sacredrays
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would getting the creative stage v2 be a good replacement for the creative gigaworks t3?
SMSL Sankrit Mk II black colour for about $110 after cashback, is it worth to buy?
Pairing it with Edifier R1280DB. Currently using Creative Audigy FX 5.1 PCIE, which is a Realtek ALC898 based card
Buy Nuforce UDAC3 from local Amazon instead. It’s like $70 now. Last time it went down to around $50, but now left one in stock, so...
If you want to wait the EVGA Nu Audio is going down in price again. At one point it was below $100 SGD. Bought it around $110.
thanks, think am going away from sound cards moving forwards, so i guess the EVGA card is out of consideration
is Nuforce UDAC good?
not familiar with the different brands out there
Bought the SMSL Sanskrit 10th Mk II, waiting to receive it
first time trying a DAC, very excited, looking forward to how it sounds even though i using cheap R1280DB and lousy sound quality sources
The best internal DAC (soundcard) i ever had was some Audigy 2 with gold connectors, cant remember which version. The Audigy FX which replaced it sounded audibly worse for what it is.
After using the Audigy Fx for like 6 years, finally decided to replace it.
Yup good old audigy with EMU chip was great in those daysI had Audigy 2 too and it was one of the better ones in the past. Then changed to Xonar Essence which was really awesome. Now using EVGA Nu Audio which is scarily crystal clear even using my Creative T40. Just ordered a pair of audiophile passive speakers NHT C1, first time going a bit more high end, hopefully not poisoned further.
Bought the SMSL Sanskrit 10th Mk II, waiting to receive it
first time trying a DAC, very excited, looking forward to how it sounds even though i using cheap R1280DB and lousy sound quality sources
The best internal DAC (soundcard) i ever had was some Audigy 2 with gold connectors, cant remember which version. The Audigy FX which replaced it sounded audibly worse for what it is.
After using the Audigy Fx for like 6 years, finally decided to replace it.
Ok, I just impulse bought a pair of NHT C1s from local Amazon for less than $90 each. Now need to get an amplifier. Any recommendation where to get a basic 2.0 amplifier locally, budget max $200. Sound source is EVGA Nu Audio in my desktop PC.
if your source is not good, then please don't expect your dac to do wonders.
ALC887 onboard to Audigy FX 5.1 PCIE - not much of an audible difference
Audigy FX 5.1 PCIE to SMSL Sankrit 10th Mk II - not much of an audible difference too
ALC887 onboard to SMSL Sankrit 10th MK II - seems like got some audible difference or maybe i wanted to hear the difference since i spent money on it
Should have used the $1xx and top up abit for R2000DB instead. Would have heard a bigger difference.https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ds/smsl-sanskrit-10th-mk-ii-dac-review.12148/
The problem with buying a DAC that is designed with good measurements as the goal
Is that the same people doing the math also say you can't hear a difference based on the numbers.
It's still a good product, so no harm using it for peace of mind.
Toms says $2 and $2,000 DAC got no audible difference too.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/high-end-pc-audio,3733-19.html