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As bhobba stated, how Burson responds to this problem should be a deciding factor in whether or not to purchase their products, regardless of how good they may be. You know they would immediately replace a 6 Moons reviewer's unit under the same circumstances... I wonder if they have any idea how many "yobbo's" in the market for a DAC are reading bhobba's thread and are seeing how they'll be treated if they receive a defective unit....
Um, I don't think so. If Burson is selling through dealers then the dealers are the contact point. They are the ones who are supposed to be delivering customer service. The dealer should take the unit back and refund the purchase price. The person to be cautious of buying from would be the (unnamed?) dealer. If it was a factory-direct sale then I would agree with you. But it wasn't. But we digress, I was simply trying to point out to Bill that he doesn't have to wear the problem if he doesn't want to.
For the USB connection, I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with it (well I could be wrong naturally )..just check your player's Audio/MIDI set up when connecting via USB..at first me couldn't hear no sound either from the other channel..
Thanks so much Bill for all the listening, legwork, and especially the clear summarizing. How I wish the professionals could bring themselves to practice more economy of words. With the pace technology keeps changing doing these comparisons could keep you busy full time.
For the sound this far; pretty freaking good.. ..using Pure Music as a player, Neutral Cable USB..seems that I like that way better than using JKHiface MkII and Black Cat Veloce BNC..smooth, unfatiguing sound with great detail and substansial definition, heft and impact in bass register.
^Hello Bill, may I ask which USB cable were you using?
Schiit- Bifrost DAC.....
Bill, I'm sure it helps to not have advertising money talking to you (more verbage, more room for ads & more nice words, more ads). Bill, I'm looking for a non-battery, non-tubed DAC that is "lighter" and detailed. Would prefer AES/EBU and will need USB for the future. Must keep cost down. The JKSaber looked good until I saw the battery. Any ideas?
I really am getting bad in my old age. Yesterday the friend I was demoing the Burson DAC to notices something - I had some crappy SDIF cable connected instead of my reference cable - I thought I had been using that but really hadn't. Holey crap once that went in via the Off-Ramp the Burson is in a different league. The USB is thin and lacking in detail. Now its in a different league to my ears.ThanksBill
Thx Bill for yr sharing. Would you like to elaborate a bit more on how the ha-160 sound now?
Bill, do you prefer Burson with or without Offramp? Funny thing is that the WFS has async usb and the Burson adaptive. One would expect the jitter level of the WFS to be lower. So one would expect the improvement of the Offramp/Burson combo to be greater. Instead the improvement of the Offramp/WFS combo is greater if I understand correctly. Any thoughts on this? Could it be a bad spdif implementation at the Burson?