Fubar IV plus

[Blackdawn]

Anyone own the Firestone Audio Fubar IV Plus version? Do you have any comments as to whether it is a good purchase? SQ, reliability etc?

Thanks

 

[ID.]

IIRC most ppl here with a FUBAR have the regular IV (mainly due to some outstanding deals that were available).

The IV can only handle up to 24/96 hi rez, whilst the dac in the plus processes up to 24/192, but there isn't a hell of a lot available to buy at that resolution at the moment. I believe that the USB is limited to 24/96 on both of the anyway (and the USB uses a separate dac chip? SOmeone more knowledgeable might be able to correct/confirm this).

I recall seeing a review somewhere where the reviewer thought the regular FUBAR IV with the separate power supply gave better sound quality than the IV plus, and worked out a bit cheaper.
I find it a great compact head-fi solution, but I'm not sure how it rates just using it just as a dac.

 

[fatman]

Firestone Audio will be heavily discounting this later in the year -

http://www.firestone-audio.eu/shop/products/allproductslisted/fubar4-plus.php

Am intending on hooking the Fubar IV up to a Squeezebox Touch (mostly for Spotify) at the work desk.

Does anyone have this set up? & what recomendations of headphones for the Fubar IV?

Cheers.