Hi Erland, two weeks ago I bought a ' HifiMeDIY SABRE DAC ' (http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=87) based on good 'reviews' (http://www.head-fi.org/products/hifimediy-sabre-usb-dac/reviews) I read after finding this thing on RaspiFy; I bought it just for curiosity, as a toy ...
I run it async with the recommended PSU attached to a Pi with piCorePlayer and I have to say - it's excellent. Just yesterday I did a comparison against a Linn Majik DS ( 2400,-). A friend is kind of audiophile and he owns the right gear: Linn Majik DS network player and Linn pre-Amp, Threshold T400 power amp and high end CANTON speakers. Pretty impressive setup. He runs LMS and Squeezeboxes as well and feeds the Linn through SB controllers by means of Skweezy DS plugin - so it was simple to integrate piCorePlayer into his setup. We switched between the Majik and the SABRE: Admitted, there is an audible difference between the Linn and the SABRE - but you really have to look for it. We listened to Jeann Michel Jarre (Aero), Yello (Touch), Dire Straits (Brother in Arms) and Flim & the BB's - all in 44/16 - and some classical/acoustic music in 96/24. I had the impression, that for some extreme passages the sound was a tiny bit 'sharper' whereas the Linn masters even those parts a bit more relaxed - overall, the difference was too small to be noticed. This little thing sounds much better than the price would suggest - and I would certainly recommend it. Yesterday I learned in a dramatical fashion, that the amps and speakers are so much more important in order to have good sound than the DAC - and I got the impression that you're not even able to notice the difference unless you have such a potent gear. I'm curious to hear the opinion of others. Günther Primary: LMS on Win 7 PC, 4 SBT, 1 Duet, 1 piCorePlayer & HifiMeDIY Sabre II DAC, 2 Duet Controller, 2 iPods, 1 iPhone (iPeng), Sony XPeria Mini & ION, Android Tablet (SqueezeControl, OrangeSqueeze, SqueezeCommander) -- Secondary: Mobile Server based on SqueezePlug on RaspBerry PI ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cadfish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58296 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99141
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