Olemme pitkään etsineet DAC-muunninta, joka täyttäisi omat vaatimuksemme hyvin musiikkia soittavasta DAC:ista.  Monia, monia DAC-muuntimia on kokeiltu lähes kolme vuoden aikana..

Nyt olemme sen löytäneet.  Sen kuva on yllä.  Se on Russ Andrews DAC-1.  Tämä DAC ei ainoastaan omaa neljää sisäänmenoa (myös USB), vaan se soittaa musiikkia erinomaisesti.  Ja on edullinen.  Suosittelemme lämpimästi.  Tarjoamme mielellämme parasta ja siksi tutkimme jatkuvasti tuotteita.  Tämä on käsin poimimiamme tuotteita.
Tämä DAC on pudottanut vertaluissamme järjestään maailmalla hypetetyt "studio-DACit" musiikintoiston laadussa. 

Toki toimitamme edelleen myös esim. Lavryn ja Benchmarkin DAC konverttereita niitä haluaville asiakkaille.

The DAC 1 has made a terrific difference and my system sounds brilliant now. It really is a night and day difference. I have gone down the route of using my PC to store music (in lossless files, not MP3) linked into my stereo/home cinema, but had become a bit dissatisfied at the one dimensionality even with lossless files, which I knew was probably due to pc soundcard limtations. I'd certainly recommend it to anyone who archives to computer. It's the essential upgrade, and not only for ripped music files.

Mr M Rodgers, Edinburgh

The January 2007 issue of Hi-Fi Choice sees us enter 
the new year with a new review for one of our new products. 

The Russ Andrews DAC-1 is part of the desktop audio r
ange we introduced in 2006. The range consists of:

A D/A Converter - the DAC-1
A headphone / preamp - the HP-1
A power amp - the PA-1
And a CD Transport will be joining the range sometime soon. 

Well, the Russ Andrews Desktop Equipment range has 
been stirring up plenty of interest within the Hi-Fi Press. 
And it's Hi-Fi Choice that have featured a full review of the DAC first.

And what a review it is! Jason Kennedy awarded the DAC-1 the 
Hi-Fi Choice Best Buy Award! The DAC-1 was reviewed using various 
CD players acting as transports - although the DAC-1 is well equipped 
with inputs and a USB connection can be used to improve the music 
stored and played on your computer.

The review found "the increase in refinement, vitality and precision 
brought out by the DAC was nothing short of dramatic. 
It turned a lacklustre performance into a killer one that surprised us all". 

The overall verdict on the DAC-1 was very pleasing:

Sound >>86%
Features >>89%
Build >> 85%
Value >> 90%

In conclusion the praises continued with "images and times well ... 
Wide input selection makes it ideal for computer-savvy audiophiles ... 
the DAC-1 is a stunner ... very hard to beat".

Overall Score >> 88%

Already a ‘Hi-Fi Choice Best Buy Award’ winner and an ‘AVReview Group Test winner’, the Russ Andrews DAC-1 USB now has a five-globe rating from Hi-Fi World. 

The May 2007 issue of Hi-Fi World contains what can only be described as a truly excellent review of the DAC-1 USB. 

A top rating of five-globes was bestowed on the DAC-1 USB with Hi-Fi World even going as far to say;

“thumbs aloft for this little black box – it is almost good enough to eat…” 

When testing the DAC-1 USB, Hi-Fi World found plenty For including:

Detail

Rhythmic drive

Build, finish, features 

And with a price tag of £599, they could find nothing against the DAC-1 USB, stating; 

“truly accomplished sound… fantastic build… a stand out product at the price…”

Muista DAC-laitteitamme ovat:

Trends USB DAC UD-10.  
Tässä laitteessa on kuulokelähtö analogisena, mutta 
muut lähdöt spdif muodossa digitaalisia.  Myös balansoituna.

Super Pro DAC 707USB.  Pieni, mutta pippurinen laatu-DAC. 
Erillinen virtalähde kuuluu hintaan.

KingRex uutuus on UD-01 USB.  Pieni siisti DAC, jossa USB otto.
KingRexille tyypillinen tukeva ja vakuuttava kotelointi!

This exciting high-end performance desktop DAC tuns your MAC or PC into a high-end audio source

It's now readily agreed that uncompressed music files played from a hard disk are superior to music from a CD player. The KingRex UD-01 USB DAC is designed specifically to get the most out of you computer as an audio source. 

This tiny audio powerhouse is built around the Burr Brown PCM 2702E DAC chip and a large internal buffer to store audio packets.
The Burr-Brown OPA2604 low pass filter acts as the output stage preamp and removes residual digital garbage. Combined with the Texas TL072 DC servo and low noise JFET op amps, the result is a more analogue sounding stream.

Lisäksi valikoimassamme on uusi USB-SPDIF-II muunnin, PC-Link II.
Erillinen virtalähde kuuluu hintaan.
Kuva alla:

KingRex T20U integroitu 2x20W Tripath vahvistin, jossa USB sisäänmeno ja sisäinen DAC.

KingRex vahvistimessa on hintaan ja kokoonsa nähden suhteettoman hyvä toistolaatu, mikäli äänilähde ja kaiuttimet ovat laadukkaat.

Ja äänenlaatu paranee korvin kuullen edelleen, kun vahvistinta syötetään erillisellä, tavanomaista paremmalla virtalähteellä (kuvassa alla).