solobone22 OP
I've run a few different CD players into the MSB however they never quite worked for me:
?? I don't think a backwards step (to me) going for those AR's are the answer then.
Cheers George
Audio Research CD6 vs CD9 original and SE versions
I recently had an ARC CD6 in for a demo. The system is:
Intel NUC --> MSB Analog (USB) --> Krell FBI --> Thiel CS2.7
With the ARC installed it went straight to the Krell.
What I heard was a fabulous top to midbass. Where it did not sound right was in the bass. For lack of a better term the bass sound was "rounded". I tried a few different cables with varying degrees of success however I could not live with the bass.
My question is does anyone have experience with side-by-side listening of the CD6 vs CD9 and or the SE versions? If so what differences did you hear? I listen to mostly classical on this system and having poor bass drum, tympani, and double bass performance won't cut it.
Intel NUC --> MSB Analog (USB) --> Krell FBI --> Thiel CS2.7
With the ARC installed it went straight to the Krell.
What I heard was a fabulous top to midbass. Where it did not sound right was in the bass. For lack of a better term the bass sound was "rounded". I tried a few different cables with varying degrees of success however I could not live with the bass.
My question is does anyone have experience with side-by-side listening of the CD6 vs CD9 and or the SE versions? If so what differences did you hear? I listen to mostly classical on this system and having poor bass drum, tympani, and double bass performance won't cut it.
Showing 3 responses by georgehifi
jond +1 on that. jond solobone22 If the CD6 and CD8 and CD9 are all PCM 1792. wouldn't bother them the MSB should nail them all. Give me the MSB Analog and a nice CD transport, and feed that Krell direct with the MSB's volume control. Cheers George |
To me if both well implemented, it comes down to the type of conversion used, Delta Sigma or R2R Ladder The AR 9 uses PCM1792 dac chips which are Delta Sigma, not my favourite, my fav being the R2R ladder dacs PCM1702 and the even better last made PCM1704. The AR6 I can’t find what dac chips it uses, I looked but there is hundreds to look through, Search "Audio Reseach CD6’ and look for dac chip, dac’s, or D/A converter. If you find it let me know, as it "seems" to be a bit of a secrete. Cheers George |