I haven't been part of the MDAC threads as they have become far to technical for me. I'm back as I feel I have something of real interest to share.
I recently fried my MDAC and John kindly offered to fix it if I sent it to him, whilst he had it a believe he wanted to experiment with mods and upgrades on it. I got it back from john a couple of weeks ago and for the last week I have had a standard MDAC running side by side for me to make comparisons. below is two emails I sent to John of my findings.
It's quite clear the Moded DAC is better, Overall I find the Moded Dac to have what you would hope for; instruments seem to stand out more, it has more attack (a snare or a guitar strum will present itself clearer) bass seems more tuneful, more detail which I would describe as more texture. I guess the most important thing is it draws you into(makes you more interested in) the music.
Switching back to the stock version it still sounds tremendous but a little bland in comparison, less involving / interesting. Once you get used to the standard DAC you forget and all sounds good, as it is good; go back to the moded DAC and all is richer, more involving and more of what you want.
How do my findings compare with yours? What exactly did you do to the DAC?
Since my last email I have been using Epos ES22's, being a really revealing speaker it has shown the difference between the DAC's is a lot bigger than I thought!
The stock dac is really wooly and less detailed, less sparkle, less low end clarity, less attack, less separation and just less involving! Going back to the moved DAC the difference really is quite alarming, such a bigger and clearer sound. Guitars have more texture and rhythm, cymbals sparkle and your are REALLY involved in the music.
Are you able to tell me what you did to my DAC?
