Advice


I have a modest system and it sounds great. Looking for some calibration, i.e. how much better could it get?

MacBook Pro (USB 2)
Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus
Musical Fidelity A3.2 cr Dual Mono Power
B & W 804

I find that 24/96 material from Linn sounds great.
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Showing 2 responses by audioengr

Nk - The best transformer on the planet is the Finemet from Japan. I use these in my Final Drive buffer:

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=108715.0

You can find these for DACs on ebay. They are about $1K

Next to these, maybe the Music First.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
A lot better IMO. If you reduced the jitter of the source by using a quality USB converter and a good power supply. Also you could also eliminate a ground-loop by adding a good 1:1 signal transformer between the DAC and the integrated amp.

Beyond that, you would have to change out the DAC.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio