Latest Thread Images

Review: Violectric V800 DAC
May 29, 2015 at 1:45 PM Post #706 of 828
Hi guys,

I am thinking about using this dac to pimp the bad sound of my oppo 105, but i dont see any trigger input, so how much power does it need when activated all the time?

Br
Flo
 
Jun 16, 2015 at 5:54 PM Post #707 of 828
Is there someone have both PS nuwave and V800? I am choosing one of them.
regular_smile .gif

 
Jun 17, 2015 at 5:36 AM Post #708 of 828
grampus said:
  Is there someone have both PS nuwave and V800? I am choosing one of them.
regular_smile .gif
Click to expand...

 
 
I have a somewhat low opinion of the NuWave. I really wanted to like it.... but just couldn't. It sounded bright and just obnoxious is several different systems, and I never got it to sound remotely as good as I had hoped. A few others around here seemed to feel the same way. Though, to be fair, I've read positive impressions from others, so who knows. 
 
Personally, I wouldn't put it anywhere near the V800.
 
Jun 17, 2015 at 5:39 AM Post #709 of 828
project86 said:
   
 
I have a somewhat low opinion of the NuWave. I really wanted to like it.... but just couldn't. It sounded bright and just obnoxious is several different systems, and I never got it to sound remotely as good as I had hoped. A few others around here seemed to feel the same way. Though, to be fair, I've read positive impressions from others, so who knows. 
 
Personally, I wouldn't put it anywhere near the V800.
Click to expand...

 
Thank you very much. It helps me a lot.
 
Jun 18, 2015 at 4:07 PM Post #710 of 828
Hi,
 
I've been looking around for a new DAC, and this one caught my eye - I just had two small questions.
 
1. I've read that the USB input results in reduced sound quality. Could anyone confirm/deny?
 
2. It seems like the DAC doesn't work at all with Windows 8.1. Is this an 8.1-specific issue, or will it not function in Windows 10 either?
 
Thanks!
 
Jun 19, 2015 at 2:10 AM Post #711 of 828
anathema123 said:
  1. I've read that the USB input results in reduced sound quality. Could anyone confirm/deny?
Click to expand...

The original V800 didn't support USB asynchronous mode, only USB adaptive mode which might be where some of that sentiment comes from.
 
I've listened to it via USB and PC->Asus Xonar DX->V800 and I couldn't really tell the difference. Wasn't a super comprehensive test, but it wasn't anywhere near as noticeable as say an amp or headphone change.
 
Jun 21, 2015 at 4:45 PM Post #713 of 828
Hi there,
I've plan to improve my dac actually. Someone has heard V800 and audio gd master 7 ? If yes, could you make me a comparaison in few words. thanks
 
Sep 22, 2015 at 4:00 PM Post #716 of 828
I think violectric themselves have tested the v800 & v850 with windows 10 and both worked fine,see the V850 thread for their post.
I'm running my v850 on a windows 8.1 laptop so I can't confirm their findings one way or another.
 
Sep 23, 2015 at 3:26 PM Post #718 of 828
always used toslink so haven't heard a difference on win 10. Should try usb at some point... I know the v2 didn't work with 8.1 for me.
 
Sep 26, 2015 at 3:12 PM Post #720 of 828
We´ve tested the USB 24/192 Tenor Chipset inside DAC V800 and found it perfectly working with
Windows XP, Vista, 8, 8.1 and 10.
From the measurements the frequency range is ruler flat with all OS,
this also concerns to THD.
Best Regards

Fried Reim
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 3 (members: 0, guests: 3)
Back
Top