- There is a lot of controversy about what a DAC needs to be and how much it should cost. Some would say you are insane for spending 600 bucks on a DAC and some would say you need to spend an order of magnitude more. In my research I found that I might get a DAC that sounds as good as the MH for less money, but this unit has functionality the others don't. My review:Sound- It sounds great. A good DAC should faithfully reproduce music and eliminate jitter and other artifacts you hear from digital sources. It's a simple task. This does just that, but with an added bonus. The tube output stage tends to warm up the sound just a little bit, and gives a little more life to compressed audio files. This is subject to taste however. Some people prefer a more clinical sound. Me: I prefer the warmth.Features:- It has a built in headphone amp. Nice feature. It sounds good, but I'm no expert on headphone amps.- It will up-convert your stream to 192kbps or down-convert to 96kbps. I tend to leave it in…
- USB input accepts 24bit/96kHz signal
- Headphone output with adjustable analog volume control
- Asynchronous reclocking and anti jitter control system
