Hi all,
The time has come to finally dig in as i have no "real-world" mean to ask to about what's to come.
I own a modded Asus STX
- TCXO vanguard 0.1ppm + 0.1 mkp10 cap
- bypassed the RCAs caps
- 0.1 mkp10 caps on opamps caps
- 3x Burson SS V5 + 0.1 mkp10 caps
connected to a Pioneer A-6 - yeah, THAT one - through analogue RCA stereo out pushing to a pair of custom stereo hi-fi speakers.
After many reads, i decided on trying a USB dac, specifically the Cambridge DACMAGIC 100; other contesters were the
- Musical Fidelity V90, albeit a 32bit dac (not so much useful) it does upsample everything up to 192 and only native to 96.
-smsl m8a and many others..
The dacmagic 100 (a 24bit dac), on the other hand, is comparable if not superior to the v90 and does not upsample, instead it supports up to 192 in native through USB (using USB audio 2).
What i wanna know is, is it going to be worth or should i just hold on to my STX? I use lossless music only.
Thanks.
Hi all,
The time has come to finally dig in as i have no "real-world" mean to ask to about what's to come.
I own a modded Asus STX
- TCXO vanguard 0.1ppm + 0.1 mkp10 cap
- bypassed the RCAs caps
- 0.1 mkp10 caps on opamps caps
- 3x Burson SS V5 + 0.1 mkp10 caps
connected to a Pioneer A-6 - yeah, THAT one - through analogue RCA stereo out pushing to a pair of custom stereo hi-fi speakers.
After many reads, i decided on trying a USB dac, specifically the Cambridge DACMAGIC 100; other contesters were the
- Musical Fidelity V90, albeit a 32bit dac (not so much useful) it does upsample everything up to 192 and only native to 96.
-smsl m8a and many others..
The dacmagic 100 (a 24bit dac), on the other hand, is comparable if not superior to the v90 and does not upsample, instead it supports up to 192 in native through USB (using USB audio 2).
What i wanna know is, is it going to be worth or should i just hold on to my STX? I use lossless music only.
Thanks.