Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
First, the base of the USB circuitry is not Tenor any more but X-Mos based. So we are sure to have a software support also for upcoming OS like Windows 10.
Second, we now have a double-mone architecture with two converters per channel. This will not be noticeable in therms of THD or SNR but it sharpens our philosophy "no sound". V850 is more open, more detailed, has a bigger and deeper soundstage but still retains a maximum neutrality compared with V800. For our opinion all this is not due to the 32 bit deep conversion but has its source in the dual converters per channel and our refined analog output circuitry. To be honest, 32 bit deep processing is useful in mixing consoles or other equipment where data is merged, filters and equalisers are set or rooms are created. In a D/A converter, at the endpoint of digital data, it is nice to have but nothing more.
Third, there had been lots of customers asking for a remote control in the past because our D/A served to drive (active) speakers directly. DAC V850 offers the opportunity to be remote controlled !
And of course there is a better power supply, better signal tracing and much more details.
Other things which made V800 famous will remain: - The compact size - The range of digital inputs - The selectable range of resampling - The volume control in the digital domain - Five different analog output voltage settings without affecting the output impedance - Balanced and unbalanced outputs which can be used simultaneously because they have their own drivers
from: http://www.head-fi.org/t/761936/violectric-dac-v850-general-discussion-and-impressions-thread