SMSL D-6 DAC Review

[hi30u]

I also use fixed full output, and feed it to the direct in of my power amp - through an external passive volume control.

That is what I want to do too!
What kind of passive preamp do you have?

 

[LGD_]

That is what I want to do too!
What kind of passive preamp do you have?

It is just a dual potentiometer mounted in a box with RCA connectors - no electronics. This is what I bought, unfortunately NLA:

Amazon.com

But this is very similar, more than I paid, but looks like it might be better quality:

Amazon.com

I have it next to my chair, using Monoprice cables about 6ft long, so I can control volume without constantly going over to my equipment.
No audio deterioration is audible because of the cable length.

Good luck...

 

[Punchy_Power_Cat]

I don't like this DAC having a 2pin full blown 230V AC-In powering a cheaply designed mini AC-DC converter with just one fuse at the In and no grounding at all.

Has anyone elaborated on the safety of this device?!

 

[Ogremic]

I am using it for a few years now, absolutely no problem at all.

 

[Draki]

Few months ago I put the D6 in a system with PC (W11/64). It connected the first time, without driver and worked OK with all sources including the USB.

Today I tried to measure with REW and UMIK-1 USB mic. REW (Java) recognized the D6/UMIK but after few measurements a warning showed some problems with the device ("sound card"). After restarting, it showed the devices (D6/UMIK) but failed again shortly.

Now I can't get the D6 as available device at all on the PC. I even downloaded the D6 driver from the SMSL site, but it still doesn't recognize it.

The D6 is still working fine with optical/coaxial/BT sources so I guess it's not at fault.

Anybody with similar experience? What did I do wrong? *mind you, I am not a computer expert, so please go easy...