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PC Audio Centrance DACport Review, The awesome lightsaber usb dac..
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Quazacolt
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Jul 8 2013, 10:56 AM
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QUOTE(xiang49 @ Jul 7 2013, 05:05 PM) Stole this badass during KLAV2013 from Jaben at RM599. Immediately add life to my 24/96 source downloaded from HDtracks. Also da bao my E7 in terms of clarity and clean presentation. Quite to my surprise, this cigar can drive my HD650 at moderate level. Though I lost some power from E7/E9 combo, I gained better sound presentation from the dacport, which is a more important factor to me especially listening to female vocal. RM599 is truely no brainer, and a bold move from Jaben. :-) damn i was there and they didn't mentioned to me yuheng walabies btw was DACPort LX on same/similar price as well?
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noobandroid
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Jul 8 2013, 11:34 AM
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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jul 8 2013, 10:56 AM) damn i was there and they didn't mentioned to me yuheng walabies btw was DACPort LX on same/similar price as well? i think LX is more expensive at SRP, i wished i could have asked people to help me buy one, love the centrance LX still
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Quazacolt
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Jul 8 2013, 11:35 AM
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QUOTE(noobandroid @ Jul 8 2013, 11:34 AM) i think LX is more expensive at SRP, i wished i could have asked people to help me buy one, love the centrance LX still if its going to be like 600, i straight swipe that card no need think LOL
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walabies
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Jul 8 2013, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jul 8 2013, 11:35 AM) if its going to be like 600, i straight swipe that card no need think LOL Bro Quaza, talk to me in private
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xernix_ice
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Jul 21 2013, 11:52 PM
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600 @@ .. Interested too !!!
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Quazacolt
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Jul 22 2013, 01:31 AM
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hmm wanting to write a review however i'm a friggin lazy bum these days  well a quick summary is that sound stage, clarity and especially instrument separation has drastically improved. finally no double amping (since most mainstream sound cards has a bit of amping from it) would probably help a lot too. although playing most movies/videos would have volume a little lower, more often than not i'd have max out windows volume which was never the case on my old creative x-fi lol. also, listening any music file under 320kbits (some of my very old songs lol) would be a bit problematic because the reveal all the compression flaws and some even exhibited signaling noise/further defects  still, small price to pay for a very wonderful DAC that i've been eyeing for many years (no kidding) which i never see justifiable to pull the trigger because i was constantly comparing to the free ASIO4ALL driver (or i'd personally call it software DAC lol) which overall offers "minimal" gains for the heavy price i'd have to pay. then again when it comes to audio, more often than not it's hard to judge a price on an equipment at any given time anyways especially the higher you go
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xandman
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Jul 22 2013, 06:19 AM
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Guys need a bit of suggestion... Would the DACport be good for gaming? I've used the DACport before but never tried gaming with it. So now planning to buy it again but for a totally different usage. So need some feedbacks. Thanks!
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Quazacolt
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Jul 22 2013, 11:48 AM
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QUOTE(xandman @ Jul 22 2013, 06:19 AM) Guys need a bit of suggestion... Would the DACport be good for gaming? I've used the DACport before but never tried gaming with it. So now planning to buy it again but for a totally different usage. DACPort/DACPort LX are bad for gaming since no multi channel support. and as you lack sound card enhancement/double amping (well regular DACPort has class a amp, however it's for music/stereo purposes, not exactly something you'd blast jibabooms with) , you lack that extra kick on bass/explosions. so personally, neither. other centrance product no idea since never experienced/auditioned.
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vivakarna
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Jul 23 2013, 01:42 PM
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QUOTE(noobandroid @ Jul 8 2013, 11:34 AM) i think LX is more expensive at SRP, i wished i could have asked people to help me buy one, love the centrance LX still i think LX should be cheaper no?
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noobandroid
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Jul 23 2013, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE(vivakarna @ Jul 23 2013, 01:42 PM) i think LX should be cheaper no? less a class A amp
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Quazacolt
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Jul 23 2013, 04:04 PM
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QUOTE(vivakarna @ Jul 23 2013, 01:42 PM) i think LX should be cheaper no? not by much though, 50 usd less from official CEntrance, however jaben is mainly taking stock for the regular DACPort so the pricing is just about the same for the LX
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SpringBiscuit
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Jul 24 2013, 04:25 PM
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QUOTE(vivakarna @ Jul 23 2013, 01:42 PM) i think LX should be cheaper no? Yea, however not much different, some prefer the extra class A amplifier.
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