probedb wrote: > This has been the state for a while really. The DACs themselves have > been more than good enough. A noisy output on a PC doesn't mean it's a > bad DAC. > > For example, try and get any 'audiophile' to accept that a FiiO D03K > could possibly be any good because it's so cheap :) They'd rather pay > >£1k on something that does the same job.
FiiO Do3K? Sorry... Not only is it too cheap, but it's not heavy enough (too much enclosure resonance!), is powered off a little switching USB AC adaptor (too noisy!), internal wiring clearly not of silver and nowhere near Cardas quality (too much signal loss without nautilus shell/golden ratio designs!), the internal clock is not "femto" (too jittery!), the DAC chip is by Cirrus (everyone knows we need an ESS Sabre these days or at the very least Burr-Browns!), it's not Streamlength asynchronous USB (definitely too jittery!), opamps suck (common knowledge!), there are no Ted Denney Synergistic "technology" incorporated into the design like his quantum fuses (yeah, Ted's a genius!), Ayre didn't tweak the impulse response (that awful pre-ringing hurts my ears!), it can't handle DSD (too 'digital' sounding!). I might have missed something... Oh yeah... The front fascia is clearly not milled aeronautical aluminum. Ergo, the sound *sucks*. :rolleyes: Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102270
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