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SoNic_real_one · 24th April 2012, 04:49 PM

WD player does down-sample everything to 44.1 or 48kHz.
192 or 96 become 48 and, depending of the firmware that you have on the player, 88.2 and 176.4 gets downsampled to 44.1 or don't play at all.

Valeri100 · 24th April 2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SoNic_real_one

WD player does down-sample everything to 44.1 or 48kHz.
192 or 96 become 48 and, depending of the firmware that you have on the player, 88.2 and 176.4 gets downsampled to 44.1 or don't play at all.

Thank you very much for this input. This explains the reason why I did not hear any difference between CD and SACD ripped tracks.

SoNic_real_one · 24th April 2012, 10:51 PM

Yeap, my receiver indicates the samplerate. I had a disscution with a WD tech and he said is because the Sigma provided drivers act that way. At least now (current firmware), at the 44.1kHz, is bitperfect (HDCD flag passes through and that's encoded in the LSB).

solviken · 13th May 2012, 01:01 PM

HI AGAin

So ive been away on vacation for some weeks now! Sorry for not answering sooner! Im done with the dac a long time ago! and Yes i LOVE how it sound on my B&W 683. I will take som HIGH res pictures of the end result. And i am downloading Valeri100 rar file now! so i will compare the tracks!

Right now my friend has borrowd the dac and is using it on his BWM CM9 and he just loves the sound. And dosnt wanna give it back to me

hehe. I will report back soon with pictures and other details

Valeri100 · 13th May 2012, 06:48 PM

Hi Solviken, nice to hear that you and your friend loves this DAC.
I bought this one as present for my friend who will celebrate 50 year birthday in July. I hope that he will love it as well.

clm811 · 9th June 2012, 07:43 AM

I do like how mine sounds(alot)- even with stock USB card. It connects nicely with my PC-no problems(Windows detected it and music played without delay).

I've replaced the rather pedestrian OP275 with a pair of Brown-Dog mounted OPA627AU. I'm currently comparing the JRC Muses 8820 and 8920 OPA's(so far, before break-in, the sound is slightly more forward than the OP627).

Am also in the process of replacing the 1nf film caps around the OPA with Wima MKP10's.

Why are some recommending the Tenor boards again?

The sound quality easily rivals my $3k CS4398 based Pre-Pro, and maybe even better(extended listening will tell).

-Chas

clm811 · 17th June 2012, 04:46 AM

I added some heatsinks to get the temps down on the voltage regulators, which were running mighty toasty indeed.

Now everything runs cooler, which, hopefully, should extend the lives of everything on the board.

Overall a very good value in a multi-purpose DAC.

Mighty fine.

-Chas

algatorpro · 3rd February 2013, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Valeri100

Hi,
I am kindly asking you send me schematic diagram to my email box valeri.vinnikov@gmail.com many thanks in advance

Can you send me the schematic diagram to my email box
luckylukey@bell.net

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24th April 2012, 04:49 PM	#71
SoNic_real_one diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia	WD player does down-sample everything to 44.1 or 48kHz. 192 or 96 become 48 and, depending of the firmware that you have on the player, 88.2 and 176.4 gets downsampled to 44.1 or don't play at all.

24th April 2012, 10:51 PM	#73
SoNic_real_one diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia	Yeap, my receiver indicates the samplerate. I had a disscution with a WD tech and he said is because the Sigma provided drivers act that way. At least now (current firmware), at the 44.1kHz, is bitperfect (HDCD flag passes through and that's encoded in the LSB).

13th May 2012, 01:01 PM	#74
solviken diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2012	HI AGAin So ive been away on vacation for some weeks now! Sorry for not answering sooner! Im done with the dac a long time ago! and Yes i LOVE how it sound on my B&W 683. I will take som HIGH res pictures of the end result. And i am downloading Valeri100 rar file now! so i will compare the tracks! Right now my friend has borrowd the dac and is using it on his BWM CM9 and he just loves the sound. And dosnt wanna give it back to me hehe. I will report back soon with pictures and other details

13th May 2012, 06:48 PM	#75
Valeri100 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Austria, Vienna	Hi Solviken, nice to hear that you and your friend loves this DAC. I bought this one as present for my friend who will celebrate 50 year birthday in July. I hope that he will love it as well.