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Enter the modern hifi world. Try this test.

HiBy FC1 vs. just about any modern or vintage DAC out there. 

Cost? Just around 20 dollars or so.

I doubt anyone will be able to tell a difference with their system. 

Let’s assume  the following case scenario: 

1. same speakers

2. same cables 

3. same amplifier 

 

The test:

Use a 3.5mm cable to RCA or balanced in to your preamplifier or integrated amplifier on a spare input. 

basically, it’s 2v plus a little extra mw, designed to drive headphones. 

If anything it’ll be a bit louder than your system, but fundamentally, you won’t be able to hear any difference between it and any solid-state DAC out there in terms of resolution, detail, timing, or instruments/vocals clarity.

Why? Because digital audio has advanced to the point where we are at its limits, and can shrink down the electronics this small, without sacrificing anything. Just look at how far computers and smartphones have come. Audio reproduction is no different in the digital domain.

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curiousjim
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@frank009 

Please go away.  Please!

texbychoice
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Frank, you need help.  You have the temerity to claim my posts ramble when yours are ten times longer and contain virtually nothing of value.

Listen up Bud, I am far from inexperienced.  Sure of myself, you bet.  I have the technical knowledge and experience you can only dream about.

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frank009 OP
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Listen up Bud, I am far from inexperienced.  Sure of myself, you bet.  I have the technical knowledge and experience you can only dream about.

I don’t know what your profession is, or if you’re retired.

But either way... You should have been a stand up comedian. lol

@texbychoice 

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@campoly 

I have no problem with it being deleted.

It became a cesspool of garbage.... because of a select few members who think they are very special human beings... and they continued to harass me constantly. Calling me a bot and suggesting that I was actually someone named David (who was my look-alike, but that is not even me).

Although I had posts that were informative over there... I don’t really care that it all got deleted. I can simply write more about that subject and many others when people ask me. Those who heed my advice and knowledge and respect me are the ones who deserve it. Most do not. Well, not here anyway.

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