February 28, 201313 yr I have never liked the sound of the Benchmark DAC1 and yet Ric is right that I was also impressed the DAC2 HGC. Very good sound and handles a lot of formats and inputs. No SD or USB stick input directly, but maybe some external device can allow such connections to the USB input? The seriously impressive sounding device was the Playback Designs MPD-5. The MPS-5 version also has a CD/SACD player that would be super sweet, but not smaller or lighter than your Sony monster. What is Dinny's DAC?
February 28, 201313 yr I thought Dinny went back to some vintage DAC. My dCS DAC does DSD but I have never gone to the trouble of finding DSD music files. I guess I should try that at some point.
February 28, 201313 yr Author no idea what DAC dinny is on i've been using the Oppo BDP-95 as the Sony XA5400ES is only built to withstand 8 fedex shipments.
February 28, 201313 yr I bought Dinny's PWD2, I think he is still on the NAD M51. Edit: M51 can't accept DSD audio via HDMI, but can accept SACD playback if converted by the BD/SACD player at up to 24/192 PCM. Edited February 28, 201313 yr by Cee Tee
February 28, 201313 yr No sign from Parasound or Google. Maybe. I'd be curious if anyone has successfully played back files from a USB Flash drive. Obviously I was overtired when I posted that
February 28, 201313 yr http://highresolutiontechnologies.com/music-streamer-hd HRT Music Streamer HD, Full Sized XLR, 24bit 192 khz and it supports USB 1.0 and 2.0, Dagnabit, that must've come out after I bought the pro. I would have wanted both 192 kHz and the full sized XLR connectors.Sent frum mah phone-blet using Tapatalk.
February 28, 201313 yr fwiw, I'm fascinated by the potential & flexibility of the Lynx Hilo... I'd like to spend some alone time w/it:)... & it does DSD w/a firmware update... Edited February 28, 201313 yr by emelius
February 28, 201313 yr Dagnabit, that must've come out after I bought the pro.Sent frum mah phone-blet using Tapatalk. I am very curious about the HRT stuff for some reason (Dusty's fault).
February 28, 201313 yr I thought Dinny went back to some vintage DAC. My dCS DAC does DSD but I have never gone to the trouble of finding DSD music files. I guess I should try that at some point. Perhaps ? http://bluecoastrecords.com/artists
February 28, 201313 yr I am very curious about the HRT stuff for some reason (Dusty's fault). I have the updated hrt music streamer II that I would ship for you to mess with.
February 28, 201313 yr Price? I think the non plus is a burr brown 1744 and the plus is a 1794. Pm an address and I'll ship it. Edited February 28, 201313 yr by Dash
February 28, 201313 yr I think the regular II only does 44.1, whereas the II+ does...okay, no they both do 96kHz Sent frum mah phone-blet using Tapatalk.
February 28, 201313 yr What is the difference between the + and non+ version? Going from their product blurb, supposedly it's got a better DAC and an even better analog output stage: As a Big Brother to the MS II, the HRT Music Streamer II+ does exactly the same job as its less expensive sibling, but is outfitted with a higher quality Digital-to-Analog converter (DAC) and a much more sophisticated analog output stage. http://highresolutiontechnologies.com/music-streamer-ii-plus
February 28, 201313 yr No sign from Parasound or Google. Maybe. I'd be curious if anyone has successfully played back files from a USB Flash drive. I have Ric. It works flawlessly. EDIT: Shit! Sorry, I was confused. It's the Zcd that I've used the flash drive with. Edited February 28, 201313 yr by swt61
February 28, 201313 yr Get the "cheap" MSB dac for a nice compliment to the BHSE. The USB inputs are not cheap (even my dealer complains about his price) but the best I've ever tried.
February 28, 201313 yr Get the "cheap" MSB dac for a nice compliment to the BHSE. The USB inputs are not cheap (even my dealer complains about his price) but the best I've ever tried. Never really looked at MSB stuff before, but it looks like they really like offering lots of upgrades eh?
March 1, 201313 yr How about the Jeff Rowland? wow, thats a lot of transformers edit: actually, I'm not sure what product i'm looking at Edited March 1, 201313 yr by aardvark baguette
March 1, 201313 yr stream and file transport are different protocols. i have no idea if the DAC in question supports both. Yep. That is why I posted this later.Obviously I was overtired when I posted that
March 1, 201313 yr wow, thats a lot of transformers edit: actually, I'm not sure what product i'm looking at I don't think that's the dac. The dac uses the LL1588's on the output, but I think that's it. I have no idea if it sounds good or not, but it is pretty
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