Any idea what is the dimension of this board? Looks like can fit inside a candy box. Then you gf will wonder why you eat so much sweet recently.

Haha cheap poison, means you not only can die one time. But can enjoy dying many many times.

Review saying this thing better than asus xonar U2, xonar U2 better than Creative X-Fi go. What do you think?

Wah, I am looking for this solution for some of my bare board. Great job over there.

This is because it's unamped, get a cheap fiio will make it shine even more.

Emm looks like the dac not fast enough, but wet is good. I am getting this as second hand from forumer here, should reach today hehe.

People who didn't amp this little stuff please do not complain, I am now using this with only Fiio E3 and px100, and its already a very good combination.
Yes i upgraded from Asus Xonar U1 as well, but now only complain will be the user friendliness. I have to go to foobar to adjust volume, the asus does has it's own volume control.

Generally, sound more naturally, most importantly bass now is very clear and not overkill. Most computer sound card has the issue of giving fake bass to thump the gamer, and all this is killing the music. This card is dedicated for music, and the sound stage is also more comfortable that you could enjoy listening without feeling music drowning on you.

WARNING: Other sound effect other than the foobar will be very loud if you do as following:

For people using foobar, I have a solution for this to get back the lost resolution

Go to preference-> Playback -> ReplayGain->Preamp
Set the both with rg info and without rg info to -20.0db (Left most position)

Then go to your windows volume and set it to max. Now you will control the volume through the foobar and not from windows.
Another info is ASIO driver support this DAC very nicely, you get even cleaner sound from ASIO. For ASIO installation please ask uncle google.
Thanks chchyong89 to point this out, now it's there is really fine sound flowing into my ears.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 25 2010, 02:12 PM

I tried out the software attenuation through foobar and ASIO is way better than the master volume. My assumption is that ASIO might have solve this issue because ASIO could bypass windows audio driver and interact directly with the DAC.
This is still a better solution who has no other option. That's why I put my experiment result and not just theory. Please try this and let me know the result.

You shouold change your widnows sound scheme to "no sounds" so you wont get surprises sound effect other than nice music.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 25 2010, 04:04 PM

Just try it yourself if you can hear difference, if got improvement then you shall live with it for a while. If you hear no difference then can always use back the master volume.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 25 2010, 05:02 PM

I have pcm1793 which is burr brown chip as well, what I can say when compare to this pcm2704, their sound signature is similar but the higher end pcm1793 is very very detail and when resolving 24bit then you start thinking about analog vs digital sound.
pcm2704 has good detail, very neutral but still sound digital (cold) to me.

Yes it takes me lot of time to get used to this sound signature, but once you brain accept it, you will start enjoying all the music with emotion.
When testing dac, must allow time for yourself to get use to the new sound, if after few days you still don like it then you need another dac. Don just listen to few songs and decide which is better.

You have to install the foobar component for foobar and then configure the asio driver under the preference then it will appear.

THe DAC is very good, but some Cons here that is it lose resolution when the volume is decreased. I have build a attenuation box and it works perfectly now, will share the picture later.


This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 28 2010, 10:02 AM

Sorry to to hear that, this dac is more suitable when drive with headphone amp and headphone. For C3 may be you need a pre amp before pump it to C3.
I think now I am getting best of it, from all the DIY stuff I use.

PCM2704-> Cable-> Passive Attenuation Box (Volume Control) -> Cable -> Fiio E3 -> SHP2700/PX100.

All volume set to max 100%, no need to touch anything in foobar just install ASIO.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 29 2010, 11:01 PM

Something like this???


Hehe.. actually can try something like Fiio E3, cheap but need to feed battery. Fiio E5 got rechargeable one.



This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 29 2010, 11:14 PM

Not mine, just pirate the pic from google. I think it will help a lot, it bring the bass back a lot. Ask around you will know.
I own E3.
E3 around RM30 and E5 around RM80, lot of people selling here or jaben.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 29 2010, 11:23 PM

I think the amp wont poof... the pcm2704 is really really weak, adding little power by E3 still not as loud as those RCA input.

Yup understand what is double amplification, but what option does he had? Aego is way more expensive than C3 and has very good pre amp.
Fiio distortion is not too bad actually.

Emmm, sorry to everyone here, shouldn't advice this. It has some risk.

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Added on November 30, 2010, 2:25 amI am really sorry just now, let me give something constructive instead
I use a eclipse mint case to hold the pcm2704, it does sound differently, sound is more concentrate and cleaner.
But make sure you don let the board contact with the case directly.
Use those threaded standoffs to mount the board.

Yes you need some tool to drill the metal case.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 30 2010, 02:26 AM