ah i havent set a budget yet but i hope to have more refine and smooth music
i saw xindak casing work and circuit seems not bad tats y looking for it
i think i should research on franken mod oso~~as i like so much the zero + moon presentation

I wanna try franken mod. But i dun hav any soldering skill, scare my zero get ruined.

haha i had mod but just the main power cap to ROE 2200uf, output 22pf cap remove and moon in the socket
sorry to talk so much here i post my noob incomplete set up here~~pls dun laught~~


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well depends on yur budget
zero dac and audiocompass may able to fill yur requirement
i had the zero dac for 6 months and got the hdams for it
then got ldmk4se tube amp and all started to sound funny and weird......
not to say anything negative bout zero, but it gaves me atififacts and my amp ampilify it until all my cans got sibliance...very fatiguing and i going crazy everytime i put my cans for a good listening
tot something was wrong with my amp but when try with my friend's cambridge magicdac and lavry da10 they match perfect.... no floor noise signature and very transparency and very very smooth soundsignature
if u can go for the high end dac, might as well save up for it and 1 shot.....u will not regret it...

yeah tat y i am planning to upgrade but not mod anymore
so i start research a batter DAC to set a target for saving haha~~
i found my current setup has a bit siblince and i hope to have a warmer vocal~~~
can u pm me the price u get the dac?thx in advance~~~

Looks like i'm gonna be like u. Dun mod instead of upgrade.

well modding the zero and adding franken mod only can get u to a certain stage but still......however u mod it it only be limited to circuit design inside...
my advice if u r aimming for pure audio enjoyment, get a standalone dac which is used for hi fi speakers
they r much more cleaner,powerful,and more musical aside from the size ler
but u enjoy every bit of the details,musical,warmness and the zero ground noise with yur audio
well monarcy m24 is a great dac as well hybrid dac like xindak dac 5 but with headamp ouput
grace m9021 is very good,aside from benchmark dac1 and new lavry da11 with usb input
other than that, acoustic arts came out with a pure standalone hybrid dac with 4 solid state bur browns and 4 tubes as well Accustic Arts Tube-DAC II
but of all this....cost an arm and a leg.....

Tats the point

Btw, how much does the xindak cost?

This post has been edited by DEVICLOT: Feb 16 2009, 04:52 PM

Any standalone DAC for hifi 500-1k range?

This post has been edited by dlyz: Feb 16 2009, 04:53 PM

hmm great march musicland i think roughly at 1.3k not sure
and keces 131 or 151 .... maybe a bit over yur budget but good mid end standalone dac
cambridge magicdac is not bad with xlr input as well

How about audio-gd's DAC-19SE? U tried it b4?

Im interested in DAC MAGIC.. know the price locally? I dont have a set budget yet actually. But will get a DAC to mate with bookshelves which i will be getting sometime soon.

This post has been edited by dlyz: Feb 16 2009, 10:32 PM

i never audit it yet so i wouldnt know how it's performance yet..
hmm for spec it looks interesting although the dac 7 hdcd caught my attention
using high end audiophile philips dac7 and CAST technology....very interesting.....bnc and rca inputs as well
from the pics, i saw they didnt skim all the cost for it as well all was properly justified and planned out for the parts and quality
if i were u, save up and get dac7 or the dac8 for xlr inputs
u cant go wrong with it
although dac-3se is not bad imo ....

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Added on February 18, 2009, 3:00 amhere in sg they r selling at sg 599
back in msia i guessing 2k rm mostly ....
magicdac is using wolfson chip and they r extremely laidback and very warm
although the bass is still lacking in my expectation....havent try out the xlr so maybe i not 100% sure of his performance yet....

This post has been edited by sep90: Feb 18 2009, 03:00 AM

New toy~ Photo and edited by 0168257061.



This post has been edited by DEVICLOT: Feb 21 2009, 11:05 PM

My simple portable set up,

I-Tech bluetooth stereo headset, FIIO F5 amp, HTC Windows handphone as music source using bluetooth & Sennheiser HD555 cans.





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B&W setup

What is that floorstander and white speaker? How much for the 685?

This post has been edited by dlyz: Feb 22 2009, 10:54 PM

Novice Rigs
Audiphile
-Cowon D2 8GB version (with Kingston 16GB SD card)
-Sennheiser IE8 (music)
-Senmheiser IE6 (music)
-Panasonic HTX-7 (gaming/movie)
-Fiio E3 amp
-Fiio E3 amp
-Mini 3 amp

Others
- XBOX360 arcade (with special housing)
- Samsung FULLHD 26" LCD Monitor (T260) - for movie, internet & gaming >this model is not available in Msia (I like the finishing so much, all is Steam Assist Molding, no painting or top coat; flawless, super smooth surface & shiny)
- Dell D630 notebook+Logitech VX revolution (best mouse i had ever used)


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IE8 consider as novice?

This one is from Austria and comes with a serial number. Got it from eBay @ US$270 exclude shipping.



The K702 with my iBasso D2 Viper (rolled) and AMB Mini3. Testing this headphone with the iBasso and later tje Mini3. I don't expect stella sound from this headphone at this stage.
Waiting the arrival of the Compass