divedeepdog
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The one on the left is here, but not the other.
Would love to have a head-to-head with other USB cleaning devices as in my focus group listening, it beat the Regen & the Intona (even when these were powered with the same battery power as I use - this battery PS was found to be the best config to get the best sound out of these two devices) & the Regen+Intona combinedJust at the HIFi Show in Schaumburg, just outside Chicago, Illinois and SOtM out of Korea was making a lot of buzz with their similarly focused products, so I reckon this is indeed a thing, at least for calendar year 2018. A number of companies: Ideon out of Greece and Wyred4Sound out of California (USA) are marketing products which sit between the digital source and the DAC as well. In the case of the latter two re-clocking devices again with the aim of reducing noise from the USB connection to the source.
Would love to have a head-to-head with other USB cleaning devices as in my focus group listening, it beat the Regen & the Intona (even when these were powered with the same battery power as I use - this battery PS was found to be the best config to get the best sound out of these two devices) & the Regen+Intona combined
That's what the ISO-DAC & ISO-SPDIF do - they integrate the USB cleaning technology into a DAC or SPDIF converter - cleaning just before the signal enters the DAC/SPDIF circuitry - this is the optimal position for such interventionAs I mentioned, this is becoming a contested area for such devices. The Wyred4Sound device costs $199 USD and it does a rather credible job of things. The bigger questions for those manufacturers in this space, is just how money are enthusiasts prepared to pony up? From an economics standpoint pricing for such devices should keep the price of the DAC to which they are attaching in mind. As for the digital source, well am hearing rumblings of "integrated" solutions which would clean their USB connections internally.
That's what I was asking about earlier in the thread - someone with other USB cleaning devices to do a comparison - don't know if anyone on the tour has a USB cleaning device?Have Schiit’s Wyrd and Eitr been auditioned alongside?
That's what I was asking about earlier in the thread - someone with other USB cleaning devices to do a comparison - don't know if anyone on the tour has a USB cleaning device?
Will do.Thanks, Mark
This is the ISO-DAC with 5V output on the USB ports that I sent you & should now be the only tour ISO-DAC - as some USB devices being attached to USB hub ports need this 5V for power or signalling.
@busb, can you let me know when the 2nd DAC arrives & return the first one to me, please - it will avoid further mix-ups?