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Model: Dac-5 ,dac-8
Category: Ack!Industries
Suggested Retail Price: $1400
Description: D/A converter
Manufacturer URL: Xindak

Review by job2122 on June 26, 2008 at 09:50:55
IP Address: 96.32.255.47
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I have had the Dac-5 and dac-8 in my system , it was a education into
looking away from all the advertising in the name brands and their mark up. Truthfully I heard Benchmarks latest before my brother sold his
to buy the Dac-8 I have had the dac-5 for over a month and several hundred hours very refined and similar in sound to the dac-8 but the dac-8 is another few points better still , but the extra cash goes to a usb hub I guess and a remote , the internals parts quality very similar,but a gold plated board and isolation cages over the 8s transformers. one thing that not only catches the eye but is very impressing is the excellent parts quality bettering most at 4x the price when is the last time you have seen Rubycon capacitors stock or Wimas and 1% resistors ?
the AD 1852 is a very musical dac , and the vacuum tube outputstage certainly does not hurt. IMO the sovtek tube it comes with is ok at best a 1960s 6922 is a quick way for instant improvement.
These dacs are a little finicky they require a decent powercord at least $300 if not you are not pulling the resolution from it, the 8 power supplys are very sensitive for I tried several cords , also the Silver Hifi tuning fuses work excellent another no brainer you can hear.
Benchmark has got good detail but not much for prat , the Xindak has it in spades,Well worth the look.


Product Weakness: none at this price point
Product Strengths: ver detailed and refined , excellent parts quality


Associated Equipment for this Review:

Amplifier: Xindak XA-6950 Integrated
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): none
Sources (CDP/Turntable): cdp transport
Speakers: Omega
Cables/Interconnects: VooDoo , Shunyata
Music Used (Genre/Selections): assortment
Room Size (LxWxH): 16 x 14 x 10
Time Period/Length of Audition: 1 month
Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner




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Topic - REVIEW: Xindak Dac-5 ,dac-8 Ack!Industries - job2122 09:50:55 06/26/08 ( 1)