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In Reply to: RE: Vintage DAC vs PS Nuwave posted by excelit on January 28, 2015 at 13:46:51
The PS Audio NuWave DAC sounds nice.... When it's working..... Kept having channels go silent.
I also prefer the Schiit Bifrost Uber.....
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..that I know of who had a lemon NuWave DAC. This is not an indication of the reliability of other NuWave DACs performing beautifully out there.
I actually prefer the $1000 MSRP PS Audio NuWave DAC over the $5000 MSRP Luxman DA-06 or the $2000 MSRP (with Mortar Power Supply) Wavelength Brick DAC. I'm certainly convinced that price does not always equate to better sonics.
I'll sell mine to you.... Cheap.............
Is it still broken? ;-)
The problem is intermittent.....
I was turned off by the hassle to repair the thing.... I kind of let it gather dust after the Uber upgrade for the Schiit. (I prefer the NuWave over the non-Uber Bifrost.)
One of the channels goes out intermittently. I don't remember which channel is bad.
If you're willing to get this unit off my hands, we can discuss price/shipping off line.
Have you considered sending it to PS Audio for repair? If I'm not mistaken they charge a flat $250 on $1000 MSRP class products. That's what I spent to get my GCPH phono fixed a few years ago. It might not be worth the $250 to you depending on what you already have into it.
Thanks but I'm not really interested in having a 2nd NuWave DAC.
I might put it up for sale on the Trader.... "Sold as is"...........
Im really curious to know how the Nuwave compares to the Luxman
navman
Honestly, I thought the Luxman was very smooth and a bit warm but it seemed lacking in terms of detail, dynamics, and frequency extension. It sounded it little rolled off to me. You eventually get used to it.I'm not sure if that's the Luxman 'house sound' as this was my first ever Luxman product. It may appeal to some but I tend to prefer greater dynamics, transparency, detail, speed, crispness, and frequency extension from my front-end source components. I would then rely on the preamp and/or amp to tailor the sound. In other words start very clean, dynamic, transparent, and detailed. Then let the tubes downstream preform their magic. ;-)
I got used to the Luxman sound and it's enjoyable but when I switched the NuWave DAC back into the system I immediately notice the difference and what was missing.
I found the Luxman DA-06 and Wavelength Brick DAC to be polite, smooth, warm, and to my ears less detailed and rolled off compared to the PS Audio NuWave or the Wyred4Sound DAC2. The W4S DAC2 and PS Audio NuWave sound similar to me, with the PS Audio being slightly more resolving, the DAC2 being ever so slightly more robust in the lower mids.
The Luxman and Wavelength are not for me but might be appealing to others.
Edits: 01/30/15
I think you captured it nicely.
My write ups are very sparse in comparison
navman
After extensive listening, yes the NWD is definitely a better DAC.
But the Bifrost sure is a honey for the money.
"We are all in God's hands... and God is a malign thug."
-Mark Twain
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