Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,924
I'm Lawrence.
Location: North Oxfordshire
Posts: 26
I'm Jonathan.
Hi
I'm about to put an Singxer F1 in the private exhibitions if you are interested?
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,924
I'm Lawrence.
Yes interested will Pm
Location: Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK
Posts: 13
I'm Adrian.
The Singzer F1 is pretty well state of the art at the mo (I've used and still use, AP2, Off ramp 3, XMOS etc) but does need an external PSU to sound its best.
Source
SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
SW1X USB II
SW1X DAC III Special
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
Amps
Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
Speakers
Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
Cabling
Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
Headphones
HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,924
I'm Lawrence.
I have to say, purely in terms of discount to original selling price the off ramp seemed like a bargain, but when technology moves so fast it's hard to know if a cheaper recent product will outperform a pricier older product, or be compatible with later, or older but upgraded, devices
Location: Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK
Posts: 13
I'm Adrian.
"It may be state of the art in terms of facilities, but not in terms of SQ."
What facilities ?. USB in - SPDIF out ? That's it ? certainly it is for me at 44.1 CD rips.
To me its pretty well as good as it gets at the moment. Having used an Off-ramp 3, AP2 etc I would much prefer the F1 but, of course that's just an opinion.
What are you saying is better ?. That would help the original poster.
I would stress - it is important to have dedicated PSU (usually 5v injection) with most converters.
Last edited by Freddypipsqueek; 13-02-2018 at 20:38.
Location: Tring, Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 31
I'm David.
I have a full stack HiFace Evo if interested Convertor Clock and battery power supply
Source
SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
SW1X USB II
SW1X DAC III Special
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
Amps
Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
Speakers
Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
Cabling
Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
Headphones
HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones