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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 17:45:55 GMT -5
I hope everyone appreciates the opportunity we have here to give direct feedback to the individual that designs the equipment that fuels our beloved hobby. Way to go Lonnie. Kudos to Emotiva! I have NEVER been exposed to something as great as this. That being said, I totally agree with Bonzo (you are not alone Bro) For us two channel guys a dedicated dac, that is not a preamp would be awesome. If you are going to follow the XDA-2 design, which I  hope you do, add another chip so that we have one for each channel. I'm on the fence with DSD but there sure was a lot of room in that XDA chassis, perhaps room for a beefed up power supply. I also agree with Boomzilla, drop the tone controls on the XSP. No self respecting High end pre amp has them. Other than that it is already Excellent . Thanks again Lonnie. |
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Post by hpc on Feb 28, 2017 23:19:16 GMT -5
DSD over HDMI and USB. Balanced outputs; No tone controls. No frills; Upsampling not required; full Faraday enclosure; warp-drive power supply if it's
going to have a preamp section (preferably in a separate enclosure). AES/EBU, coax, optical, HDMI inputs. Ladder resistor volume control.
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Post by jmontoya21 on Mar 1, 2017 22:00:36 GMT -5
The option to have Dirac would be awesome.
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Post by Boomzilla on Mar 2, 2017 6:50:11 GMT -5
The option to have MQA would be awesome.
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Post by DYohn on Mar 2, 2017 9:39:11 GMT -5
My 2 cents is I hope Emotiva does not waste their money on MQA. This flash in the pan is just another lossy format and a new standard designed as a money-grab in the mold of Dolby. Don't fall for the hype.
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Post by KeithL on Mar 2, 2017 10:45:10 GMT -5
It's really unlikely that we'll be including Dirac in a DAC any time soon. Dirac requires a computer to set up - and a pretty powerful DSP engine just to run the filters after they're calculated. You're basically raising the complexity of a simple DAC to that of a reasonably powerful pre/pro. (You can also get Dirac in a MiniDSP - but I'm not sure it's a very good DAC.) If you really want a that sort of functionality, then you may as well buy an XMC-1. It sounds great in two channels... and you get Dirac. The option to have Dirac would be awesome. |
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Post by KeithL on Mar 2, 2017 10:46:00 GMT -5
What, no flux capacitor?  DSD over HDMI and USB. Balanced outputs; No tone controls. No frills; Upsampling not required; full Faraday enclosure; warp-drive power supply if it's going to have a preamp section (preferably in a separate enclosure). AES/EBU, coax, optical, HDMI inputs. Ladder resistor volume control. |
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Post by Loop 7 on Mar 2, 2017 12:54:36 GMT -5
My 2 cents is I hope Emotiva does not waste their money on MQA. This flash in the pan is just another lossy format and a new standard designed as a money-grab in the mold of Dolby. Don't fall for the hype. I'm just concerned MQA can monopolize production and playback channels. Labels are eager to sell their music yet another time. |
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Post by Axis on Mar 2, 2017 13:58:35 GMT -5
My 2 cents is I hope Emotiva does not waste their money on MQA. This flash in the pan is just another lossy format and a new standard designed as a money-grab in the mold of Dolby. Don't fall for the hype. I'm just concerned MQA can monopolize production and playback channels. Labels are eager to sell their music yet another time. I am reading now that Spotify may be streaming CD quality Lossless soon. They have 43 million subscribers and should take all the wind out of MQA. Fingers crossed that MQA fails. I buy all my music or play it on YouTube. If YouTube were to shut down the music files it would not faze me. I can still put a record on or put a cd on or listen to my pc files. I'm old school and proud of it.  |
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Post by monkumonku on Mar 2, 2017 14:30:06 GMT -5
I'm just concerned MQA can monopolize production and playback channels. Labels are eager to sell their music yet another time. I am reading now that Spotify may be streaming CD quality Lossless soon. They have 43 million subscribers and should take all the wind out of MQA. Fingers crossed that MQA fails. I buy all my music or play it on YouTube. If YouTube were to shut down the music files it would not faze me. I can still put a record on or put a cd on or listen to my pc files. I'm old school and proud of it. Yes but what you are failing to take into account is that Spotify plans on merely streaming CD quality lossless. Unlike MQA, that stream hasn't been made better than the original and by processing the whatchamacallit thingymabob and highlighting the whateveritis to take out the youknowwhatImean to result in something clearly superior by way of thatthatthingyouknow. And if you're scratching your head, I'm sorry but I've made it as clear as MQA has so deal with it. Capice? |
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Post by klinemj on Mar 2, 2017 14:40:47 GMT -5
What, no flux capacitor? DSD over HDMI and USB. Balanced outputs; No tone controls. No frills; Upsampling not required; full Faraday enclosure; warp-drive power supply if it's going to have a preamp section (preferably in a separate enclosure). AES/EBU, coax, optical, HDMI inputs. Ladder resistor volume control. Well, duh...a flux capacitor is a GIVEN! Mark |
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Post by Axis on Mar 2, 2017 15:07:47 GMT -5
I am reading now that Spotify may be streaming CD quality Lossless soon. They have 43 million subscribers and should take all the wind out of MQA. Fingers crossed that MQA fails. I buy all my music or play it on YouTube. If YouTube were to shut down the music files it would not faze me. I can still put a record on or put a cd on or listen to my pc files. I'm old school and proud of it. Yes but what you are failing to take into account is that Spotify plans on merely streaming CD quality lossless. Unlike MQA, that stream hasn't been made better than the original and by processing the whatchamacallit thingymabob and highlighting the whateveritis to take out the youknowwhatImean to result in something clearly superior by way of thatthatthingyouknow. And if you're scratching your head, I'm sorry but I've made it as clear as MQA has so deal with it. Capice?  I miss the Alien thread ! |
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Post by monkumonku on Mar 2, 2017 15:44:01 GMT -5
Yes but what you are failing to take into account is that Spotify plans on merely streaming CD quality lossless. Unlike MQA, that stream hasn't been made better than the original and by processing the whatchamacallit thingymabob and highlighting the whateveritis to take out the youknowwhatImean to result in something clearly superior by way of thatthatthingyouknow. And if you're scratching your head, I'm sorry but I've made it as clear as MQA has so deal with it. Capice? I miss the Alien thread ! Seriously, reading MQA's explanations is in substance no different than reading explanations companies selling $10,000 power cords about why their cord sounds better than the one that came with your equipment. I say let's bring back the Dakiom Feedback Stabilizers! Or Clever Little Clock... |
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Post by Loop 7 on Mar 2, 2017 15:57:19 GMT -5
Do we know for sure that Spotify would not be joining the MQA band wagon?
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Post by Axis on Mar 2, 2017 16:11:22 GMT -5
Do we know for sure that Spotify would not be joining the MQA band wagon? Money means anyone could join but if they don't have to and can save money by not joining then that is what they are going to do. |
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Post by conorj80 on Mar 5, 2017 19:43:01 GMT -5
Dual AK4490EQ DAC
1/4 in headphone jack
Displays source sample rate and word length
No DSD or MQA
Option to restrict USB input to UAC1
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Post by garbulky on Mar 6, 2017 2:14:39 GMT -5
Dual AK4490EQ DAC Option to restrict USB input to UAC1 You may already know this.... USB restriction to UAC 1 is present already with the DC-1 so you can run it without a driver if you want to. |
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Post by KeithL on Mar 6, 2017 9:46:10 GMT -5
I have to correct you there.... you CANNOT run the DC-1 without a driver (at least not on a standard Windows PC). (That setting selects USB 1.1 - which is not the same as USB Audio Class 1.) HOWEVER, NOTE THAT INTERNAL USB AUDIO CLASS 2 SUPPORT (WITH NO EXTRA DRIVER) IS BEING ADDED TO WINDOWS 10.It has been added to the Windows insider preview version - and is expected to become part of the next major release update version. blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/09/21/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-14931-for-pc/#bhsIuy1vadp2amf7.97Dual AK4490EQ DAC Option to restrict USB input to UAC1 You may already know this.... USB restriction to UAC 1 is present already with the DC-1 so you can run it without a driver if you want to. |
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Post by garbulky on Mar 6, 2017 10:10:43 GMT -5
I have to correct you there.... you CANNOT run the DC-1 without a driver (at least not on a standard Windows PC). (That setting selects USB 1.1 - which is not the same as USB Audio Class 1.) HOWEVER, NOTE THAT INTERNAL USB AUDIO CLASS 2 SUPPORT (WITH NO EXTRA DRIVER) IS BEING ADDED TO WINDOWS 10.It has been added to the Windows insider preview version - and is expected to become part of the next major release update version. blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/09/21/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-14931-for-pc/#bhsIuy1vadp2amf7.97You may already know this.... USB restriction to UAC 1 is present already with the DC-1 so you can run it without a driver if you want to. I thought I did this. I put it to USB 1.1 and ran it plug n play in a laptop where I didn't have to download the driver. Windows automatically installed it. Or was that another DAC I did this with? |
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Post by KeithL on Mar 6, 2017 10:37:58 GMT -5
In general, you should need a driver to get the DC-1 to work with Windows (it is UAC2 but NOT UAC1).... The configuration setting refers to USB 1.1 - and really doesn't seem to be especially useful for modern computers. However, there are a bunch of possibilities. It could have been another DAC. Also, because the C-Media CM6631/CM6632 chip we use on the DC-1 is one of the two most popular high-speed USB chips out there, it's quite possible that a driver you had previously installed for some other DAC might have worked with the DC-1. (Among other brands, Schiit Audio uses the same chip and drivers.) Because UAC2 is actually a standard, it's even possible that some software program could have installed a "general purpose UAC2 driver" on your computer at some point, which could have worked, although I've never heard of one. It's even possible that Windows recognized the USB chip set and grabbed some OTHER driver off the Internet that happened to work. (Most CM6631 drivers would work - although some may be configured differently and may act oddly with our products.) The world will be a much simpler place when they finally incorporate UAC2 into Windows - and we can stop worrying about drivers entirely. I thought I did this. I put it to USB 1.1 and ran it plug n play in a laptop where I didn't have to download the driver. Windows automatically installed it. Or was that another DAC I did this with? |
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