Choosing a DAC
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LuSh, I have seen the J River Media mentioned several times on this site and will hopefully get a chance to give it a try. I know search is your friend but IIRC H9 had a thread that talked about the drivers used also having an impact on the SQ.
DMara, I will try at some point to give a review but not only am I on a learning curve for DACs but also I am learning and struggling with describing what I hear.
For know I am spending time trying to improve my critical listening skills. I purchased a sony bdp-s470 from a member on this site for several reasons but one was to do comparisons between the PC and a dedicated CD player with someday adding SACD in the mix. -
Alrighty, you and zingo got me interested in the Kingwa NFB-3, so I did some more research and ordered one, even earned an extra 5% discount via an email to Kingwa (Edwin) :biggrin: However they won't be able to ship it until 2/15. I'll report back after it got in
Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
Living room:
LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
Bedroom:
Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
Other rooms:
Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000 -
Alrighty, you and zingo got me interested in the Kingwa NFB-3, so I did some more research and ordered one, even earned an extra 5% discount via an email to Kingwa (Edwin) :biggrin: However they won't be able to ship it until 2/15. I'll report back after it got in
I don't think you will be disappointed. I saw that they were giving the discount now. Wish I could of gotten in on that for having to wait so long but it was worth the wait. -
Given that pacific valve is doing that DAC at $350 delivered,
how do you like yours so far?"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
I am glad I got it.sucks2beme wrote: »Given that pacific valve is doing that DAC at $350 delivered,
how do you like yours so far?
Has been a while since I went back and listened to some music without it in line and decided to do that before I replied. As I had noticed before it is more detailed and musical than the sony bdp-s470 and as far as streaming from the computer night and day different than the on board sound card (don't want to listen with out it). I have not taken the time yet to compare a usb connection to a coaxil from the computer. Hope to get a chance to do that soon. Unfortunately I have not heard any other stand a lone DACS to say how it would stack up.
Don't know if you have come across this but has some good info.
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/512856/audio-gd-nfb-2-nfb-3-delivery-impression-thread/870
Sounds like there in high demand and there is a wait to get them but I think it was worth it. I do see they have changed a few things. I got the NFB-3 with the dir9001. I think it now comes stock with the WM8805. -
You'll be amazed at how good this dac is, at $300 shipped, based on Wolfson WM8740:
http://littledot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=814&sid=c3ad934e0bb9736c3f494fbe66d2e0c2
For $30 more you can get a headphone amp in it:
http://littledot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=818&sid=c3ad934e0bb9736c3f494fbe66d2e0c2
Very well reviewed stuff on headfi, and customer service is fantastic.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
