[eimis]

I'm not good at describing things in audio. High frequencies are clearer. It sounds the same if I short those caps, to my ears. Caps are Audyn MKP-QS.
 
Next I will try an HDAM...

 

[Mercuttio]

I tend to really like an analytical DAC... something very neutral and somewhat cold. I'm of the mind that anything you put in the stream after the DAC should do the coloring. I'm currently using an RA1 and an RS1 with it, and it's really excellent. Completely gets out of the way and allows whatever else you're tacking on to do their work.
 
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Analytical D100 + Rich, warm tubey sound?  Interesting.
 
Seems like a real winner or a huge flop.  I'm curious to see what people who have paired this with some tubes have to say

 

 

[R-Audiohead]

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I tend to really like an analytical DAC... something very neutral and somewhat cold. I'm of the mind that anything you put in the stream after the DAC should do the coloring. I'm currently using an RA1 and an RS1 with it, and it's really excellent. Completely gets out of the way and allows whatever else you're tacking on to do their work.
 


 

Agreed.
 
"Fix" the flavor downstream.
 
I prefer a really detailed/analytical sound myself.  The D100 matched with the SP-1 seems to be giving me this, although I need to play around a bit more.  I got new pads for the SP-1 and just swapped to using an optical input on the D100 and it sounds different.  I changed two things at once so now I get to back track

 

[Szadzik]

Just wondering if anyone tried using this DAC paired with a USB>SPDIF converter like Audiophilleo 1/2? How do they pair? It seems this DAC is quite neutral and even though I was looking for something without an amp/ volume I see this as an alternative.

 

[rawrster]

Why would you need a usb to spdif converter when you can connect it via usb already?
 
However I did use a usb to spdif in the past just to see if there was any difference and I did not hear any difference between the two. However that was a while ago and I find no need to try again and have since sold that converter.

 

[AVU]

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Why would you need a usb to spdif converter when you can connect it via usb already?

Because most people swear the Audiophilleo improves the signal, and for that price, it had better
 
Also, John Darko - digitalaudioreview.net - has repeatedly claimed that a $500 dac with a $500 SPDIF/USB converter can sound better than a $1000 DAC with built-in USB.  So it's a legitimate question.  
 
I tend to use optical, so it's academic for me.
 

 

[BoogieWoogie]

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Because most people swear the Audiophilleo improves the signal, and for that price, it had better
 
Also, John Darko - digitalaudioreview.net - has repeatedly claimed that a $500 dac with a $500 SPDIF/USB converter can sound better than a $1000 DAC with built-in USB.  So it's a legitimate question.  
 
I tend to use optical, so it's academic for me.
 

Where did he say that ?
 

 

[Szadzik]

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Where did he say that ?

One of his reviews, I cannot recall which one, cause I  read too many of them recently.
 

 

[putente]

Just a quick question. Which option do you guys think is better, considering just the DAC and heaphone amp section, this Yulong D100 or the HRT Music Streamer II DAC with a Matrix M-Stage amp?
 
 
Thanks.

 

[rawrster]

Someone mentioned about pairing a tube with the D100 and I tried it with my CTH Rev A yesterday and it sounds excellent. Actually I quite like the multiple outputs of the D100 since I'm able to connect it to both my V200 and CTH Rev A amp to compare the two when needed.

 

[Digital-Pride]

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Just a quick question. Which option do you guys think is better, considering just the DAC and heaphone amp section, this Yulong D100 or the HRT Music Streamer II DAC with a Matrix M-Stage amp?
 
 
Thanks.

 
The D100 DAC section is better than the MSII's.  The amp section is close to that of the M-Stage(according to Project86's review), so I would lean more toward the D100.

 

[JahJahBinks]

I've been using D100 for movies like Dark Knight, LoTR and KungFu Panda. Everytime it was one helluva experience. 

 

[rawrster]

i'm curious but any idea what would be the natural upgrade to the D100 if I wanted just a dac and would be used only with a computer via usb?
 
I'm thinking of something like a w4s dac2 or violectric v800. any other ideas?

 

[AVU]

EE Minimax, Rega, JKDAC, Metrum Octave...

 

[BoogieWoogie]

I highly recommend the Neko DAC, heard it from the loaner program and I must say its the most natural sounding dac I heard, it doesn't have usb but just throw a V-link and you are ready. They are still doing loaner the loaner program in  US, Canada and Europe so you can hear it for yourself.
https://www.nekoaudio.com/