usb DAC... have you seen (or tried) this?

xandra
xandra Posts: 291
edited June 2010 in Electronics
Just ran into this article about a DAC that connects via USB which sounds kindof promising.

High Resolution Technologies Music Streamer II:
http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/557348/review/music_streamer_ii.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main

Has anyone hear tried this, or know anything about the company?
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited June 2010
    Heard/read a few good things about this little guy - http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1280794834&/Jolida-FX-DAc-mini-Excellent-U

    No affil.

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2010
    I have both of the below USB DACs from Musiland, as well as an all digital converter from them, and a Matrix mini-i full DAC that also has USB input. All of them work great and the Musiland sounds fine as well.

    http://www.pacificvalve.us/MusilandMonitor01US.html

    http://www.pacificvalve.us/MusilandMonitor02.html

    My only caution to you is that a USB DAC works great if you don't have any other options, but I swithed to Toslink from my computer because there was PC electronic noise. My PC is now electrically isolated from the rest of my audio system which is nice.
    Jake
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited June 2010
    I recently got the Musiland 02 USB DAC. I'm amazed at it's performance for under $130 shipped. I had a little bit of an issue getting the ASIO plug-in working with MediaMonkey, but all is well now and the computer audio system is sounding very good!
    DKG999
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