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Labarum
09-07-2010, 08:50
This very cheap (£10.99) box has been referenced on HDD Forum. No one know much about it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180530341654

Could be useful for a Standac with no USB, or for similar DACs.

Does anyone here know anything?

Stan, your views?
John
09-07-2010, 18:27
I use one (i use it with Duncan copper DAC) and enjoy using it have no issues with it at all...For me a no brainer Ps not a 100% sure if same chip think mine uses a texas chip but cannot remember for sure
trailer
10-07-2010, 00:16
What about these rascals?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Spdif-Toslink-and-I2S-Converter-DAC-/290449250223?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a01fd7af

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Native-24bit-96k-USB-Spdif-I2S-Converter-DAC-/300441386897?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f3b3bf91
Labarum
10-07-2010, 00:28
At that price you might as well have

http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/m-audio-transit-usb-interface--17369
purite audio
10-07-2010, 09:55
Or a truly async device, with isolation transformer, two crystal oscillators which allows you to play everything up and including 24/192.
Keith.
Labarum
10-07-2010, 10:19
Or a truly async device, with isolation transformer, two crystal oscillators which allows you to play everything up and including 24/192.
Keith.


Which is that, Keith?
trailer
10-07-2010, 11:38
Which is that, Keith?

The HiFace fits the bill.
BlueMax
10-07-2010, 12:01
I use one (i use it with Duncan copper DAC) and enjoy using it have no issues with it at all...For me a no brainer Ps not a 100% sure if same chip think mine uses a texas chip but cannot remember for suregood to hear from someone who has actually used the item.

from what I found on the net,the HA NG COAX(USB to SPDIF/COAX Converter) use "BB PCM2902E chip, 74HC04 high-speed plastic, ST - DV709 Special digital audio coupler".
BlueMax
10-07-2010, 12:26
Or a truly async device, with isolation transformer, two crystal oscillators which allows you to play everything up and including 24/192.Keith.That is a nice thought!

I have a few files by a label called MusicTrade. They are 24bit/88.2kHz FLAC encoding, Average Bitrate: 2027 kbps. Free to download and legally.
http://www.myspace.com/musictradelabel
http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=musictrade&cat=0
But apart from that I know of nothing else.

I wonder if 24/192 a 'pie in the sky' or are we in the near future, going to find any material that can use it?
Technically possible but do the recording companies have any incentives?

Sorry to be off topic.
John
10-07-2010, 12:37
good to hear from someone who has actually used the item.

from what I found on the net,the HA NG COAX(USB to SPDIF/COAX Converter) use "BB PCM2902E chip, 74HC04 high-speed plastic, ST - DV709 Special digital audio coupler".

Are you being sacrastic!
Bought mine about a year ago its same shell just not sure if it same chip Works fine for me
BlueMax
10-07-2010, 14:44
Are you being sacrastic!
Bought mine about a year ago its same shell just not sure if it same chip Works fine for meNo, I wasn't!
I searched the net but could not find any tests or reviews. So I it is good to hear your views ....
John
10-07-2010, 16:32
Cheers sometimes the printed word comes across strangely