OK, I have to start to sell some stuff before they all cave in on me. 
I thought I start with style by selling probably the highest performing DAC in my arsenal, the Exasound E32. Those of you new to the forum have probably not heard about it but I measured it a while ago. Performance was class leading except for power supply noise that could interfere. Exasound now ships this with an aftermarket linear supply for this reason presumably. You can read about the new version which is almost identical to mine here: https://www.exasound.com/e32/e32DACOverview.aspx
As you see the retail for this is eye watering $3,499. But you are not going to pay $3,499. Not even $3,000. Or $2,800. Read on to see how much!
To increase my chances of selling it, I made fresh measurements of it. First the Dashboard:
The down channel performance varies a bit and reaches to 111 dB at times. That puts it in the upper spectrum of all recent DACs I have measured:
It also has some of the best intermodulation numbers I have measured:
As you see, it bests even Benchmark DAC3!
That is due to very low noise floor as we see in this jitter and noise measurement:
It is so low that falls off the bottom of the scale I normally measure. Moving it up we see the excellent noise floor:
That tiny spike at the start is the power supply noise I talked about.
It is also very nice looking DAC:
The display is nicer than that. My overhead light created those foggy lines.
Crap, maybe I shouldn't sell it!
But I need to free up some cash and space so I will.
Price: $1,700.
Remember, by purchasing this unit you will be supporting ASR forum and feeding hungry bears in the woods (only one is true).
Note: this unit requires drivers. It will not work as-is in Linux or streaming boxes.
I thought I start with style by selling probably the highest performing DAC in my arsenal, the Exasound E32. Those of you new to the forum have probably not heard about it but I measured it a while ago. Performance was class leading except for power supply noise that could interfere. Exasound now ships this with an aftermarket linear supply for this reason presumably. You can read about the new version which is almost identical to mine here: https://www.exasound.com/e32/e32DACOverview.aspx
As you see the retail for this is eye watering $3,499. But you are not going to pay $3,499. Not even $3,000. Or $2,800. Read on to see how much!
To increase my chances of selling it
, I made fresh measurements of it. First the Dashboard:The down channel performance varies a bit and reaches to 111 dB at times. That puts it in the upper spectrum of all recent DACs I have measured:
It also has some of the best intermodulation numbers I have measured:
As you see, it bests even Benchmark DAC3!
That is due to very low noise floor as we see in this jitter and noise measurement:
It is so low that falls off the bottom of the scale I normally measure. Moving it up we see the excellent noise floor:
That tiny spike at the start is the power supply noise I talked about.
It is also very nice looking DAC:
The display is nicer than that. My overhead light created those foggy lines.
Crap, maybe I shouldn't sell it!
But I need to free up some cash and space so I will.
Price: $1,700.
Remember, by purchasing this unit you will be supporting ASR forum and feeding hungry bears in the woods (only one is true).
Note: this unit requires drivers. It will not work as-is in Linux or streaming boxes.
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