Recent content by jiminsd

Hi, I have been here for 4 years or so. I have my upgraded M-DAC for sale ($500 usd) along with the original circuit board, remote, PSU, manual, original boxes, etc. I'm in the USA (California). My ad is on USAudiomart. I don't have Facebook as I know the main thread has moved there. Thanks for...

My original intent was to get the best performance out of my MDAC and I'd love to stay 1/2 width chassis improved MDAC and Detox. Then I'd be quite content to wait out the FDAC. How do we sign up for the Superior board? Is this a swap out for the old MDAC board? Or does John need the whole...

I simply can't keep up with the 10,000 pages/years of this thread. I've read the last 15-20 pages and see no mention of what this Superior MDAC is. Last year I was getting a little frustrated with the wait and was told that the FDAC would be here Christmas 2016 or 1st quarter 2016. I'm still...

Has anyone here looked at this Intona Technology USB 2.0 High-speed isolator. It was not made for audio but apparently works better than a Regen or jitterbug? I like that it requires no power from a wall wart plug...

My VAC 160i has a very high level MC phono stage (extra $2500 USD) built in so I can't imagine the FDAC besting that stage. I run a Lyra Kleos.

John, Here's where I am exactly: I about 2012, I bought an MDAC for $899 USD because it was one of the best DACs under $1000 USD. Since they were not sold in the USA, but there is a dealer in Canada, Google helped me find this thread and the upgrades. I really liked the DAC, the upgrades...

Me too. I feel any Detox, VFET amps, FDAC lite, and all these posts take John away from his FDAC work and just delays the FWC FDAC. Its sounds like the Detox is essentially done so that should make our existing MDACs sound a bit better until the FWC FDAC is done. Let's set a realistic goal of...

John, If they are assembled from parts, I'd prefer silver on silver. I'm not much into contrast and my room is quite dark.

Will the FDAC be black or silver? If silver is a choice I much prefer that.

I use a Mac Mini (no screen, keyboard or mouse) with USB out to the DAC in the music room and an Apple TV via HDMI in the home theater room. The Mac mini and Apple TV talk to each other and the home computer in my office and are controlled via screen sharing on my laptop or home computer...

John, I have a quick question. I just paid the first installment for the Detox, but now I'm wondering, if I connect a computer to the FDAC, I can see the benefit, but if I connect a wifi server like the Auralic Aries that picks up the info from the computer via wifi and the Aries is connected...

Hi John, I'm trying to follow along...This Detox thing is supposed to decrease jitter and make a USB connection from a computer or server to the MDAC2 sound better? Yet if the MDAC2 is no more and the FDAC is a full chassis size, can it not be built into and hard wired to the FDAC saving a...

John, I'm still down for a Silver MDAC2 L3 and a wide chassis in silver when it becomes available. Canofan, I run lossless wav files (Redbook and Hi-res) through a custom MacMini that has no fans, no monitor, SSD, high RAM, outboard storage (thunderbolt), running Audirvana+ software only...

It was a left channel down through the speakers, but worked fine in stereo with headphones.

Hi John, With vA.10 set to the auto dimming now I only get "Lake*West" after about 3 minutes. I do not see the No Comms message, since the screen is already dimmed at that point. I have tried re-powering it maybe once an hour all day Saturday, Sunday and today (40x or so). It never really...