[levlhed]

I've been looking around and am having a hard time finding *exactly* what I'm looking for.
Lots of things that are close, but not exactly.
 
I'm looking for a DAC with USB input and RCA output only.  I don't want to pay for a headphone output and volume control.  I don't want to use a headphone-to-RCA adapter.  I don't want TOSlink or any other digital input.  Just USB-in and RCA-out.
I also want rolling op amps!
 
Does this mythical DAC exist?  Because I can't find it....
 
Right now I'm not concerned with price.  All I care about are the EXACT features I'm looking for.  No compromises.
 

 

[levlhed]

The  AUNE - HIFIDIY.NET DAC is pretty close, if only it didn't have the headphone outs...however, for the price I could put up with it.
 
However, does rolling th op-amps effects the RCA output?  I haven't had time to read the thread...
 

 

[levlhed]

it would seem that one op-amp is part of the low pass filter for the buffer where the other one is also part of the headphone amp.  I guess that makes it still a candidate.
 
Is anyone aware of another DAC that is similar but does not include the headphone amp?

 

[levlhed]

I guess if anyone is really interested:
 
After some looking around and a very brief temptation to buy a uDAC I went with a Audinist HUD-MX1.
 
Seems to be of decent quality and one swappable opamp.  Supposed to at least be capable of driving my 600ohm if/when I wish to use that and generally is believed to have an uncolored sound.  I couldn't really find exactly what I was after, so this seems like a reasonable budget quality compromise.
 

 

[busyx2]

Why would you think a swappable opamp is better than no opamp?

 

[levlhed]

uh, because I like to have choices.
 
Is that a trick question?

 

[audioengr]

Quote:

it would seem that one op-amp is part of the low pass filter for the buffer where the other one is also part of the headphone amp.  I guess that makes it still a candidate.
 
Is anyone aware of another DAC that is similar but does not include the headphone amp?

Look on ebay for the Chamelion DAC, then do some mods to it.  Eliminate the op-amps and you will like your DAC even better.  See:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/465039/chameleon-dac-listening-and-modifications
 
Steve N.
Empirical Audio

 

[levlhed]

Thanks for the advice.  Perhaps my next DAC upgrade will be along these lines.

 

[stratowhammy]

I haven't heard the HRT music streamer II, and im not sure if the op amps are rollable, but the HRT music streamer II has just usb > rca out, DAC only.  Check it out.