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No, it is likely using an analog volume control IC with digital control.Thanks, so the analog ins are digitised?
No, it is likely using an analog volume control IC with digital control.Thanks, so the analog ins are digitised?
Amirm, It concerns me that you didn't even bother checking it was 230V before plugging it in......... and it took you half an hour to figure it out.
Thanks, so the analog ins are digitised?
Thank you @amirm,For reasons I won't get into, ...
MHO, your being way too generous here partner. It's way too expensive and offers way too low of performance to gain a recommendation, analog or not. My Emotiva had those things and only cost $450.As a DAC, this level of performance is not competitive for any DAC above $150 so that is not the real story here. What is important is inclusion of analog input for those who need it.
What’s wrong with using crystals to clock a DAC chip, most design have. seen use them, not just from other decades, what do you mean?i wouldnt say its ugly but its sure designed by people who think this is just another peice of lab equipment.
Tp me this is a strange one.... the price is unrealistic for this performance... as people have said, if you're using a chipset from 2005 then expect 2005 performance.... and at $2,000, surely a state of the art dac + a good analog preamp would work just as good...
maybe use an amp with two inputs if you dont want to daisy chain the dac to the preamp??? buy a dac w/ volume contrl though
isnt the Schitt Freya standard no tube preamp a recomended choice here?
even as a one box choice where you mix and match digital w/ true analog passthru at $2k makes it a hard buy
there must be a like solution that is at least... competitive? I cant beleive the state of the market where this $2k unit is a good choice when the performance is so 2005
to me if i see "24/192" then i know they are using crystal or something truly from another decade
Almost always. I have a vague memory of some DACs letting you select which one lights up but by far, both on is the norm.When XLR and RCA outputs are offered, are their any DACs which can feed these outputs simultaneously?
What’s wrong with using crystals to clock a DAC chip, most design have. seen use them, not just from other decades, what do you mean?
I did not understand @amirm's 'recommendation' of the $70 Fosi Audio TB10D amp but I think I understand this hardware merits as long as we remember his stipulation that it is to manage (as a pre-amp?) analog feeds w/a few bonus digital inputs but the amp don't care about them.MHO, your being way too generous here partner...
Ok, not sure what you mean, I guess I’ll read it up, I tought Burr Brown made their chips out of silicon like everybody else.Crystal Semiconductor. what is considered to be a spent force in the world of dacs... like Burr Brown.
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It looks like something I would install in a instrumentation panel/cabinet. With that dated display and the looks.I just can't get over how ugly it is.
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