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dlyz
post Dec 3 2011, 08:26 AM

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Recommend me a few dac to research on. Currently looking at audio gd dac. Budget 2k. Not interested in dacmagic.

Who sells wyred 4 sound in malaysia.


Added on December 2, 2011, 3:19 pmFor pc hifi use. No headphone necessary.

QUOTE(aztoiozalan @ Dec 2 2011, 06:17 PM)
cn try audio-gd dac19 , or wut was it the name, hmmm, else cn try hmmm
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That is a discontinued model. Looking at NFB 2.1 and NFB 1. Balanced DAC better even i am using rca ka? I am able to increase budget if NFB 1 is superior, but since they all using same DAC chip, i wondering.

Also wonder if those 2 mentioned Dac is an improvement over xonar stx with discreet opa (earth sun moon), my fren using ST with discreet opa, and he says the performance with discreet opa is worth the price (opa cost nearly as much the ST)

Yea.. my amp is unbalanced. How the dac, in ur opinion, can win xonar with sun moon earth?

thanks anyways...


PCM1704UK vs WM8741, anyone knows the difference of these 2 or which suppose be better?
dlyz
post Dec 5 2011, 11:16 AM

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QUOTE(hongrui @ Dec 4 2011, 10:27 AM)
its the implementation of the chips that's more important, eg you don't want a proton engine in a ferrari chassis nor is a ferrari engine in a proton chassis gonna do you any much better.

but in Audio-GD's case, he only uses the PCM1704UK in their top of the line DACs ref 5 and ref 7.1 DACs so i think PCM1704UK might actually out perform the WM8741 slightly in the same design. however, the PCM1704UK was used in the D/C DAC-19 but now the NFB-2.1 with the WM8741 is sold as a slight upgrade to the DAC-19.
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thanks for the lesson. just another question would be, i am going to use only unbalanced connection and i have a friend who likes unbalaced over balanced to... if i get a balanced dac to use rca on it.. is it a waste? or it will still be better.
dlyz
post Dec 5 2011, 11:20 PM

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QUOTE(Leolabs @ Dec 5 2011, 06:30 PM)
PCM1704 - current output DAC,w/o digital filter,R2R ladder architecture

WM874x - voltage output DAC,w digital filter,delta sigma architecture

Not fair to compare both.... tongue.gif
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i have no idea what tat is ha ha... im gravitation toward nfb 2.1
dlyz
post Dec 4 2013, 01:25 PM

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Just bought my first bundle from Jaben. I am a total noob. Can someone who ever own a GOvibe Martini+ amp give me some info and mini review on it. Not much can be found online about it.

The amp is coming with a hippo case and a Fostex T50RP. This is my first headphone. I dont have much experience in headphone. My bro owns a AD700 and i have a x3i and KSC75 which sent to pcwork for checking and recabling after i lost sound from 1 side.

Thanks in advance sifus notworthy.gif

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