Jimbos Audio ramblings

[Macca]

Haha not quite but very close. It probably is pure and perfect but I miss the distortion I get from vinyl

try pulling your interconnects out so they're barely making contact

Really though, is it any different from that boom bang a lang thing you had before?

[Jimbo]

try pulling your interconnects out so they're barely making contact

Really though, is it any different from that boom bang a lang thing you had before?

It is different but not night and day. I will pop some listening impressions on my blog later. What I can say for certain is I think you are right about digital audio in that you can’t tell a great deal of difference between DACs.

This should be more concerning for folk who have thrown lots of money them. I had a Chord Qutest here in my system some time back and it was definitely no better or marginally poorer sounding to this SMSL SU-1.

Reading round the net I saw an amusing post where a chap did a blind listening session with his mate who had a DCS DAC and they both scored the SMSL SU-1 higher!

[CageyH]

Haha not quite but very close. It probably is pure and perfect but I miss the distortion I get from vinyl

Get a tube buffer on the output?

[Macca]

It is different but not night and day. I will pop some listening impressions on my blog later. What I can say for certain is I think you are right about digital audio in that you can’t tell a great deal of difference between DACs.

This should be more concerning for folk who have thrown lots of money them. I had a Chord Qutest here in my system some time back and it was definitely no better or marginally poorer sounding to this SMSL SU-1.

Reading round the net I saw an amusing post where a chap did a blind listening session with his mate who had a DCS DAC and they both scored the SMSL SU-1 higher!

I read on another forum someone saying that DACs are like different flavours of ice cream. For me the recordings should be the different flavours of ice cream, the DAC is just the scoop.

[Jimbo]

Get a tube buffer on the output?

Got plenty of tubes on the output!

[Barry]

The SU-1 is minimalist product, DACs do not get much more basic than this. It has USB, Coax and Toslink inputs and RCA outputs and that’s it. No volume control but it does have lights letting you know what input is being used and an on/off switch.

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How is the SU1 powered? I can't see a power socket.

[Barry]

I read on another forum someone saying that DACs are like different flavours of ice cream. For me the recordings should be the different flavours of ice cream, the DAC is just the scoop.

Nicely put.

[Macca]

How is the SU1 powered? I can't see a power socket.

USB

[willbewill]

How is the SU1 powered? I can't see a power socket.

it's labelled USB

[Jimbo]

It is powered via the USB C socket - with 5v charger or LPS or directly from your computer. The USB socket also doubles as a data input aswell so you can play music and power it through the same socket.