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The Trends UD-10.1 is actually VERY good.( for the price)...

Posted by Audio Pharaoh (A) on February 26, 2008 at 13:50:30

In Reply to: Better with the Trends? Huh? posted by creativepart on February 26, 2008 at 11:02:40:

I'm not aware of good sounding USB converters at reasonable prices except for the HagUsb etc..which I'm also thinking to order and try. However, the majority of those who tried both claim the Trends is 'sonically' better.

Using the direct USB input on the AQVOX made the soundstage collapse a bit. Using the Trends feeding the AQVOX through its coax dig. input restored the sounstage. I'm not sure why as I also find it more logical to use the AQVOX as the main 'sound device' with a direct USB connection from the laptop. It might be that the DAC is still not burnt-in completely. The Trends has had many hours before the AQVOX arrived. Another reason could be the difference in sonic quality between the USB cable and the coax cable im using. I will try again a direct USB connection once I have more hours on the DAC..

I read somewhere recently that the USB input implementation on many current USB DACs is not up to par, so this maybe another reason for the differences I noticed.

As for the outputs, using the Trends with my Assemblage combo and with the AQVOX I can only see a 16/44 outputs. I haven't played with upsampling yet on the AQVOX but I'm not a big fan of upsampling, the original 16/44 is more natural to my ears..

CP, if you know of any really good quality USB converters that could really better the Trends at real world prices, please chime in.

AP
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