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Hello :)

Can you test this DAC ? ->

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You can found him here -> Seller

Thank you ;)
 
I wonder if the V2 running on a good linear power supply would do better?
So many proper devices just have a SMPS with some power filtering.
 
They're just poly caps, won't sound any diffetent to any other poly caps with with the same capacitance and ESR. Nothing to get excited about.
 
The SINAD race is over, IMO it is pointless to push it higher.

What I want to see is features that make it easier for the performance to prevail in real world environments. Which means integrated features like room correction and very configurable stereo sub out options.
 
They're just poly caps, won't sound any diffetent to any other poly caps

That depends on the rest of the circuit. I've replaced caps in high quality tube preamps and amps and it was easy to hear the improvement.
But in this particular device you may be right, I don't know. You may be wrong as well ;-)
 
For newly tested DACs, test DSD DoP at 64fs, 256fs and 256fs with fs=48k. This only needs to be the basic testing, not full suite, with intent to identify units with DSD-specific problems.
 
:facepalm: yeah let's test exotic, synthetic file formats on every DAC, very important..
There is lots of music recorded and distributed in DSD natively, especially classical and jazz, and there are also plenty of reissues of other genres released in DSD. So yes, DSD is important to me.

For fs=48k I'd just like to know if it works at all, given vendors don't advertise. With tools like HQ Player able to use, if you were going to use it wouldn't you want to know if it worked properly?
 
People hi :)

Now, i'm sure mine are real ->

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It's a very good DAC with very good capabilities :cool:

Regards ;)
 
There is lots of music recorded and distributed in DSD natively, especially classical and jazz, and there are also plenty of reissues of other genres released in DSD. So yes, DSD is important to me.

For fs=48k I'd just like to know if it works at all, given vendors don't advertise. With tools like HQ Player able to use, if you were going to use it wouldn't you want to know if it worked properly?
How is DSD exotic?
There is no commercially available DSD in 48fs. Let's not twist my words here. All Sony SACD as well as Web DLs are 44fs.
That is also why vendors don't advertise. Some devices could have 48fs DSD work but it's a freak format.
 
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Not really... the majority of DSD recordings are edited, mixed and mastered in PCM, then converted back to DSD.
It is true that most albums are edited in PCM and converted to DSD, but not all. In any case, as I said there is lots of music recorded _and_ distributed in DSD; in my case, 1/5 of my library is DSD. So, I'd like to know a DAC will play it properly. Most of my music is either 64fs or 256fs, thus the request for those rates in particular. I'm not sure why that is unreasonable, and there is evidence that some DACs have poor DSD support.

For fs=48k I acknowledge there is no DSD source material recorded at fs=48k. Again however, if a DAC advertised fs=48k compatibility, and the playback tool remodulated automatically, then why wouldn't we want to know it will playback as expected?

There is also an aspect that what gets measured gets focus, so if there was more reporting on DSD performance then the DACs would support better. (Or alternatively, the tests could prove there is no difference or benefit, and then the noise may go away...).
 
Now, i'm sure mine are real ->

I can't tell if you're being serious here or joking. If serious how are you sure? The label or printing on them can be fake, right?
Even the printed voltage/capacitance values can be incorrect.
 
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