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Reddit mentions of Musical Fidelity V-DAC MKII

Sentiment score: 2
Reddit mentions: 2

We found 2 Reddit mentions of Musical Fidelity V-DAC MKII. Here are the top ones.

Musical Fidelity V-DAC MKII
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The V-DAC MKII has inputs for Coax, Optical and USBLower noiseRuler flat frequency responseExcellent stereo separationUltra low distortion
Specs:
Height1.75 Inches
Length6.5 Inches
Width4 Inches
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Found 2 comments on Musical Fidelity V-DAC MKII:

u/calinet6 ยท 3 pointsr/audiophile

There is at least one that gets recommended without hesitation for that exact budget: the Cambridge Audio DAC Magic. It's currently $429 on Amazon, has many features and adjustments to get the sound you like, and has USB, Toslink, and Coax inputs, and RCA and balanced XLR outputs. It does full upsampling and clock resynchronization to 24/192, so you'll have no issues whether coming from USB or optical. You can't get much better than that feature-wise, and reviews all say it sounds great.

Excuse my enthusiasm, I've wanted one of these for a long time, ever since I heard one in a hi-fi shop a couple years ago. Perhaps it was the B&W speakers and McIntosh tube amp, but the Dac Magic was the source and the experience was great.

Other options:

  • The Musical Fidelity V-DAC - less of a showpiece, but it appears to be an excellent workhorse sound-wise.

  • The HRT MusicStreamer for USB only - also more of a one-in-one-out utility DAC, but apparently very good quality.

  • MusicHall DAC 25.3 - Slightly more expensive, also has great reviews, and has a headphone amp built-in.

  • The Creative E-MU 0404 audio interface also gets great reviews for its DAC, and is relatively cheap at $199. Definitely more of an all-in-one toolbox, but the specs and apparently the sound are great.

    *edit: Fixed the DAC Magic's sampling capability spec to 24/192 as is correct.
u/ToleranceCamper ยท 2 pointsr/Games

Well, I can just tell you what I did, so as not to insult anyone: About 3 years ago I put down a chunk of money for a gaming PC investment. I had top of the line everything.

I am also a music / positional sound enthusiast, so I have nice music/gaming headphones, a headphone amp (to "drive" any decent headphones), along with a V-DAC (external headphone plug-in box which eliminates electrical computer sounds that any decent headphones tend to pick up). Some headphone amps have dacs built in, but the M-Stage and V-DAC are separate and a good combo.

Anyways, the computer is 3 years old, but it still runs everything at max, partially due to console technology being 7 years behind, and most PC games are console ported games these days. I am willing to bet that my computer lasts another 5 years. But the best part is, if it falls behind, i can simply upgrade the video card later.
I personally much prefer mouse/keyboard to a gamepad. It feels like having a Bat computer.