New flavor of the month DAC

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Vincent Kars

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In case of small portable USB DACs there is the flavor of the month DAC
There is the Audioquest DragonFly doing 24/96.
This was pretty soon surpassed by the Meridian Explorer doing 24/192
Now there is the Herus supporting PCM up to 24/352.8, DXD and DS64/128

 

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Get it now! The clock is ticking.

Bill

 

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I couldn't find the pricing.

 

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NorthStar said:

I couldn't find the pricing.

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$ 350 on the company web site.


$ 250 -> $ 300 -> $ 350 FOMs are getting pricier.

Bill

 

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Light Harmonic has one they're working on now. Think it's around $149

 

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Old Listener said:

Get it now! The clock is ticking.

Bill

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Vincent Kars said:

In case of small portable USB DACs there is the flavor of the month DAC
There is the Audioquest DragonFly doing 24/96.
This was pretty soon surpassed by the Meridian Explorer doing 24/192
Now there is the Herus supporting PCM up to 24/352.8, DXD and DS64/128

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What exactly is the point?

 

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But isn't all thar processing power rendered moot by anemic, noisy bus power? Or do these products high-end origins make all that ok?

Tim

 

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interesting new portable pcm hi-rez and dsd playback..
http://www.astellnkern.com/

 

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Phelonious Ponk said:

But isn't all thar processing power rendered moot by anemic, noisy bus power? Or do these products high-end origins make all that ok?

Tim

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All these ding dong dongles have to do to earn their place is to be better than what's inside the computer and be as good as or better than their competition. What's provenance got to do with that?

 

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• Oct 2, 2013

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rockitman said:

interesting new portable pcm hi-rez and dsd playback..

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Perfect for that once-in-a-lifetime walk in the empty desert when the background noise level is low enough for "real hi-res" music... But wouldn't you just want to enjoy that silence instead of listening to music?

 

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rockitman said:

interesting new portable pcm hi-rez and dsd playback..
http://www.astellnkern.com/

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Looks cool. ...Wolfson DAC inside. ...How much?

 

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I think the idea of a small hi-fi dac is great. It suits someone who has to take long-haul flights. I am armed with a laptop, dac, and noise-cancelling headphones (maybe a hipflask).