![]() I've found every footer that I tried to add a distinct character to the over sound which in time becomes boring and montonous. Sure, a good rack helps any equipment but footers are a different story. Yes the bass was louder but not necessarily more detailed. Others like the 5 were apparently more detailed but had a hard midrange, rendering it a lot less musical than the warmer, woolier sound of their other DACs. Some like the 3 warm, slightly wooly and homogenized sound, soft bass and top end but musical in nature. I've owned several AN DACs in the past, none of them had true deep bass and the DACs had two distinct characters. I couldn’t agree more.Its always amusing to read this type optimistic responses, it seems that some people are willing to go to any lenghts before accepting the obvious, which is a famous brand product has limitations. Another reviewer mentioned that you should not listen to an Audio Note DAC if you can’t afford to own one. It truly is like hearing the music for the first time. ![]() I’m literally hearing lots of detail that was absent before. It is so close to perfect now sweet and musical, but not soft or euphonic. If this DAC actually gets better as it burns in I can’t imagine being any happier with the sound. I won’t be selling my turntable any time soon, but Redbook CD has no business sounding this good. I’ve been chasing the elusive perfect sound and found vinyl playback to offer the most engaging balance of qualities… until now.ĭon’t get me wrong. I simply didn’t know that digital playback could sound like this. I have been at this “hobby” for about 30 years and can honestly say I have never experienced an improvement this profound. Then I struggled to come up with words to describe the quality of that music. All Right! Music is coming out of my speakers on the first try. After the initial test CD check all looked OK so I connected the balanced outputs to my preamp. I finally finished the DAC 4.1 LE and installed it Friday evening. Audio Note Kasaii electrolytics (gain stage).Audio Note Non Magnetic Tantalum 1W Resistors (gain stage PCB).Audio Note Copper oil Film Caps 0.22 & 0.47 (gain stage).Audio Note Tantalum 1W Resistors (power supply PCB).Dac 5.1 Digital board with Audio Note 1/2W tantalum resistors (pre-assembled).*Enquire if you prefer Audio Note Copper caps If you are looking for digital sound reproduction with no digital artifacts and smooth as velvet output with no fatigue then the DAC 4.1 is the kit for you! To complete the pure digital to analog design of the DAC 4.1 the digital board has no analog filtering (analog filtering has been totally removed). The DAC also has the M2 tube rectified and regulated power supply for ultimate smoothness. The latest version of the DAC 4.1 boasts numerous features and supports up to 24/96khz sampling and data widths. Support for XLR, RCA (SPDIF) and optional USB input and both RCA and XLR Balanced Outputs.5687 Driver Board with Audio Note Tantalum Resistors, Mundorf Silver Gold Oil Film Capacitors, and Elna Cerafine.Enhanced M2 Power Supply uses high quality Rub圜on Electrolytics and Panasonic FC Caps on filament position.Pre-assembled Digital DAC board with Toroidal Input Transformers and Elna Cerafine capacitors.And with triple C-Core transformers digital reproduction never sounded so good! Following the Audio Note tradition of Non Oversampling Resistor Ladder Architecture (R-2R) pure digital to analog conversion method, it hardwires digital information directly to output voltage. For the ultimate in digital reproduction the DAC 4.1 offers velvet smooth operation with no digital artifacts or treble edge. The ANK Audiokits DAC 4.1 has been our most popular DAC since 2011.
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