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[nige2000]

i have wired in another 5v battery especially for it, i had temporally took power from rear usb port and it sounded much better at that
the real improvement came by providing direct battery power

Nige, could you give me some details in regards to the battery? What is the ah rating, is it sla or lifepo4?

ni-mh

5v is an odd voltage for batteries mine is something like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intellect-Batte ... 58a9fd6998

[jkeny]

OK, I'll come clean - how I design & test my DACs is with rubber ducky in one hand & blind chicken in another - I call it DAC divining as it works much the same as water divining - I pass both hands over the various DACs lined up in front of me & when the blind chicken & rubber ducky start fighting, I know that is the best sounding DAC. I then turn it on & listen to it & expectation bias works it's magic.

Another secret of mine is out now "Rubber Duckie Test" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

[Fran]

John,

I am going to unashamedly use that from now on!!


Fran

[nige2000]

good
aka
"why the f**k is it not working" test

very familiar with that one

[sima66]

good
aka
"why the f**k is it not working" test

very familiar with that one

Specially when you forget to turn On the amps! ;-)

[sima66]

Hi guys,

I'm sorry to inform you that this forum with all those 190 pages was just a waste of time and money!
I just found this instructions from the Naim DAC and it just opened my eyes:

"Connect the DAC-V1 to your PC, Mac or Laptop via a standard A to B USB cable and the quality of your music will be defined not by the limitations of the computer hardware, but by the quality of the data itself. And with DAC-V1 that can be incredibly high, up to 24bit/384kHz resolution."

So, if anybody interested I will trade my Zuma (with two SSD's and PPA sata cables,isolated with four sheets of 3M AB-5100S) + my new TeraDak ATX PS, for any cheap PC or laptop. The only condition is to have a GOOD DATA.

[tony]

Except for the copper that is a fairly worthless zuma but if you pay postage I will take it for a few dollars.Might use it as paper weight or door stop. Naim here I come.

[jkeny]

Hi guys,

I'm sorry to inform you that this forum with all those 190 pages was just a waste of time and money!
I just found this instructions from the Naim DAC and it just opened my eyes:

"Connect the DAC-V1 to your PC, Mac or Laptop via a standard A to B USB cable and the quality of your music will be defined not by the limitations of the computer hardware, but by the quality of the data itself. And with DAC-V1 that can be incredibly high, up to 24bit/384kHz resolution."

So, if anybody interested I will trade my Zuma (with two SSD's and PPA sata cables,isolated with four sheets of 3M AB-5100S) + my new TeraDak ATX PS, for any cheap PC or laptop. The only condition is to have a GOOD DATA.

So, are they saying that digital data has a "quality" - that it's not just a case of all the bits being delivered?

[sima66]

Hi guys,

I'm sorry to inform you that this forum with all those 190 pages was just a waste of time and money!
I just found this instructions from the Naim DAC and it just opened my eyes:

"Connect the DAC-V1 to your PC, Mac or Laptop via a standard A to B USB cable and the quality of your music will be defined not by the limitations of the computer hardware, but by the quality of the data itself. And with DAC-V1 that can be incredibly high, up to 24bit/384kHz resolution."

So, if anybody interested I will trade my Zuma (with two SSD's and PPA sata cables,isolated with four sheets of 3M AB-5100S) + my new TeraDak ATX PS, for any cheap PC or laptop. The only condition is to have a GOOD DATA.

So, are they saying that digital data has a "quality" - that it's not just a case of all the bits being delivered?

Don't know John, but I believe that they stole your "Rubber Duckie Test"! No other way to come up with this results.

Do you believe now in stealing ideas?!

[nige2000]

And with DAC-V1 that can be incredibly high, up to 24bit/384kHz resolution

hilarious

if were making good use of the 16 bit we would be doing well