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Post by Slinger on Sept 12, 2021 14:16:47 GMT
Anybody know anything about them? Where's jandl100 when you need him?  |
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Post by John on Sept 12, 2021 15:31:08 GMT
I heard a few bits of gear by them perhaps 8 to 10 years ago but not heard them for years
As Martin would say with the sabre chip it will all depend on implementation
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 12, 2021 15:35:42 GMT
I don't think Jerry would be interested in that DAC - it's not old enough.  |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 12, 2021 15:44:09 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Sept 12, 2021 16:20:24 GMT
Short of hearing it, there's no way of knowing whether it's worthwhile. Is there a price on it?
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 12, 2021 17:19:56 GMT
Short of hearing it, there's no way of knowing whether it's worthwhile. Nonsense - I've done the measurements.
430 x 79 x 343 mm
Buy one. |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 12, 2021 17:44:57 GMT
Short of hearing it, there's no way of knowing whether it's worthwhile. Nonsense - I've done the measurements.
430 x 79 x 343 mm Buy one. Fair enough, Jules, how can I deny its greatness with measurements like those. And I have, actually, just bought it. Long story short(ish) it was being sold on eBay for £350.00 and described as "New Open Box". The RRP is €799.00 (not that anyone sells anything for RRP these days) which is around £685.00 I offered the seller £300.00 as a bit of a joke, really, and expected him to laugh, or come back with, perhaps, £340.00 at best. He accepted £300.00, and I'm calling that a bit of a result. Mike will be especially pleased, I'm sure, to know that I'm swapping a silver DAC for a black one. www.vincent-tac.de/en/product-types/da-converter/dac-1mk.html   |
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Post by petea on Sept 12, 2021 17:52:24 GMT
Well one has to assume it is going to be more upmarket than a DAC called Dave! Probably more of a Hugo one would assume.  |
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Post by John on Sept 12, 2021 19:00:57 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 12, 2021 19:19:41 GMT
Well done Paul!
The only other measurement you needed was the weight test - 5.5kg so a heavyweight performer ...
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Post by MartinT on Sept 12, 2021 19:32:49 GMT
Well one has to assume it is going to be more upmarket than a DAC called Dave! Probably more of a Hugo one would assume. Indeed, a heavyweight called... Ernest, I think. |
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Post by petea on Sept 12, 2021 19:51:38 GMT
Very important that too!  |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 12, 2021 20:37:54 GMT
I'm now in full "experiment" mode. I've just ordered a HiFiBerry Digi2 Pro, to (hopefully, as long as they're as compatible as I think they are) give my Tinkerboard some S/PDIF outputs, so I can compare the sound with USB. And yes, I did buy a new case that will fit too. If, for any reason, it's not compatible I'll probably end up buying a Pi 4 |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 13, 2021 19:37:25 GMT
Slinger are you certain the HiFiBerry is compatible with the Tinkerboard?
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Post by Slinger on Sept 13, 2021 19:48:31 GMT
Slinger are you certain the HiFiBerry is compatible with the Tinkerboard? Not 100%, but I've still got a Pi 3 B knocking about somewhere, or it might be a good time to test out the 8 GB Pi 4 Model B. |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 14, 2021 15:26:50 GMT
Pi 4 ordered.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 14, 2021 16:32:22 GMT
Will you be comparing Asus and Pi4 on USB? I'd be interested to see how they fare.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 14, 2021 17:02:21 GMT
For starters I'll just be testing the DAC with all three inputs, optical, coax, and USB, using the Pi 4, and if any or all sound decent I'm not going to fanny about swapping back to the ATB and a/b-ing the USB.
Having had a quick snoop around the net opinion is divided. One volumio-related post I found a guy with a Topping D90 who said that the Pi 4 ran it "immaculately," and in the same thread was another bloke with a D90 who preferred the ATB, so I'm expecting them to be pretty similar anyway.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 14, 2021 18:37:41 GMT
I can only say the Tinkerboard left the Pi 3 for dead, but that doesn't help much.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 15, 2021 15:30:57 GMT
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