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1  Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Windows 8 -- the new beginning on: September 18, 2011, 10:20:24 am
I hope to have my DAC soon.I  am a MAC user. Initially I will be using this, but I am sure that I will be hopping onto PC soon due to positive sound attributes vis-a-vis the NOS 1 USB DAC. In my situation I hope to jump straight onto W8 than W7 or Vista. Specially if this is better OS - as yet to be proven. Hence I am rooting for Calibrator to pave the way ahead for the newer Mac USB DAC users....and then Russ has stopped....
oh! never mind!!
2  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: NOS USB Impressions on: September 11, 2011, 09:09:34 am
Nick makes an interesting point. Once you've surpassed the gold standard what else is there to strive for? I suppose Peter could go on to further tweaks of XXHighEnd or develop a comparable music player for the Mac platform. Or he could make the async Phasure NOS 1 comparable in sound quality to an even higher end vinyl-based setup.

Esau

XXhighend for Mac is due. Will this surpass PC sound achievements?
3  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: Phasure NOS1 24/768 async USB DAC on: September 08, 2011, 02:00:49 am
Hi there Karma, and ... a warm Welcome ! of course.

What people don't know is that I have an extended version of the NOS1-USB specs as well. This lists a few other possibilities, but it gold wild and I provided a simple one.
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Think like about everything is possible, until we run out of input/output terminals (there are 12 possible in total with this cabinet).
Regards,
Peter

Thanks
DACtor PETER
Understood about the cost escalation and the incrimental, morphological, possibilities of this creation of yours. As Mani noted he will try, so will ; When I get my hands on your unit.

I am now waiting for your payment call and delivery date (sigh!!!6wks. unhappy )
4  Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: The W7 black hole on: September 07, 2011, 04:57:32 pm
I've just been listening to Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert and this is one example where the merits of vanilla W7 really shine for me. The piano has tended to sound too thin in the past... especially with the NOS1. But now, it has so much body and harmonic texture.
Mani.

Mani,
To each his own. This High Rez file for me is perhaps the cherry on the top of my high rez, it sounds swell thru the DAC 202 also.
5  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: Phasure NOS1 24/768 async USB DAC on: September 07, 2011, 04:12:11 pm
Karma, you're going to find it pretty difficult connecting a CD transport to a NOS1. The original NOS1 needs a computer with a PCIe slot and the new USB NOS1 needs... you've guessed it... a USB connection. I don't know of a CD transport that has a USB connection as an output.
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I'm travelling for work at the moment but am happy to try this when I get back if you like. Though I strongly suspect your question was aimed at eliminating a computer altogether... Can't be done, as far as I know.

Cheers, Mani.

Cheers Mani,
That would be swell. Thank you for being the PR for Peter  Happy  I am here at Peter's cos of you.

New habits diehard. I have been a CAS user for more than 7 years - perhaps??? With my DAC202 I  was completely fedup and went digital. Hence my mind is still on CAS/Digital mode. Sure I can go back to CAS again, specially as this new special DAC is here! (Deja Vu? Had said the same before hearing, pushing down the cheque for the DAC202).

I spy another PC board on the DAC, can this accept any digital signal via suitable PC card? I wonder what the Hardware can do for the CDP? Perhaps tons - despite what I read about the digital filter,software side and the interface at the devils lair, I still read that the sound gets crazy after a suitable burn in. Hence teh CDP connection also sounds promising...

Cheers again
6  Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: Phasure NOS1 24/768 async USB DAC on: September 07, 2011, 07:37:45 am
Apart from CAS, how is the sound of the DAC from digital in from CD transport? Assuming that the Software filter is not in use the sound is not as involving?
Thanks
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