Yep, its immediate because people don't try to level match. Most people won't go back to their old gear to try to compare. They are just overtaken with their new purchase.
What a shitshow.... So does MassDrop sell empty boxes so we can drop a $70 DAC card inside???
This looks like it would fit ....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amanero-ES...d-Android-Cell-Phone-Pad-Laptop/254208594790?
There could be a business idea in there. What if the box was more than a box but also had an equalizer with audiofool presets. PSAudio can make them specifically for topping products so for $1000 you can color you perfectly measuring cold analitical DAC with the signature PSAudio sound.What a shitshow.... So does MassDrop sell empty boxes so we can drop a $70 DAC card inside???
This looks like it would fit ....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amanero-ES...d-Android-Cell-Phone-Pad-Laptop/254208594790?
Someone really needs to send you a Denafrips R2R DAC! I want to see how this can be done right. I gotta fever, and the only prescription, is more R2R.
Someone really needs to send you a Denafrips R2R DAC! I want to see how this can be done right. I gotta fever, and the only prescription, is more R2R.
Isn't there a risk to overload the amp and sound bad though?
Yeah, you are a true pioneer in the development of R2R designs, whereas these clowns on Massdrop are just thieves. Since they couldn't copy the FPGA logic, you can see how poorly it worked out. 10 engineers with the same idea would never come up with an identical looking layout to that Chinese creator. Even the discrete flip flop idea is different that the usual 8-bit latch with shift clock design, yet it looks identical.Yes, even as Massdrop claim otherwise, they copied their design from a chinese guy, see thread at:
https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac/talk/2098625#imagecarousel
That chinese person actually got inspired from my dam1021 module launched in 2014, nothing wrong with getting inspired from other designs, I do that myself....
A fun detail, the designer from airist talked about they demoed their DAC in 2015, before the chinese design existed.... The only problem with that is that demo used one of my dam1021 modules
I read an article on the Benchmark website that said you can't even get the SINAD values the DAC is capable of if you limit yourself to 2Vrms outputs. To me, I think a selectable output voltage should be a standard feature to help match the amp gear selected. The standard output levels are pretty outdated and don't match current technology. An amp with a selectable gain control should help prevent the potential for overload, so as long as you choose a product with some kind of gain flexibility, I doubt there would be any trouble.
The box had come back in June of this year so I was anxious to send it back quickly. It is on UPS truck already.
