Totaldac DACs have all along been one of my favorite DAC brands.
Particularly the Totaldac D1-Twelve Mk2, it's amongst the best three DACs I have ever auditioned.
As a result I have high expectation on the D1-Drive DAC which, according to Vincent of Totaldac, has retained most of the strong areas/performance of the Twelve Mk2.
Volent HK, the Totaldac dealer in Hong Kong has just received a D1-Drect DAC and a D1-Driver for demo yesterday (Sat 8th Dec).
Here is the two photos of the D1-Driver :
What is D1- Driver amp driver?
Please read : http://www.totaldac.com/D1-driver-en.htm
I guess it's like an active/buffer stage. Vincent of Totaldac advocates using the digital volume of his DACs together with D1-Drive to achieve the best performance.
Personally digital volume in the past was not my cup of tea.
And it so happens that Volent HK also carries Bespoke Audio passive preamps and Nagra active preamps and both of them are very good.
I will do comparison of D1-Driver vs these preamps very soon.
But of course the first thing to do is to ask Volent HK to burn-in these two just-arrived Totaldacs. There are very big capacitors inside the D1-Driver and they must need some serious boiling!
Particularly the Totaldac D1-Twelve Mk2, it's amongst the best three DACs I have ever auditioned.
As a result I have high expectation on the D1-Drive DAC which, according to Vincent of Totaldac, has retained most of the strong areas/performance of the Twelve Mk2.
Volent HK, the Totaldac dealer in Hong Kong has just received a D1-Drect DAC and a D1-Driver for demo yesterday (Sat 8th Dec).
Here is the two photos of the D1-Driver :
What is D1- Driver amp driver?
Please read : http://www.totaldac.com/D1-driver-en.htm
I guess it's like an active/buffer stage. Vincent of Totaldac advocates using the digital volume of his DACs together with D1-Drive to achieve the best performance.
Personally digital volume in the past was not my cup of tea.
And it so happens that Volent HK also carries Bespoke Audio passive preamps and Nagra active preamps and both of them are very good.
I will do comparison of D1-Driver vs these preamps very soon.
But of course the first thing to do is to ask Volent HK to burn-in these two just-arrived Totaldacs. There are very big capacitors inside the D1-Driver and they must need some serious boiling!
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