[regal]

I recieved an email from Kingwa, he verified that this DAC's analog stage is zero feedback. I've built and experiemented with many DACs and can tell you that a no feedback analog stage is a huge benefit, it is very surprising to find such a good design at this pricepoint.

How long is the shipping time to the USA?

 

[h.rav]

Mine took about 4 business days. It's pretty fast.

 

[rated1975]

regal, would love to hear your comparison of the 19mkIII with the PS


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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.

 

[boavimi]

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[regal]

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Originally Posted by rated1975 /img/forum/go_quote.gif regal, would love to hear your comparison of the 19mkIII with the PS

Will do.


Also Kingwa asked me if I needed anything custom done, not sure what that means, has anyone had anything changed on the 19MKII ?

 

[squall343]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Will do. Also Kingwa asked me if I needed anything custom done, not sure what that means, has anyone had anything changed on the 19MKII ?

I think someone add one additonal optical and coax input before

 

[Currawong]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.

I'm keen to read your comparisons.

 

[regal]

I am planning on adding an I2S input so I can use that with the TerraLink X, but its so easy I'm not going to have him do it.

I'll post pics if anyone is interested.

 

[slim.a]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Will do. Also Kingwa asked me if I needed anything custom done, not sure what that means, has anyone had anything changed on the 19MKII ?

I ordered my unit with a BNC input.

 

[regal]

Since most of my music is HDCD I have to find a bitperfect output for my laptop. I ordered a Teralink-X based on the good reviews in this thread, hopefully it outputs bit-perfect. Does the 19MK3 have an HDCD indicator light ?

 

[regal]

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Originally Posted by slim.a /img/forum/go_quote.gif I ordered my unit with a BNC input.

Was that in addition to the coax or replacing it ?

 

[K3cT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am planning on adding an I2S input so I can use that with the TerraLink X, but its so easy I'm not going to have him do it. I'll post pics if anyone is interested.

Please tell me more about this.

 

[slim.a]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Was that in addition to the coax or replacing it ?

The BNC input was an addition to the coax input. However Kingwa told me that I should only use one of them at a time. Indeed, when I opened the cover, I noticed that they were connected.
I tried both of them and I slightly preferred the BNC input.

The additional price was USD28

 

[regal]

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Originally Posted by K3cT /img/forum/go_quote.gif Please tell me more about this.

Just download the PCM270x datasheet. Locate this chip on the 19MK3, lift the I2S outputs from the chip and solder these to a new connector in the back. Plug in the I2S cable and switch the 19MK3 to USB. I will put up pictures when done. I am hoping I can fit the TerraLink X board inside the 19MK3 so to keep the I2s lines small. Basically this just upgrades the USB input. Or if you have the Juliet (sp) sound card you could use I2S from the PCI slot which would probably be better than the TerraLink X. But I will probably be using a laptop.

Also I believe there is room for improvement with the analog filter, I will check it out when mine arrives.

 

[slim.a]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just download the PCM270x datasheet. Locate this chip on the 19MK3, lift the I2S outputs from the chip and solder these to a new connector in the back. Plug in the I2S cable and switch the 19MK3 to USB. I will put up pictures when done. I am hoping I can fit the TerraLink X board inside the 19MK3 so to keep the I2s lines small. Basically this just upgrades the USB input. Or if you have the Juliet (sp) sound card you could use I2S from the PCI slot which would probably be better than the TerraLink X. But I will probably be using a laptop. Also I believe there is room for improvement with the analog filter, I will check it out when mine arrives.

I don't think that tapping directly to the I2S is 100% sure better than going through coax or BNC.
From what I undestand, spdif receivers provide some kind of jitter rejection (20 to 30db according to Marco from m2tech).
Therefore, the increase in performance I noticed using the teralink-x over the usb input of the dac-19mk3 is probably due to signal going through the spdif receiver of the dac.
Granted I2S is a better protocol for transmitting the signal, but in this case, since the digital signal is not going to pass trough a recklocker or ASRC inside the DAC, the benefits of the I2S transmission might not be enough to compensate the role of jitter rejection performed by the DIR9001 receiver.