Thread: MP3car Authorized Group Buy!!! Audiophile Sound Solution- The HIPPOhi-fi Bloat DAC!!

Firstly I will clear up the discussion by saying the Bloat uses a 24bit DAC and a 16bit receiver which it is limited by. Essentially 8bits of the DAC are not used. Now the next question that everyone asks is does this degrade or improve the performance. After numourous tests with other DACs and positive testimony, I believe it does not.

So for the next question, what does effect a DACs output. The contributing factors that make an excellent DAC in my opnion are the DACs design topology, its dynamic range, the source type, the output current and the power supply filtering. I wont talk about all of these but I will mention two, the source is I2S which has no jitter unlike SPDIF and as for the power supply there is roughly 5 times the required capacitance. The PCM1794 is one of the best DACs available, last time I checked the 2nd cheapest commerical DAC that uses this chip was about $600.

P.S. The DAC will work just as well with Vista as it does XP and vice versa.

By having to split the output to multiply channels, wouldn't right there be losing a tremendous amount of sound quality. Not to mention a seperate sub channel that is non-existent.

Originally Posted by amapro704

Originally Posted by Autockr989

By having to split the output to multiply channels, wouldn't right there be losing a tremendous amount of sound quality. Not to mention a seperate sub channel that is non-existent.

No you wouldn't lose sound quality by splitting, and you want the sub channel to be separate because you want separate volume control for it? If thats the case you can split the signal and add an RCA level controller to the sub line. Or use this nifty device: http://cgi.ebay.com/JL-AUDIO-CL-RLC-...d=p3286.c0.m14 Its what I'm using. It gives you 2 pair of outputs from 1 input- 1 pair is volume controlled (your sub line) and one is fixed.. Or use 2 Bloats!

both of those options would work fine. if you want even more audio control then you could get an in-dash equalizer. I use a Clarion EQS-746 1/2-DIN equalizer in my setup. it has 2 sets of RCA inputs (main and aux) and 3 sets of RCA outputs (front, rear, and subwoofer). master volume control raises/lowers all levels, but each output's level can be controlled independently (via fader and sub level controls).

this best thing about units like this is that all controls are physical hardware knobs. no need to use the touchscreen/software to control volume and EQ levels. it also boosts the pre-amp output voltage up to 7v RMS, so your amp won't have to work as hard.