slimkid;160882 Wrote: > Hi, I have an opportunity to get this DAC. Anybody care to comment on > would there be any significant improvement over SB3's analog output. > Can't demo it, so I have to relay on your ears :)...
I have a large collection of DAC's, including audiophile, professional, and NOS versions - so I have a little experience with this subject (although definitely not as much as some others around here). The M-Audio SuperDAC 24/96 is, easily, one of the finest sounding DACs I've ever heard to date. You are lucky to get one of these, as I believe they have been out of production for a while now. I never expected the M-Audio SuperDAC to be as good as it turned out to actually be. As a pro-audio piece, it wasn't really very expensive at all when it was being made, and its included power supply was a rather smallish external wall-wart style. But its sound is just outstanding, and the equal of any other DAC I've heard so far. It's a true 24-bit 96kHz DAC too, so it will receive the 24-bit S/PDIF output from the SB3 and retain full resolution when the SB3 digital volume control is used. It uses the AKM4593 DAC chip which is outstanding. While both optical and coaxial connections from the SB3 sound great with this DAC, I've found the optical connection sounds best. If you have an upsampler to use in-between the SB3 and SuperDAC, you might find an even nicer resulting sound. I use a GW Labs DSP, which IMO is the perfect complement to the SuperDAC. Advice: When you get this DAC, don't let it go! It is one of the really special DAC units out there, and while it was a hot item in the modding community for a while, it also sounds fantastic stock. Enjoy! -- NewBuyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30429 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
