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Posted by Dynobot on December 14, 2017 at 10:29:40

In Reply to: USB is DAC dependent... posted by Ivan303 on December 14, 2017 at 07:17:12:

Kingwa now has a 'isolator' on his USB boards.

BTW guess who got them to take away the +5v on their Dacs..? I've been a Audiogd customer for a very long time and offered Kingwa a lot of advice over the years. I actually had to chew him out for giving one of his products to someone who used a JVC DVD player as a source and a receiver, someone who could hardly make a correct sentence and after this persons crappy review his product [a preamp] pretty much bombed.

Feedback from users :

Ed from USA:

I just wanted to tell you about how the NFB-1.32 is performing.
I have another Sabre Dac which I have owned for about 6 months, the Wadia 121.
Even though the Wadia and NFB-1.32 are both Sabre Dacs they sound more different than alike. If someone would listen to the Wadia by itself it would be very hard to find a flaw. Everything in the Wadia is perfectly proportioned, nothing over exaggerated or out of place.

The Audio-gd NFB-1.32 is more youthful in its presentation of music, more lively and energetic. Frequency extension both top and bottom on the Audio-gd reach further. Soundstage is clearly better with the Audio-gd in terms of pronounced and clear placement of objects within the soundstage. The Wadia by comparison seems to blend the objects more [maybe due to its insane sample rate I don't know]. Bass on the Audio-gd reverberates and seems more visceral, everything seems a bit more alive. I feel that the soundstage really contributes to the better qualities of the Dac. The NFB-1.32 is an incredible bargain at half the price of the Wadia.

One other thing I wanted to let you know. The USB32 is powered by the Dac and does not need the +5v from the USB cable to work. In my case I cut the +5v line in my USB cable, the results were a much smoother sound, more relaxed and clear. Removing the +5v is a benefit to the Dac. I am not sure the USB32 needs the +5v line active. Because the Dac powers the USB32 chip it does not need power for the source.

http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/NFB132/NFB1.32EN.htm

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