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xenohawk
post Sep 20 2010, 07:59 AM

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Hm.. neutral signature eh.. saw this months back but didn't take notice of it. Anyone got compare it with PPK? sound signature wise?
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post Sep 20 2010, 04:47 PM

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QUOTE(PcWork @ Sep 20 2010, 03:18 PM)
yeah i oso think ppk more neutral.
but ppk is amp alone.  while Centrance DACport is DAC + amp.
which if u pair ppk with notebook built in soundcard. it can't fight centrance DAC at all.
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Yeah I think so too.. should be better then Ordance DAC-1 + PPK/Secret Amp. Since I am going neutral might as well have my portable and desktop similar. I find it hard to listen to my portable after Lavry DA11 combo lol... a lot of missing details.
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post Jan 3 2011, 06:01 PM

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Anyone got tried DACPort with normal usb cable other then the default stock one? Was looking for a shorter cable so bought a normal RM10 clear-foil 15cm... but it sounded crap.. the soundstage becomes smaller and bass becomes muddier compare to the stock usb cable.. (>___<)
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post Jan 3 2011, 09:58 PM

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QUOTE(xandman @ Jan 3 2011, 09:37 PM)
u mean if i get the centrance ill regret?
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If you get it, then you need to brainwash of all DA11... don't even think of comparing it haha. I have both so I know.... haha. But if you are in for portable sake, this is one of the best one to get. I prefer this over pico dac/amp. Only downturn is it is only USB powered and one input and output, nothing more but I like simple plug & play so it does it job smile.gif

EDIT: Oooo.. didn't know DACport support iPad now smile.gif http://www.centrance.com/products/dacport/...with_ipad.shtml I shall wait for iPad 2 and see..

EDIT2: Anyone knows where to test/get Kimber Kable USB cable over here? http://www.kimber.com/products/interconnec...usb/minibus/cu/

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post Jan 3 2011, 10:32 PM

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QUOTE(xandman @ Jan 3 2011, 10:16 PM)
Normal Audio Sdn. Bhd. is the distro for Kimber in msia!

MALAYSIA

  Norman Audio Sdn. Bhd.
Suite 1301, 13th Floor, City Plaza
Jalan Tebrau, 80300 Johor Bahru
Johor, Malaysia.
  Tel : 013-3346277
  Email : info.my@normanaudio.com

have fun! the usb cable looks yummeh~


Added on January 3, 2011, 10:19 pmowh and...
u ppl are very the evil!!!
like this how la to upgrade my bike!
hahahahha...
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Yeah I saw the distro.. but johor x__x
I hold off my car downpayment for lavry leh hahahaha..
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post Jan 4 2011, 09:28 AM

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Oh wow.. just tried the Centrance Universal Driver and have it on ASIO in Foobar. Got some sound improvement over native WASAPI. Will see the the latency remains true or not cause I tend to have dropouts on windows native drivers when on heavy external usb hard disk activity.

But with centrence driver, you have to manually set the bitrate now. Doesn't seems to auto-switch like native drivers. Well at least it is bit4bit now smile.gif

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