Coax, so the 4th level definitely pertains to me, but I don't want to waste the money if the clock mod is most of the 'bang'.

 

[2wheels4me]

My two (!) Level 4s are awesome.

 

[dallan]

I am still playing the waiting game with RAM. Last I checked they were waiting for parts, it's been over a month.

 

[Pale Rider]

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Originally Posted by SemiAudiophile /img/forum/go_quote.gif dang...wish i knew about the new price sooner. would've just bought the unit with the mods. i wonder why he didn't lower the mod price too..

Um, maybe it's because the price of the PS Audio unit went down, not the labor and parts to mod it?

 

[driftingbunnies]

I got a deal where the dl3 modded with stage 3 was only 1000+25 shipping which I thought wasn't bad. I was also able to get a deal for the stage 4 mod for 1100+ shipping but decided to go with stage 3 because I didn't really use the coax output. To me that increases the value of this DAC dramatically.

 

[IPodPJ]

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Originally Posted by dallan /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am still playing the waiting game with RAM. Last I checked they were waiting for parts, it's been over a month.

I know. I called him yesterday and may be going down there tomorrow for him to disconnect a switch on my Ref1. But he still hasn't received your clock.

 

[dallan]

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Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif I know. I called him yesterday and may be going down there tomorrow for him to disconnect a switch on my Ref1. But he still hasn't received your clock.

Brutal.