{"product_id":"musical-fidelity-v90-dac-amazing-value-dac","title":"Musical Fidelity V90 DAC - Amazing Value DAC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusical Fidelity’s\u003c\/strong\u003e charming founder and guiding light, Antony Michaelson, told me that the V90-DAC was designed to be the equivalent of DACs that cost hundreds of dollars more, and “is at the edge of the state of the art, if not the state of the art itself,” for the price. He said that he and his staff set “extremely ambitious design criteria” for the \u003cstrong\u003eV90-DAC\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the goal of providing “the maximum electronics for the minimum price. It builds on its predecessor, the V-DAC, and improves on that [model]’s performance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnter onto the scene the \u003cstrong\u003eMusical Fidelity V 90-DAC\u003c\/strong\u003e. This small, cosmetically rather basic but neatly finished and sturdily-built anodised aluminium box, accepts SPDIF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003evia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Co-ax and Toslink, plus Asynchronous USB.  On the front panel it simply offers switches for on\/off and input selection (two optical, one co-axial and one USB) and a tiny LED data-lock light. Around the back are the four corresponding input sockets and left and right unbalanced phono outputs – no filter selections or any other fancy options.  It’s designed to work with Windows 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7 and 8, Linux and Apple OS, so could not be more flexible.  Initial set up and connection was easy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe V90-DAC converts whatever digital signal it receives to 32-bit\/192kHz. USB inputs are limited to 24\/96, as is the case with many inexpensive asynchronous USB DACs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the rear panel are, from left to right: analog outputs (RCA), a USB input (Type B), a coaxial input (RCA), two optical inputs (TosLink), and a small jack for DC from the wall-wart power supply. All very simple and neat. It couldn’t be much simpler to install: Connect the input, output, and power cables. Turn on the power. Watch the little blue power LED come on. Select the input you want. Look for the digital-lock LED to turn from red to green. My PC loaded the supplied driver in about ten seconds. We were off and running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we played around with this DAC, we feel it offers a level of performance that other similarly priced DACs have not quite attained in any of our systems. Its sound was robust and full, with a delightful sense of air. Over the past few years we've heard any number of DACs and at MANY price points. I think the V90-DAC is among best we've heard and certainly at the sub $1K water mark and it’s a total bargain. If you’re looking for a good, solid, reasonably priced, well-designed\/well-engineered, high-performance outboard digital-to-analog converter, this nugget is worth a twirl!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusical Fidelity V90 DAC: $299.00 plus shipping and sales tax when applicable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt Hill Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43231968231491,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2197\/6387\/files\/PhotoMay072026_40345PM.jpg?v=1778253962","url":"https:\/\/holthill.com\/products\/musical-fidelity-v90-dac-amazing-value-dac","provider":"Holt Hill Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}