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Old 09-27-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Dac - final piece of the puzzle(for now)
My soundcard in my computer started getting a little crackley, outputs on the back of the card intermittently working, so its time for a new source. I was thinking about getting a xonar essence, but I thought it would be nice to able to use an external DAC on any of my computers(through USB or Optical).

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to DACs... I'm pretty new in the hifi scene

I'd like to spend around 150 on it, but if the extra $50 would get me alot better I should be able to put that down.

My main headphones are my k601s driven by my little dot 1+ (on stock tubes).
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Littledot makes a Dac. I ordered one yesterday, should ship this week.

http://www.little-tube.com/forum/for...id=548&start=1

I'll let you know what i think when it gets here.
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Denon DA500. Might take a little work to find it, but it's worth the hassle.
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Littledot makes a Dac. I ordered one yesterday, should ship this week.

http://www.little-tube.com/forum/for...id=548&start=1

I'll let you know what i think when it gets here.

How much did it cost you?

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Denon DA500. Might take a little work to find it, but it's worth the hassle.
I'll look it up, thanks
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Denon DA500. Might take a little work to find it, but it's worth the hassle.
Yup,

I have one and its the bomb!
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How much did it cost you?

Around 300 usd shipped.
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