Zax89swe said:Hi, I got the new V90 dac by music fidelity but I cant hear any diffrences between it and my computer soundcard which cost 1/10 of the price Id payed for the dac. How can this be or is my amplifier to bad sounding (Pioneer 656 from 1991). Expected fine rythmics and insightful sound..
Zax89swe said:The soundcard is Asus xonar dg, I play all sound via its optical out to the new dac.
fr0g said:Zax89swe said:Hi, I got the new V90 dac by music fidelity but I cant hear any diffrences between it and my computer soundcard which cost 1/10 of the price Id payed for the dac. How can this be or is my amplifier to bad sounding (Pioneer 656 from 1991). Expected fine rythmics and insightful sound..
The difference in DACs is small. Many soundcards have DACs that are transparent.
The only reason for the super expensive ones is bragging rights
(In my opinion)
BigH said:The V-dac is only £200 I would not expect there to be much difference, thats what I have found with DACs.
i bought a musical fidelity m1 dac feed it apple lossless ,and from blu ray playerZax89swe said:Hi, I got the new V90 dac by music fidelity but I cant hear any diffrences between it and my computer soundcard which cost 1/10 of the price Id payed for the dac. How can this be or is my amplifier to bad sounding (Pioneer 656 from 1991). Expected fine rythmics and insightful sound..
MajorFubar said:Have you maybe thought of connecting your DAC to your computer via USB instead of via your soundcard's optical output? That's how I'd have connected it. I know some will argue this is a rubbish analogy for a plethora of probably valid reasons, but you wouldn't judge the quality of a new amp by feeding it from the tape outputs of your old one
matt49 said:MajorFubar said:Have you maybe thought of connecting your DAC to your computer via USB instead of via your soundcard's optical output? That's how I'd have connected it. I know some will argue this is a rubbish analogy for a plethora of probably valid reasons, but you wouldn't judge the quality of a new amp by feeding it from the tape outputs of your old one
+1
There's not much point in playing files through your sound card and then into the DAC. As the Major says, better to connect via USB. You'll need to set the PC sound up so that the DAC is acting as the PC's audio device and the sound card is being bypassed. The V90's user manual explains how to do this.
matt49 said:MajorFubar said:Have you maybe thought of connecting your DAC to your computer via USB instead of via your soundcard's optical output? That's how I'd have connected it. I know some will argue this is a rubbish analogy for a plethora of probably valid reasons, but you wouldn't judge the quality of a new amp by feeding it from the tape outputs of your old one
+1
There's not much point in playing files through your sound card and then into the DAC. As the Major says, better to connect via USB. You'll need to set the PC sound up so that the DAC is acting as the PC's audio device and the sound card is being bypassed. The V90's user manual explains how to do this.
whiskywheels said:matt49 said:MajorFubar said:Have you maybe thought of connecting your DAC to your computer via USB instead of via your soundcard's optical output? That's how I'd have connected it. I know some will argue this is a rubbish analogy for a plethora of probably valid reasons, but you wouldn't judge the quality of a new amp by feeding it from the tape outputs of your old one
+1
There's not much point in playing files through your sound card and then into the DAC. As the Major says, better to connect via USB. You'll need to set the PC sound up so that the DAC is acting as the PC's audio device and the sound card is being bypassed. The V90's user manual explains how to do this.
+1 No wonder he can't hear any difference; he's still hearing his soundcard!
I can't believe that people still don't know how to use an external DAC with their PC or laptop.
whiskywheels said:I can't believe that people still don't know how to use an external DAC with their PC or laptop.
whiskywheels said:+1 No wonder he can't hear any difference; he's still hearing his soundcard!
whiskywheels said:+1 No wonder he can't hear any difference; he's still hearing his soundcard!
I can't believe that people still don't know how to use an external DAC with their PC or laptop.