maxidw

Thank you Chris for your welcolme and the info. I have just recived an email from my dealer confirming the purchase. The down side is that I have to wait two more weeks to have the dac at home (this is southamerica folks, and nothing works as it is supposed...). I am clear now that changing the sound board won't make any effect in music using the USB connection from the PS Audio dac. I can't wait to have ir and make comparisions using foobar->wasapi->dac (XLR)->Marantz against my DVD player (Denon DVD-3910). I've been seeing some mods from Cullen, do you think it will make a hugue improvement for the money? As I understood, it won't worth to get 24/192 files from reference recordings with this dac. I believe that the Benchmark does admint 24/192 files from the USB connector, am I right? Thank you all, and I hope to contribute to this formul as you did to me. Max PS: excuse me if my english isn't accurate enough ;-)

HI! This is my first post. I live in Argentina, and in this country it is hard to get equipment to build a decent system. I have a "real" music system with a Mark Levinson Nº334 amp, Marantz AV8003 pre/processor, B&W802 and transparent cables. I needed a good source, and after a long research for a CD player I decided to give a chance to my PC before I spend $10.000. I think this is a challenging test. So, I decided to get de PSA DAC (I will receive it next week) and use the balanced output to enter to the AV8003. The first question is: connecting the dac via usb, do I still need a decent sound card or the onboard is ok (realtek hd audio)? if the answer is yes, is he Linx vista compatible? I have a 0404 usb from E-mu connected to my laptop in a home studio set up, can I get better results with it? The second question: I am confused about getting real 24/192 audio using a usb connection with the psa dac. I will use foobar with all the tweaks you suggested in this EXCELENT site. If this experience is good, I plan to upgrade to a wavelength/alpha/berkeley dac in the future. Thank you all for all your valuable information. Max