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MrB71
07-06-2021, 21:52
Looking for one of these non over sampling dacs please?

Cheers

Wayne
Lawrence001
07-06-2021, 23:01
Audio Al @audioal had one a while ago and he's selling up. Not sure he's still got this one though.
MrB71
08-06-2021, 00:33
Thanks Lawrence, fingers crossed :)
MrB71
17-12-2021, 20:21
Bump
Gramophonic
31-12-2021, 17:39
Small point on these, they are very nice, I have one but anything connected by the coax seems to drop in and otu every now and then. I've tried 3 different coax cables and 2 different devices. Works wonderfully with USB though. I hope you find one! In fact, does anyone know how to contact their maker?
Lawrence001
31-12-2021, 18:09
Funny it's normally the USB that drops out if anything, could be a dodgy receiver chip.

I know some DACs can develop an issue if you "hot change" the coax, maybe you've been doing this? I think it relates to the positive touching before the ground.
Gramophonic
01-01-2022, 08:54
Funny it's normally the USB that drops out if anything, could be a dodgy receiver chip.

I know some DACs can develop an issue if you "hot change" the coax, maybe you've been doing this? I think it relates to the positive touching before the ground.

I'm not sure what you mean by hotchanging it. I've made sure it wasn't powered by usb and coax at the same time and it wasn't connected to anything when the coax was inserted.
Also, having a power supply or running it on batteries didn't make a difference. You can get a cheap power cable to use and it does work! I must admit, while some say they hear a difference between powered and batteries, I didn't hear one.
Listening to mine as I type, very warm sound.
Lawrence001
01-01-2022, 09:34
I mean taking the coax cable in and out when source and DAC are switched on. I'm guilty of doing it myself at times and I know I shouldn't.
Gramophonic
01-01-2022, 11:03
I mean taking the coax cable in and out when source and DAC are switched on. I'm guilty of doing it myself at times and I know I shouldn't.

Hmm I might have done that, not sure - worth thinking about!
MrB71
17-12-2022, 12:06
Bump....

still looking for one of these after all this time...Cheers
Pieoftheday
17-12-2022, 13:38
Christophe Mariac was the chap that made em, used to flog em via tbay
MrB71
17-12-2022, 13:53
Haven’t seen any on the bay for a while
Pieoftheday
18-12-2022, 11:19
Haven’t seen any on the bay for a while
Me neither, he was doing one of those crowd funding things , dunno if owt came of it
Lawrence001
21-12-2022, 19:56
Bump....

still looking for one of these after all this time...CheersHere you go be quick

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/nos-r2r-dac-starting-point-systems-3.275147/
loonytunes
27-12-2022, 18:34
Here you go be quick

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/nos-r2r-dac-starting-point-systems-3.275147/

Great sounding DAC this ... I have one and haven't used it for a while - dunno why - I guess it's just me jumping about from DAC to DAC experimenting with sound. This DAC does respond very well when using a decent linear power supply for some reason despite the batteries.
MrB71
28-12-2022, 18:28
Thanks everyone...not much joy so moving on to something else.
Gramophonic
15-02-2023, 19:18
I am thinking hard about selling mine and would be happy to do so if you're still looking for it, Wayne.
MrB71
14-10-2024, 09:59
Bump, Any of these for sale at momoent?
Firebottle
15-10-2024, 07:44
Hi Wayne, personally I wouldn't be after one of those, had one ages ago.

They have high distortion at lower signal levels. I have a mains powered Dac that uses the same chip as the Topping D10, coaxial and optical input, going cheap. Give me a call.
MrB71
15-10-2024, 08:18
Hi Alan,

Hope you're keeping well mate?

I was looking to try a non-oversampling dac without braking the bank to be honest, hence the DAC3.

I already have a very well regarded SMSL-SU1 which is a cracking little, very detailed DAC but was wanting to explore a different avenue.

Wayne
Gramophonic
15-10-2024, 13:15
I have decided I'd be willing to sell mine if you are still interested. I've moved on to the metrum musette I bought from this forum.
I like the sps but I had to fiddle with the eq to get decent highs!
MrB71
15-10-2024, 14:58
I have decided I'd be willing to sell mine if you are still interested. I've moved on to the metrum musette I bought from this forum.
I like the sps but I had to fiddle with the eq to get decent highs!

What price are you looking for please?
MrB71
18-10-2024, 14:36
Have now ordered a Fiio K11 R2R Dac which sounds just what I am looking for.

A rich organic analog sound is how most reviews describe it.

Will be my first dip into R2R dacs.