Denarips and Vinshine split

@mbmi

I looked at the new LAIV dac.

It seems to me there will be a need for improvements in the design before I would even consider it. First, it has no AES input and that kind of hurts when you have 1k AES cable with nowhere to go. And most importantly there is no ext master clock connection. I understand it will recognize an external clock via I2s, but that's not enough, there are other components needing a master clock that are not I2s, like my Jay's cdt2-mk3, which by the way is connected via AES. Anyway thanks for the info as I was not aware of the LAIV dac but it just doesn't fit my system right now. It does have a nice remote though, and that was always to big miss with Denafrips.

Vinshine has been so much the front end of Denefrips that I really can't say I have a sense of the company without Vinshine. I have two Denefrips DACs and found Vinshine to be reliable and reasonable. If Denefrips is getting another distributor or going a DTC route I guess time will tell. I wouldn't have bought their gear from Ali Express/AliBaba; that seems too opaque for buying high-value items.

I wish Vinshine well. They have a good business model.

@mbmi

You lost me at Steve Huff…🤦‍♂️

Just do yourself a favor and buy a used DCS instead you’re welcome. 

Once again Agon continues to confuse me.  I posted the same YouTube link for this with the subject line very similar to yours, right before you did and my post violated something or another and was removed.

Go figure.