[somestranger26]

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Originally Posted by Townyj /img/forum/go_quote.gif So i was just on the Audio-gd website and it seems like they might have run out of the PMD100 Mode A boards. Right now the are only selling the DAC19MK3 with the DF1704, im damn glad that i picked up the PMD100

x2. Now we have a commodity in our possession

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[Townyj]

 

[slim.a]

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Originally Posted by Townyj /img/forum/go_quote.gif So i was just on the Audio-gd website and it seems like they might have run out of the PMD100 Mode A boards. Right now the are only selling the DAC19MK3 with the DF1704, im damn glad that i picked up the PMD100

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Originally Posted by somestranger26 /img/forum/go_quote.gif x2. Now we have a commodity in our possession .

Maybe I will auction my unused PMD100 unit on ebay

 

[slim.a]

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Originally Posted by MikeW /img/forum/go_quote.gif hmm that is interesting, this is the first i've heard of a bad responce with these drivers. Though when I use them, normally in foobar there are 2 options, one that says "USB Audio Device-Speakers" and one that says "USB Audio Device-Digital" If I use the one that says "Speakers" it go's thru the driver mixer panel, if I use the one that says "Digital" it does not go thru the driver mixer panel, and nothing in that control panel has any effect on sound quality. This is using Windows 7 With Wasapi. I can only use 44/48 khz thru wasapi and digital output, to get 96khz I must use asio4all, at which point the music does go thru the driver mixer, and software resampling is possible, I never did comparisons at 96khz because it's not somthing I listen to. Thanks for your "review" I will try the base windows drivers again somtime and compare.

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Originally Posted by tim3320070 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Maybe we can move this disussion of the Terra-x to the computer audio forum? Mods? I am interested in this unit among others.

I started a new thread here for discussing the Teralink-X.

 

[h.rav]

I asked Kingwa about the mode A (PMD100) availability, he told me that he is still selling the Mode A.

 

[colinharding]

Hey guys I've got a quick question. I just sold my Zero with the HDAM and all for a California Audio Labs Alpha with the 24 bit 96hz factory upgrade. Its a dual tube stage output and sounds amazing. So much air and sound stage with a certain liquidity that I had not felt before. My system is that dac a Darkvoice 337, and a ten watt pentode amp coupled with three 1950's western electric hand spun silver transformers. So yeah i'm all tube. Anybody have any experience pairing the 19mk3 with an tube system? Would it be worth selling my Cal Dac for? Thanks for the input

colin

 

[haloxt]

The california audio labs alpha dac seems to have gotten very good reviews and had a MSRP of $1500 so it's probably not worth trading in your alpha dac for a dac19mk3. Maybe the higher end audio-gd dac's is what you might be interested in.

 

[somestranger26]

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Originally Posted by colinharding /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey guys I've got a quick question. I just sold my Zero with the HDAM and all for a California Audio Labs Alpha with the 24 bit 96hz factory upgrade. Its a dual tube stage output and sounds amazing. So much air and sound stage with a certain liquidity that I had not felt before. My system is that dac a Darkvoice 337, and a ten watt pentode amp coupled with three 1950's western electric hand spun silver transformers. So yeah i'm all tube. Anybody have any experience pairing the 19mk3 with an tube system? Would it be worth selling my Cal Dac for? Thanks for the input colin

I've a few words to describe the combination (albeit I haven't gotten my Pro 900 back yet...) with the Westone 3 and TU-882: Detailed, fast, dynamic, and encompassing (large soundstage). I doubt your DAC would be worth selling to get the 19MK3 though.. it would probably be more of a side grade if you want less tubiness and more solid state action.

 

[koven]

hey guys, any thoughts on the dac19mk3 vs ps audio digital link iii?

looking for a full size balanced dac as an upgrade from my pico

 

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[colinharding]

Hmmm a side grade, I like that comparison. Thanks for the opinions. Well I guess I'll stick with what I've got for now then. Keep the impressions coming though I am still very interested.

 

[regal]

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Originally Posted by koven /img/forum/go_quote.gif hey guys, any thoughts on the dac19mk3 vs ps audio digital link iii? looking for a full size balanced dac as an upgrade from my pico

I have a dac19mk3 on order. But I have owned a PS DLIII and several other DAC's. The DL III was the worst sounding DAC I have ever owned, typical sharp and brittle sigma-delta sound.

 

[regal]

Does this 193MK3 use feedback in its output stage? In other words, is it a zero feedback analog stage like a Pass D1 or does it have discrete op-amps (using feedback) ?

 

[slim.a]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Does this 193MK3 use feedback in its output stage? In other words, is it a zero feedback analog stage like a Pass D1 or does it have discrete op-amps (using feedback) ?

The Dac-19mk3 uses ACSS module which means that the processing after the dac is done in the current mode (and not in the voltage mode). So if there is any feedback, it would be done in the current mode which is less harmful to the sound. I copied below a passage from the description in Audio-gd web site here.

The super scale ACSS module is newly developed with more advanced technologies dedicated to the DAC-19MK3 to produce even better sound quality. High precision electronic components are used to guarantee accurate balanced output and all electronic components in the circuit board are comprised of highly calibrated products. All audio signals will go through the ACSS processing technique to ensure that the original characteristics and nuances of the PCM1704UK are not diluted at whichever output is chosen. The DAC-19MK3 does not have OPA-IC in the signal path and only discrete components are used.

About ACSS:
ACSS (Audio-gd Current Signal System) is Audio-gd's system for transmitting audio signals in the current domain. This concept, first seen in 1966, we have used for many years, and since 2006, have evolved the technology to include all audio signals in our systems from the digital source to the power amplifier. Since 2007, ACSS components have become Audio-gd's most popular products, with a great many customers purchasing them in China and Hong Kong.

 

[regal]

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Originally Posted by slim.a /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Dac-19mk3 uses ACSS module which means that the processing after the dac is done in the current mode (and not in the voltage mode). So if there is any feedback, it would be done in the current mode which is less harmful to the sound. I copied below a passage from the description in Audio-gd web site here.

From the photos on the web page it looks like it uses a BPM-7110 to convert the current out from the PCM 1704 into a Voltage output.

I can't wait to hear this thing and compare it to my two other PMD100 DAC's (one is a PCM63K + NP D1 and the other an AD1862.) I am a PMD100 freak, I honestly think the PMD100 is the golden child of the digital era. I've played with a lot of digital filters over the years, the PMD100 is my favorite, possibly because most of my music is HDCD encoded.