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heyagod

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Dang. It was MSRP $130 when I last looked. It'll drop after initial demand drops.
Nah someone was trying to profiteer before. It's ok now, iFi started selling officially on Amazon now, and Amir said he's ordered one, so let's wait patiently
 

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The recently discontinued Audio Analogue Vivace DAC can be bought quite cheaply now, at least here in Europe. The build quality is very good but I haven't seen any measurements for it. Would be nice to see some number before I bite.
 

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The recently discontinued Audio Analogue Vivace DAC can be bought quite cheaply now, at least here in Europe. The build quality is very good but I haven't seen any measurements for it. Would be nice to see some number before I bite.
The PCM1795 inside can reach up to 0.0005% THD. The vivace is specced at Distortion (THD + Noise): < 0.01% ...
 

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To be honest, one thing I would love to see is a DAC that Amir helps to design or tests during the design phase, so that it performs exceptionally well!
Like this post if you agree! :)
 
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@amirm , If you were to approach someone making DAC's out of China and selling on Ebay to ask if they would be willing to send you one to test, explaining that if they measure well and you reported as such that they would sell bucket loads of them, I wonder if they would?

This Dual 9038 Pro based one would be a good one to try out. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Finished-Hiend-Remote-Dual-ES9038PRO-HIFI-DAC-with-OLED-display-LME49710-opamp/123890802498?_trkparms=ispr=1&hash=item1cd8779f42:g:uOcAAOSwvLJdZ81z&enc=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&checksum=1238908024988e6200ec55764e288991cc985c9ac55f&enc=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&checksum=1238908024988e6200ec55764e288991cc985c9ac55f
THe problem is that it wouldn't measure well. They don't measure these things so any and all things could be wrong with them.
 

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THe problem is that it wouldn't measure well. They don't measure these things so any and all things could be wrong with them.

But you don’t know this for all the builders, some of them will be total geeks (meant in a good way) with genuine knowledge and passion for audio electronics. The ones who feel confident in their builds would send one to be tested others would not probably.
 
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Yes, I have been planning to do that too. :) Stay on my case until I do. :)

Hey Amir, you said to stay on your case about this. I'd love to see you measure an ALC1220 motherboard DAC. I have one on an ASROCK board.
 

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Probably brought up before but in case it gets lost would like to see a review for Xduoo XD-05 plus and the XDSD (Maybe the XCAN too)
Especially want to see how the Xduoo stack again other high power portable amps like the iFi Micro black label.
 

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Probably brought up before but in case it gets lost would like to see a review for Xduoo XD-05 plus and the XDSD (Maybe the XCAN too)
Especially want to see how the Xduoo stack again other high power portable amps like the iFi Micro black label.
XDSD and Xcan have measurements on the internet. I have a xDSD, too. It sound okay until I bought DX7 Pro (use HD660s)
 
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