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(More customer reviews)I've had Musical Fidelity products in the past, so I knew their quality was good. The V line is a different approach for MF, rather than put tons of money into cosmetics, they have basically scrapped that for higher quality goods on the inside. This is the tradeoff for more value.
Bare bones cosmetics does not necessarily equate to "cheap, low quality" as within most products. The MF case is plain, it's down right utilitarian, but it is of high quality, no doubt. The V-DAC which I have, like the other two V products has inputs and outputs on both sides, which is a far stray from what is normal with everything in the back of the unit. If you want impressive looks, then this is not for you, but if you want quality and high end components on the inside, then look no further. This little black box might as well be turning lead into gold! That may be pushing it a little, but you get the point. When you bypass the internal DAC's of say your computer as I'm doing and run your digital music through a high quality DAC such as the MF V-DAC, the difference is, well, it's like the lead into gold!
I've actually taken to the design of it. By putting a high quality (read thick and big) glass fiber cable on it, it starts to look better. With the addition of spikes supporting, it, it becomes even better. Next thing in order for it, is a high quality external power supply to replace the ubiquitous "wall wart". I've been told that the addition of this piece is the most important upgrade for it. MF skipped cost on the power supply to stay focused on the inside, that's fine, because it holds the cost down, which is a large part of it. I guess they figured if anyone wanted a power supply upgrade that bad, then they would not mind adding that themselves.
If you want audio quality over looks and don't want to spend a bundle, then this audiophile grade product is worth taking a look at.
UPDATE: 10/24/2010 - Shortly after I purchased the MF VDAC I added a KingRex PSU as the main power supply for it. The KingRex is not much larger than the VDAC, but is a very chunky and excellently built power supply. Just do a search on it and you find it. They make a whole line. It's a fantastic improvement over the "wall wart".
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The V-DAC is a sensational state-of-the-art DAC. By any measurement its performance is way beyond so-called state-of-the-art competition. In fact overall the technical performance of the V-DAC is probably about the best in the world regardless of price. There is no trickery here. It's simply that we use state-of-the-art digital components (these are very expensive) and implement them with state-of-the-art circuitry and layout. The secret is simple; there's no ridiculous packaging, and absolutely no wastage on anything. The V-DAC is rather like an F1 racing car. It is completely funcitonal with no excess flab or wastage anywhere.
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