DAC's

kaushik · #51 12th September 2008, 02:50 PM

hey reign where u audition such costly DACs ?

reignofchaos · #52 12th September 2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kaushik

hey reign where u audition such costly DACs ?

Not in India :-).

krauss · #53 12th September 2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by IndianEars

Hmmmm...

Price ?

Available In india ???

the DAC X will cost u around Rs. 1,30,000 and the DAC XP will cost around Rs.2,20,000.

AUDIO DYNAMICS in bangalore deals in these products. i had a talk with the owner a few times, he's very helpful.

u guys may visit their site
AUDIODYNAMICSINDIA.COM

Surrealistix · #54 12th September 2008, 07:56 PM

I have been using the Odeon Lite DAC for the past 2 years and am very happy with the sound. I haven't really compared to any other DAC.

You can see the soundstage review here: SoundStage! Equipment Review - Birdland Audio Odéon-lite Digital-to Analog Converter (12/2000)

venkatcr · #55 13th September 2008, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by gopi

Prasad, I was comparing primarily different CD players, not against a Hard Disk Drive. Actually, stereophile has an article where even the USB jitter was tracked and seen how it affected the performance. I agree that you can make an exact audio copy into a HDD. But, while playing through the USB, still the DAC doesn't have its own memory and its doing the processing real time. So, jitter can still be there. my 2 cents, not an expert in this matter

Prasad, Gopi, USB is not the only way to read digital music data from a PC. High end sound cards come with all all kinds of connections including HDMI now.

Yes, either a CD player or a HDD can introduce jitter. If you are using a good drive from manufacturers such as Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital or Maxtor, the chances of your getting accurate data is very high. These guys have been designed for strenuous work and are tested also for such. Since they are completely sealed and closed units, external damage due to dust etc., do not exist.

Some of these manufacturers make special drives for audio/video.

Cheers

indirstr8s · #56 7th October 2008, 11:52 PM

I have been using a benchmarkmedia.com DAC1 modified by empiricalaudio.com. I use computer as a source streaming into the DAC.
I think this is the way to go.
--spend on High Quality DAC and save the cost of CD player/transport.
--browsing your music is fun and easy
--online music downloads full CD quality and even 24/96 available from
--linnrecords.com
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--musicgiants.com
--itrax.com
--no heartbreaks caused by your skipping CDs or CD gone bad.