Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-19 Thread Archimago
brillo;696435 Wrote: That's interesting. I have the original Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC (not the DAC Plus), also a SABRE-based DAC, and I think it blows away the Transporter both in tube and solid state mode. I love the Transporter and have a lot of respect for it, but I now use it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-18 Thread Archimago
Jeff Flowerday;696164 Wrote: He's got lot's of product in his store front, you'll enjoy spending some time listening to stuff. I've never heard the transporter so I can't compare the Yulong to it. I have a Touch that's feeding it. From everything I've read the Sabre Reference DAC is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-18 Thread brillo
Archimago;696163 Wrote: I must say that my first experience with Sabre DAC's wasn't all that positive. I used an Eastern Electric MinMax DAC Plus for 2 weeks. The tube stage on that unit was clearly inferior and noisy and I didn't feel the SS output was any better than the Transporter.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-17 Thread Archimago
Jeff Flowerday;695929 Wrote: I'm just test driving this dac. Chinese made, Grant Fidelity is the North American distributor which just happens to be right here in Calgary. It's built around the: ESS Technology SABRE32 Reference DAC (ES9018S)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-17 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Archimago;696163 Wrote: Sounds interesting Jeff, I might have to pay Grant Fidelity a visit when I'm in Calgary this summer - do they have a good storefront with stuff on display? I must say that my first experience with Sabre DAC's wasn't all that positive. I used an Eastern Electric

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-16 Thread hedinber
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-15 Thread Jeff Flowerday
I'm just test driving this dac. Chinese made, Grant Fidelity is the North American distributor which just happens to be right here in Calgary. It's built around the: ESS Technology SABRE32 Reference DAC (ES9018S)