Hello
Some of you may have followed me in my bad luck with my beloved Okto Dac8 Pro, where the headamp broke twice in one year, first time just after 3 weeks of delivery, and second time just last week. And some issue with volume increasment without me doing anything, and display didn't show the increase neither, some internal chip error i belive. Not Okto to blame for this.
I am searching for an alternate and have looked at some Dac:s with XLR or TRS>XLR conversion
Rostec DA8
Antelope Orion32+ Gen3 (used market)
Topping DM7 (good price)
Motu Ultralite MK5 (good price)
Universial Audio X8 or X16 (used but very pricey, and only Thunderbolt, I nmed to change motherboard to get TB)
Exasound s88 is out of price.
Merging Hapi/Hours out of price
Considering an pcie internal card also.
Marian Seraph 8 MKII, XLR out via db25 connector.
I want some input on this one, will it be good sound quality with a card like this, ess 9028pro Dacs.
Can I connect this card to amps directly? Will it be too much emi/rfi, like I will hear mouse movement, clicks and scrollwheel like on bad shiled front audio ports do sometimes.
Else it's fairly good price / out channels and XLR.
Considering a new Okto, because I think my specific unit was broken from the day I got it, but input on the alternatives before reconsidering Okto, it is 1800€ with config I had.
Thanks in advance.
Edited, can mods move I to Dac thread, not reviews. I didn't find anyway moving it myself.
Sorry for inconvenience.
Some of you may have followed me in my bad luck with my beloved Okto Dac8 Pro, where the headamp broke twice in one year, first time just after 3 weeks of delivery, and second time just last week. And some issue with volume increasment without me doing anything, and display didn't show the increase neither, some internal chip error i belive. Not Okto to blame for this.
I am searching for an alternate and have looked at some Dac:s with XLR or TRS>XLR conversion
Rostec DA8
Antelope Orion32+ Gen3 (used market)
Topping DM7 (good price)
Motu Ultralite MK5 (good price)
Universial Audio X8 or X16 (used but very pricey, and only Thunderbolt, I nmed to change motherboard to get TB)
Exasound s88 is out of price.
Merging Hapi/Hours out of price
Considering an pcie internal card also.
Marian Seraph 8 MKII, XLR out via db25 connector.
I want some input on this one, will it be good sound quality with a card like this, ess 9028pro Dacs.
Can I connect this card to amps directly? Will it be too much emi/rfi, like I will hear mouse movement, clicks and scrollwheel like on bad shiled front audio ports do sometimes.
Else it's fairly good price / out channels and XLR.
Considering a new Okto, because I think my specific unit was broken from the day I got it, but input on the alternatives before reconsidering Okto, it is 1800€ with config I had.
Thanks in advance.
Edited, can mods move I to Dac thread, not reviews. I didn't find anyway moving it myself.
Sorry for inconvenience.
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