Wyred4Sound DAC-1
This DAC-1 has the power supply capacitor upgrade as provided by W4Sound. Unit is in great shape with minimal hours. It was used in a back-up system.
Includes Original manual and power cord. You will need to provide digital input cables.
Original packaging included. Original price was $1049, asking $389, via PayPal or personal check, plus shipping. Shipping by FedEx or UPS, your choice.This is a fine sounding DAC as reviewed in Positive Feedback: The Wyred 4 Sound DAC-1 uses the ESS Reference Audio (ES 9018) 32 bit DAC chip. This chip can process data streams up to 32 bits and 200 KHz via the coaxial RCA inputs. Toslink inputs can handle up to 32 bits and 96 KHz. The USB input works with data streams up to 24 bits and 96K Hz. In addition, the coaxial inputs are transformer coupled which isolates the source while insuring proper loading of the input. Should the Jasmine CD by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden (ECM 2165 B0014231-02) be re-titled "Keith Sings"? You wouldn't hear any arguments from me. Regardless of how one may view Keith's vocal stylings, this is a beautiful album and I have fallen completely in love with it. The DAC-1 revealed lovely subtleties in the both the piano and bass playing as it continued to provide a lot of low-level detail that enhanced the music emotionally while also providing a solid sense of the recording environment. Haden's fingering of the bass strings has tremendous immediacy and nuance. And, of course, Keith Jarrett pretty much defines, for me at least, what a musical/emotional connection is all about.
The DAC-1 is capable of a lot of detail but it presents it in such a way that it always confluent with the music and never overshadows the music itself.
As always, I listened to a lot of female vocals. Among them was Shelby Lynne's Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway B0009789-02), which is not only still very enjoyable, despite many listenings, but has also become a useful reference sonically. The room reverb, vocal subtleties, and dynamic range were all there as good as I have ever heard them. At the same time there was a bit more clarity in the vocals themselves, the cymbals had a finer sheen than I had been hearing, and the emotionally charged quality of the songs themselves seemed to be enhanced. The DAC-1 took what was already extremely good sound and moved it yet farther up on the audiophile scale.
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