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s/pdif converters are the cat's meow
(posted on head-fi)
i have drunk from the golden chalice of usb - s/pdif converters and posted this review on amazon:
I'm using a Grant Fidelity TubeDac-11 with a killer 1960 Amperex usn 6922 d getter tube in it's output stage. the music I play through this is mostly hi-res from a hard drive, using foobar2000 as the music player under windows 7. I am listening with Sennheiser HD800 and BeyerDynamic Tesla T1 headphones; with the tube processed signal from the dac going to a Ray Samuals HR-2 solid state headphone amp. this rig has been sounding pretty fantastic, but adding this splitter between the pc and the Dac has made a huge improvement that I did not know was remotely possible. This added such a completely black, soundless canvas as backround/foregound/total environment, that the tube output's sonic picture went from the fantastic to the sublime. All areas show improvement. I am finally hearing the real benefits of high resolution digital sound reproduction and they are startling.I thought this rig could not sound any better after placing a damper on this classic tube, but I was as dead wrong as this splitter is dead silent
It uses the technology (the U192A chip) from NuForce's acclaimed DAC 9, which is considered a bargain at $1,699. By offering the usb to s/pdif functionality from that DAC independently at an incredibly low price, NuForce has hit one wa-a-ay outta the park.
Grab it now for $99 before it reverts to the still untouched $149 msrp. or grab it later at 149 and you'll still feel like you just got the audio deal of the decade.
I'm fairly certain that this is to usb to spdif converters what the russian rocket tube i keep harping about is to 6922/6dj8 tubes: the high end sound quality for low amount of dollahs. have i found a better tube for more than ten times the price? yup! will i find an even better converter - yup! but i'm willing to bet it will be for at least 5 times the money.
(posted on head-fi)
i have drunk from the golden chalice of usb - s/pdif converters and posted this review on amazon:
I'm using a Grant Fidelity TubeDac-11 with a killer 1960 Amperex usn 6922 d getter tube in it's output stage. the music I play through this is mostly hi-res from a hard drive, using foobar2000 as the music player under windows 7. I am listening with Sennheiser HD800 and BeyerDynamic Tesla T1 headphones; with the tube processed signal from the dac going to a Ray Samuals HR-2 solid state headphone amp. this rig has been sounding pretty fantastic, but adding this splitter between the pc and the Dac has made a huge improvement that I did not know was remotely possible. This added such a completely black, soundless canvas as backround/foregound/total environment, that the tube output's sonic picture went from the fantastic to the sublime. All areas show improvement. I am finally hearing the real benefits of high resolution digital sound reproduction and they are startling.I thought this rig could not sound any better after placing a damper on this classic tube, but I was as dead wrong as this splitter is dead silent
It uses the technology (the U192A chip) from NuForce's acclaimed DAC 9, which is considered a bargain at $1,699. By offering the usb to s/pdif functionality from that DAC independently at an incredibly low price, NuForce has hit one wa-a-ay outta the park.
Grab it now for $99 before it reverts to the still untouched $149 msrp. or grab it later at 149 and you'll still feel like you just got the audio deal of the decade.
I'm fairly certain that this is to usb to spdif converters what the russian rocket tube i keep harping about is to 6922/6dj8 tubes: the high end sound quality for low amount of dollahs. have i found a better tube for more than ten times the price? yup! will i find an even better converter - yup! but i'm willing to bet it will be for at least 5 times the money.