Anyone tried the Pyramid PS3Kx power supply with the Dacmagic? I'm reading it works great with V-Dac.
Praise for DacMagic
Just wanted to give some very positive feedback for the Cambridge Audio DacMagic DAC. It doesn't seem to get much attention around these forums, but I am enjoying it immensely. In my opion, terrific value for the money.
During the past few weeks, I have used it with great success both within a PC music server and 2-channel environments.
Who knows, I may end up switching it out for a better DAC in the future, but for now I am quite pleased.
As a side note, I was not impressed with it at first when used to enhance an NAD C541 CDP. On a whim, I switched out the NAD for a modest Sony DVD player that is around 5-7 years old. Then, everything came into place and the music was rich and detailed. The Sony DVD/DacMagic combination blew the doors off the NAD/DacMagic combination. Go figure...
During the past few weeks, I have used it with great success both within a PC music server and 2-channel environments.
Who knows, I may end up switching it out for a better DAC in the future, but for now I am quite pleased.
As a side note, I was not impressed with it at first when used to enhance an NAD C541 CDP. On a whim, I switched out the NAD for a modest Sony DVD player that is around 5-7 years old. Then, everything came into place and the music was rich and detailed. The Sony DVD/DacMagic combination blew the doors off the NAD/DacMagic combination. Go figure...
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NEW DACMagic Plus is now almost out. Shown at CES, according to my local CA folks. Adds headphone out and vol. control. Vol control can ALSO go to outs which are still balanced and unbalanced. Can you say minimum system? New DACMagic also has an input for a BlueTooth dongle for use in a BlueTooth system! Add the Async USB input, 2 channels of optical/coax, the selectible filters and how could you miss? I'm seriously going to check this out. |
Sop1 - the Pyramid PS3Kx appears to be a 12v DC and the original Dacmagic is 12v AC - so they are NOT compatible. However, the new Dacmagic Plus is 12v DC - according to the user manual on the CA website, so it is compatible How well it works depends on the build quality of the transformer and rectifier in the power supply (there is a huge variance across power supplies) and how much noise it introduces. The cable you use to hook it up is extremely important. I started using some 14 awg speaker cable, then changed to Kimber speaker wire - very high quality copper - amazing difference in sound! You may experience some humming from the actual power supply unit, since $30 would only buy you a pretty basic transformer which tend to hum at the mains frequncy. But, I did run run mine for a couple of months with a basic transformer (not the one you mentioned) and the hum did not get through to the analogue sound circuits. I purchased these DC connectors from Ebay, which worked extremely well on mine. They grip the cable like a vice! http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150602258980 They took about a week to arrive. |
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