26-1-13 DAC bake off London

[John]

I have the opportunity of having both the JK32DAC and the new DAC that JK will be selling to hear how it performs against other DAC and digital set ups. According to JK the new DAC has the same character sound (still using same DAC chip) so 3D sound stage, expansive sound but even more air between notes/instruments & it digs deeper into the sound revealing more detail but not in a "digital" way

Also sounds like it can be used through more devices such as Ipad and Android


If you interested in hearing the 2 DACs or bringing your own to compare then please let me know

[Dominic Harper]

I would John, but your so far away....

[John]

Would be great to meet sometime Dom

[Audio Al]

I may be up for a visit depending on date and time ,

can bring my Beresford Caiman Gatorized Dac if you require ? :)

[jkeny]

John, thanks for posting this - hope you can get a few interested parties?

John was one of the first on my 2012 DAC tour but couldn't get it working & sent it onwards but persevered (& called in help) with finding out what the problem was. When he was ready he became the last in the tour to receive it & keep it over Christmas. So perseverance pays :).

Yes, the new DAC uses a different USB front-end to the Hiface. It still uses 3 clocks - a 12MHz one for asynchronous USB operation & two audio clocks to deal with the two speed families in audio. Still using isolated battery power supplies. More details will be released in time but feel free to ask any questions & I'll try to answer them.

It will work on all operating systems natively as it uses the standard USB drivers already in the OS. Windows, of course, does not support speeds above 192KHz, AFAIK so a Win driver is provided for downloading for these higher speeds.

[John]

I may be up for a visit depending on date and time ,

can bring my Beresford Caiman Gatorized Dac if you require ? :)

Of course Time would be around 2pm on the 26th but open to the time changing

[Audio Al]

Of course Time would be around 2pm on the 26th but open to the time changing


:(Thats me out I am working that day :(

[John]

Lets see if people might be also might be interested in the 27th

[Audio Al]

If possible the following weekend would be better for me , not working :)

[Dominic Harper]

Would be great to meet sometime Dom


Yes that will be good ones of these days.

[jkeny]

I should also add this:
It doesn't require proprietary USB drivers & therefore will work on Windows(driver needed for >96KHz), Mac (should support Audirvana + direct mode & integer mode). Linux/Unix which opens the door to a number of devices - iPad, Android, SB Touch with EDO software applet, Media Tanks & other Linux based devices.