diego;581941 Wrote: > Dear John! > > However, the price tag is a bit high... so I dare asking you an > additional question: > > - Would you prefer the Audio-GD DAC 19 over a Musical Fidelty M1 DAC > that has about the same price? > (http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/M1-Series/M1DAC/M1DAC.asp). > And if yes, is the DAC-19 DSP really that much better than the DAC-19 > DF, that is about 150 $ cheaper? > > - Is the NFB-3 (http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/NFB-2/NFB2EN.htm) any > worse? It costs "only" 300 US$... > > Thanks a million again, Diego
The DAC 19 uses 1704 DAC chips which are my favorite. They even use a really good IV conversion stage with the 1704s that get the best out of them. The power supply is superbly designed and built. This is extremely close to the DACs I build myself. Just the parts for my DAC costs more than what this costs to buy. The DSP version is way better than the DF. The DF uses a cheap off the shelf digital filter which is not very good. The DSP1 has a digital filter implemented in an FPGA which allows you to implement a much better digital filter. Its also adjustable, there are switches on the board which allow you to choose different filter implementations, including no digital filter at all. The NFB is quite a good DAC but the DAC19DSP1 is an over the top amazingly good DAC at a price that is far lower than it has any right to be. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
