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Epiphany Acoustics
20-07-2012, 12:37
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What better way to kick off a review thread than with a 'Recommended' award from AV Forums?!

Steve Withers over at www.avforums.com has just published the latest review of the Epiphany Acoustics E-DAC – our 24 bit miniature USB DAC. He is extremely impressed by the sound quality and built quality of the diminutive little DAC, summarising:

“The E-DAC from Epiphany Acoustics is a great little digital-to-analogue converter that punches well above its weight and offers great performance and value for anyone wishing to get better sound out of their computer.”.

He capped off the review by giving it the esteemed ‘Recommended’ award.

The only 'bad' thing he noted was connectivity. Not to worry, though, because we have a range of very high quality mini jack cables and adapters which will expand the usage of the E-DAC (and EHP-O2). I reckon that the gold plated, shielded mini jack to stereo RCA cable will be of particular use to many.

You can read his full review here (http://www.avforums.com/reviews/Epiphany-Acoustics-E-DAC-24-bit-USB-DAC-Review_339/Review.html).

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alan47
20-07-2012, 18:30
Well,mine is sounding excellent, now that is has got a hundred hours on it.
Nice size,sound and price,have now sold my big old unit.I have bought a powered usb hub to see if that makes it any better..don't think the laptop gives the usb as much poke as my old desktop used to..We shall see...

Epiphany Acoustics
20-07-2012, 18:52
Glad you are enjoying it!

Some have found that improvements can be had by giving the DAC an external power supply - this is something that I'm going to look into and may put together a kit of some sort to do this.

roob
20-07-2012, 20:01
I agree with Alan it takes a while to come on song, mine sounds very good indeed in my headphone system.
On the subject of power supplies I have one of these knocking about
http://linitx.com/product/12849
I just need to find a reasonably priced 5v ps with the right sized plug to go with it.
I wonder if using a better usb cable would make any improvement.