![]() The back of the Power Station has an IEC socket for an AC power cord, and a balanced socket for the umbilical. The review unit had a silver face, but black is also available. Their look is a clean industrial design, which I find extremely attractive. The chasses are identical in size and overall appearance, and are quite compact, each measuring only 7 inches wide, 7 inches deep by 2.5 inches tall. The two are connected by a DC power supply umbilical cable which is included. The Overdrive is actually two chasses, the DAC itself, and a separate power supply that Steve refers to as the Substation Power Supply. Steve eventually tackled the highest mountain in digital audio, the DAC itself. Amongst the products Steve has produced are digital re-clockers, and interfaces for devices such as the Sonos and Squeezebox, so as to improve their performance when output to an external DAC. Steve then sequed into designing and manufacturing his own products, all pertaining to digital audio. Steve is an accomplished electrical engineer, and first became known in the audio world for offering modifications to other manufacturers’ products. The man behind (and in front) of Empirical Audio is Steve Nugent. Thanks go to Merrill Wettasinghe of Merrill Audio, for suggesting that I include the Overdrive in my survey. We’re going to kick off the series with the Overdrive ® SE USB DAC/Pre from Empirical Audio, which I will refer to simply as the Overdrive. While I didn’t expect them to sound identical to one another, I did expect such differences to be small, wherein each DAC had its own flavor. Needless to say that is some serious change, and I approached this with the expectation that all the DACs would all offer outstanding performance. I am one lucky guy: For the past few months I have had the incredible good fortune of evaluating a number of DACs in the $6,000-$10,000 price range. Empirical Audio Overdrive® SE USB DAC/PreDAC (and Short Block USB Filter)
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