Source insensitivity as opposed to "perfect" immunity

[Superdad]

3 hours ago, hopkins said:

I just hope some people will be curious enough to try the DAC I reviewed and see for themselves. 

 

I’m curious enough to try. 
But neither your preview review nor EC Designs website mention price or availability.

Their site seems to imply that the remote will only come with the -S version.

3dB level steps are really rather course, and 1.4V max RMS output may fall short for many amp/speaker combinations.

[Superdad]

6 hours ago, hopkins said:

1.4v is for the R version which requires a power amplifier.

Thanks for the info.  Still, for unbalanced outputs, 1.4V is quite low and won’t drive many power amps to sufficient level.  2V RMS is standard “full scale” output for CD players/DACs. 

 

Any idea what they will be charging for their remote and the USB>TOSLINK converter?

[Superdad]

39 minutes ago, fas42 said:

...when higher levels of electrical noise are deliberately introduced into the room - an analogue equivalent is a turntable that does great, but no-one can move while listening, because then the cartridge will jump a groove ...

Huh?

 

21 minutes ago, fas42 said:

...- in the 1980's the equivalent was available: a high end CD player with a smart digital volume control,...

Double huh?

Listenable digital volume control in the 1980s? 

[Superdad]

12 minutes ago, fas42 said:

the Yamaha CDX-1100

Oh yes, the ancient and primitive YM3615 digital volume control chip. Truncating resolution by 1 bit every few steps...