Post by joel on Dec 10, 2010 13:47:21 GMT -5
I finally got the XDA into my system today! It arrived three days ago but I've been waiting for my cables to arrive. So a little history, built my own speakers about a year ago, these were driven by a Denon two-channel amp putting out 40W/channel.
I decided this needed to be upgraded so I bought myself two UPA-1's. And for a while I ran these straight from my soundcard which is an Asus Xonar D2, I've been pretty happy with this, but that was before my XDA-1 came into play
So I hooked everything up a few hours ago, optical toslink from my PS3 into the XDA-1, then balanced XLR into my UPA-1's.
What can I say...the sound is amazing. I understand the upgrade was pretty big, but didn't expect it to be this big. The soundstage is huge, the instruments and vocals are spot on. And the dynamics...never heard so much slam from my speakers before, it never misses a beat this DAC.
Been listening the whole evening, everything from Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd to Metallica and Pantera, some acoustic music and much more. My jaw dropped when I heard "Sad but True" with Metallica for the first time since the XDA came into play. The drums are brutal!
Oh well, the only negative stuff I have to say about is the volume, as others have mentioned. Depending on CD I can turn it up to a maximum of 10. I'm planning on buying a pair of attenuators if nothing happens, or maybe a XSP
Except that, and the fact that I forgot my take-home food when I started listening, it went cold, I have nothing bad to say. I'm once more a happy Emotiva customer!
Here's some pictures I took after it'd been hooked up
dl.dropbox.com/u/4332607/_MG_0990.JPG
dl.dropbox.com/u/4332607/_MG_0998.JPG
dl.dropbox.com/u/4332607/_MG_1004.JPG
Thanks for reading!
I decided this needed to be upgraded so I bought myself two UPA-1's. And for a while I ran these straight from my soundcard which is an Asus Xonar D2, I've been pretty happy with this, but that was before my XDA-1 came into play
So I hooked everything up a few hours ago, optical toslink from my PS3 into the XDA-1, then balanced XLR into my UPA-1's.
What can I say...the sound is amazing. I understand the upgrade was pretty big, but didn't expect it to be this big. The soundstage is huge, the instruments and vocals are spot on. And the dynamics...never heard so much slam from my speakers before, it never misses a beat this DAC.
Been listening the whole evening, everything from Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd to Metallica and Pantera, some acoustic music and much more. My jaw dropped when I heard "Sad but True" with Metallica for the first time since the XDA came into play. The drums are brutal!
Oh well, the only negative stuff I have to say about is the volume, as others have mentioned. Depending on CD I can turn it up to a maximum of 10. I'm planning on buying a pair of attenuators if nothing happens, or maybe a XSP
Except that, and the fact that I forgot my take-home food when I started listening, it went cold, I have nothing bad to say. I'm once more a happy Emotiva customer!Here's some pictures I took after it'd been hooked up
dl.dropbox.com/u/4332607/_MG_0990.JPG
dl.dropbox.com/u/4332607/_MG_0998.JPG
dl.dropbox.com/u/4332607/_MG_1004.JPG
Thanks for reading!
