JackOfAll wrote: > Interesting..... In as much as when they first released the DAC2, which > was some time back, I bought one. Never did get it working with USB > under Linux. There was some discussion at the time, which if my memory > serves me correctly, it was put to W4S that the DAC was using an OEM > hiface module for USB input, something which they denied and claimed it > was of their own design...... So interesting, that the hiface driver is > being used. > I've long since sold my DAC2, but I still suspect that for the money, > for a store bought DAC, you couldn't do any better. I know since then, > they have released a DSD version of the DAC2, for which they claim > "driverless" USB operation with Linux, which translates to "should be > UAC2 compliant and using the snd-usb-audio driver".
My friend first tested Linux Mint on his Windows streamer hardware. Linux Mint also had issues with his W4S Dac. He needed to install some software in order to get it to work. But with CSOS it works out of the box. The name of the driver in CSOS is named YOUNG. Some time ago, we auditioned a few dacs at this friends house. The W4S DAC-2 and the Audiolab M-DAC turned out to be very close in terms of sound quality. The consensus among the listeners was that the M-DAC was slightly better (slightly better bass control). But again, the difference was very minor. Both of these DAC's use the same ESS dac chip. 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 2 x SB Touch - all wireless 1 x Wandboard Dual behind the bedroom ceiling 1 x Wandboard Dual for 'msqueeze' (http://www.msqueeze.co.nf/index.html) project ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.3. w iTunes plugin iPeng 7 on iPhone. SqueezePad & iPeng 7 on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99395 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
