Another Budget DAC

**nbaptista** · 27-02-2009, 20:11

Guys,
What you think of Edirol sound cards?Is it OK to connect the sound card to the amplifier trough RCA or the sound is not so good?The amp is a Densen B 110 and Epos speakers.
The sound card is this
http://roland.com.br/edirol/produtos/520/images
Should I wait and save in order to buy a good DAC?

**Labarum** · 27-02-2009, 20:27

Originally Posted by nbaptista

Guys,
What you think of Edirol sound cards?

I read good reports of the edirol ua-25ex.

It has the custom drivers to enable bit perfect transfer via USB from a Windows PC. The new Beresford 7520 uses the default windows drivers, so the Windows mixer is still in the replay chain and a ripped CD at 16/44.1 will be re-sampled to 48K. Theoretically not good, but how much difference it makes I don't know. I haven't heard either the 7520 or the UA 25EX.

Has anyone made the comparison?

**nbaptista** · 27-02-2009, 21:03

but how about the sound card?

**purite audio** · 27-02-2009, 21:07

Originally Posted by Labarum

I read good reports of the edirol ua-25ex.

It has the custom drivers to enable bit perfect transfer via USB from a Windows PC. The new Beresford 7520 uses the default windows drivers, so the Windows mixer is still in the replay chain and a ripped CD at 16/44.1 will be re-sampled to 48K. Theoretically not good, but how much difference it makes I don't know. I haven't heard either the 7520 or the UA 25EX.

Has anyone made the comparison?

L Hi, you need to install 'ASIO for all', that will bypass the sound mixer and give you a much better result.

**Labarum** · 27-02-2009, 21:16

Originally Posted by purite audio

L Hi, you need to install 'ASIO for all', that will bypass the sound mixer and give you a much better result.

But only if the hardware and associated drivers will use ASiO. The Edirol can - can the Beresford?

**nbaptista** · 27-02-2009, 23:56

I think the Edirol is better for record and reproduction of instruments,like guitars or something else.It is not only a Dac,so I wonder if is overpriced,for those that just want a Dac,and not record instruments

**nbaptista** · 01-03-2009, 23:47

And what about the Musical Fidelity V-DAC versus Cambridge DacMagic?

**Labarum** · 11-03-2009, 17:54

A good review here

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/proaud...-0404-usb.html

and the thread in the other place is still running.

**Labarum** · 23-05-2009, 06:18

I have just looked again at the now very long thread in another place on the EMU 0404 USB DAC

It seems to have quite a following

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/co...04-mini-review

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