bibo01 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 This is new Audiobyte Hydra Vox/Zap is a 2-box DAC+PS intrigues me. It was presented in Munich as prototype. Please have news keep coming. Directly from the designer Nicolae Jitariu: the new Audiobyte products will be available in November. VOX/ZAP - dual chassis pure 1-bit dac , fpga based, no dac chip ; smart and adjustable power supply, ultracapacitor based. HUB - upsampling network transport, spdif reclocker, usb interface Here a recent picture of ZAP, the separated power supplier How curious are you? Link to comment
matthias Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Do you know something about the price? What about the conversion PCM to DSD, software or hardware? Matt "I want to know why the musicians are on stage, not where". (John Farlowe) Link to comment
bibo01 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Not yet How curious are you? Link to comment
bibo01 Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 "The order of the filter can be 3rd, 5th, 7th on release, we have not decided yet, but anyway this can be changed by firmware. In particular case of delta-sigma dac, it works perfectly even with 3rd order once you make it stable. So 5th or 7th are not necessarily better, just more stable.Aimed priced is 3500 eur for the combo." How curious are you? Link to comment
bibo01 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 From this picture of Munich exhibition Hydra VOX looks capable of DSD512. I will confirm technical details with the designer. How curious are you? Link to comment
rickca Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Some internal pictures https://www.facebook.com/VOLENTaudio/posts/1367168323331601 Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
matthias Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 14 hours ago, bibo01 said: Aimed priced is 3500 eur for the combo." Quite expensive for a DSD only DAC. Matt "I want to know why the musicians are on stage, not where". (John Farlowe) Link to comment
bibo01 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, matthias said: Quite expensive for a DSD only DAC. Matt I suppose it accepts PCM too. Some similarities perhaps with PS Audio... How curious are you? Link to comment
bibo01 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 When I asked about maximum DSD input, Nicolae replied "minimum DSD512, target DSD1024". How curious are you? Link to comment
bibo01 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Perhaps @Miska would be interested in this DAC. Nock if you are here How curious are you? Link to comment
Miska Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 2 hours ago, bibo01 said: Perhaps @Miska would be interested in this DAC. Nock if you are here Looks interesting. I don't need the hub, if the DAC can operate standalone DSD-only. I'd like to hear a bit more details of the DAC implementation, in particular is it "bit-perfect" / NOS in similar sense as for example DSC1 is? Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
louisxiawei Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I was told it can support up to DSD1024. Assuming DSD1024 upsampling with FPGA? Software: Roon, Tidal, HQplayer HQplayer PC: i9 7980XE, Titan Xp, RTX 3090; i9 9900K, Titan V DAC: Holo Audio MAY L2, T+A DAC8 DSD, exasound e12, iFi micro iDSD BL USB tweaks: Intona, Uptone (ISO) regen, LPS-1, LPS-1.2, Sbooster Vbus2, Curious cables, SUPRA Certified HiSpeed USB cable NAA: Logic CL100 powered by Uptone JS-2 AMP: Spectral DMC 30SV, Spectral DMA 300RS Speaker: Magico S3 MKII Rack: HRS SXR signature Link to comment
bibo01 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 On 10/4/2017 at 4:05 PM, Miska said: Looks interesting. I don't need the hub, if the DAC can operate standalone DSD-only. I'd like to hear a bit more details of the DAC implementation, in particular is it "bit-perfect" / NOS in similar sense as for example DSC1 is? I asked the developer about those details and he said that they will be published very soon on the website. How curious are you? Link to comment
matthias Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 On 10/6/2017 at 3:52 PM, bibo01 said: I asked the developer about those details and he said that they will be published very soon on the website. Hi bibo01 or others, any news? They showed prototypes on HE Munich this year as well. Nothing on their HP so far. Thanks Matt "I want to know why the musicians are on stage, not where". (John Farlowe) Link to comment
giordy60 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 the Italian importer should get the first sample in days...... ( so he told me by phone ) sistema: Server HDPlex (i7-6700-WS2016) HQPlayer con Ramdisk + HQPDcontrol > Macmini (roon core+Qobuz) o HQPlayer Client + Qobuz > HDPlex NAA (celeron G1840T-WS2016) NAD con Ramdisk, o miniPC Fitlet con immagine di Miska > Denafrips Ares2 , SPLvolume2 > Monitor KH+sub Link to comment
johndoe21ro Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Any news? Triangle Magellan Concerto 2 < AQ Everest < Vitus Audio SS-010 Mk2 < AQ Dragon High Current < AQ WEL XLR < Chord Qutest DAC w UpTone JS-2 & AQ Dragon Source < AQ Diamond USB < Innuos Phoenix USB w AQ Dragon Source < Aurender N100H & AQ Dragon Source < NetGear GS105GE Switch w UpTone LPS1.2 < Supra CAT8 Ethernet < Gryphon PowerZone w AQ NRG-Wild < Stillpoints UltraSS, Ansuz Darkz D-TC & D2, Omicron Harmonic Stabilizer, Gold Evolution SE & Classic < Furutech FT-SWS (R) < Synergistic Research Orange Quantum Fuse < Solid Tech Hybrid < GigaWatt G-16A 2P Circuit Breaker Link to comment
giordy60 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nicolae Jitariu sent me two photos of the final card that will be on board the vox ..... I suppose the commercialization will start soon. sistema: Server HDPlex (i7-6700-WS2016) HQPlayer con Ramdisk + HQPDcontrol > Macmini (roon core+Qobuz) o HQPlayer Client + Qobuz > HDPlex NAA (celeron G1840T-WS2016) NAD con Ramdisk, o miniPC Fitlet con immagine di Miska > Denafrips Ares2 , SPLvolume2 > Monitor KH+sub Link to comment
giordy60 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 this is the image of the card that circulated on the net ... sistema: Server HDPlex (i7-6700-WS2016) HQPlayer con Ramdisk + HQPDcontrol > Macmini (roon core+Qobuz) o HQPlayer Client + Qobuz > HDPlex NAA (celeron G1840T-WS2016) NAD con Ramdisk, o miniPC Fitlet con immagine di Miska > Denafrips Ares2 , SPLvolume2 > Monitor KH+sub Link to comment
alecm Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 https://youtu.be/ojFKx5QREYE Holzohr 1 Link to comment
matthias Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 https://www.mikepowellaudio.com/shop/audiobyte-hydra-vox-dac-this-should-take-the-market-by-storm The ZAP can power both the VOX and the HUB. Matt "I want to know why the musicians are on stage, not where". (John Farlowe) Link to comment
m.i.c.k.e.y Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Have any body owns or got to listen to this? Comments, Impressions? Thanks! Keep Safe! Link to comment
digitaldufferme Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Some info I came across. He has other videos on his site and seems to be the sole agent for the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojFKx5QREYE&t=296s Link to comment
m.i.c.k.e.y Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Yeah typical sales guy. Talks its regular components came from outerworld. All praises for Denafrips when he was selling those. And now it's all 360. So will I believe him? Thanks for the link though. Stay safe! Link to comment
smodtactical Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 On 5/2/2020 at 2:46 PM, m.i.c.k.e.y said: Yeah typical sales guy. Talks its regular components came from outerworld. All praises for Denafrips when he was selling those. And now it's all 360. So will I believe him? Thanks for the link though. Stay safe! You mean 180 ? lol Link to comment
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