Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC

"Chris, I'm interested in your thoughts on Tommy's (owner of Digital Amplification Company) DAC - called the DAC DAC, of course. And the Uptone gear that you have with it -"

Gary

Hi Gary,
The Uptone LPS=1 will be delivered on Saturday 9/9/17 so I can't comment on it at this time. However I have had Tommy's DAC DAC in my system for about a month and I'm very pleased with it. I'm almost done building my system around a pair of Charney Audio Maestro Horns, built on the Tractrix theory. They are a full range single driver (Omega RS7) rear loaded horn. Charney suggested that I look into a solid state dac over a tube dac due to the sound characteristics of the RS7 driver.
I'm an emotional listener, I want to be moved and "get" what the artist is trying to convey. Tommy's HS DAC delivers on all counts and brings me deep into the soul of the music. Highs are well extended and not exaggerated, bass is deep and well defined without the mid-bass bump I experienced with many of the other dacs I had in my system over the last eleven months. The DAC DAC is clean, clear, tuneful, fast and precise, yet delivers music and not just good sound! 
This fall I hope to demo a pair of his Maraschino mono amps and compare them to the 300b integrated I'm using.

Current set up: PWT>Virtual mode Coaxial Dig Cable>SPDIF Purifier>DAC DAC>CR Electronic Designs Woodham 2.0 300b Integrated>Charney Audio Maestro's...IC's and Speaker wires are Jena Labs...Power cords are Aural Thrills Audio 9v Battery Active Shield...Power Conditioner-Tripp Lite Double Conversion UPS

 

Thanks, Chris, I'm with you in terms of what I'm looking for in the way of hearing that emotion from the music. I auditioned both the HS and TS versions of Tommy's DAC on my VAC Musicblocks/ME preamplifier/Quad 57s and didn't notice much difference between the two (although my ears aren't the best). 

I'm quite interested in what the LPS-1 does for your system.

Gary

Wpisz teJitter is not a problem. The problem is always the quality of the spdif and aes-ebu line transmitters and the quality of the amplification (construction) of the audio track, proper filtration.
16 bit is sufficient format.kst ...

A couple updates for all you kind gentlemen regarding my quest for better SQ from my digital. I’m now using shielded cables from the DAC and PWT into my Brickwall (which uses ferrite filtering), plus some PS Audio Noise Harvesters and the results are positive.
With the HDMI (Cardas cable), sound is closer to "analogue." With SPDIF (Oyaide coax), the music explodes thru my speakers with increased dynamics, detail, and a huge soundstage, not to mention a lower noise floor. But, the sonics are still clearly from a digital source.

I still believe my DAC lacks a high quality clock, so before I upgrade the DAC, I might give the Uptone SPDIF ISO Regen a try.

@dlcockrum , I saw your negative review of the ISO Regen as used in your system. It could be that the clock in your Exogal Comet is so good, you don’t need an external timing device. Also using a Purist Audio USB from the Aurender may already have excellent synergy.

As a side note, if anybody knows about the PSA Noise Harvester, the LED's are constantly flashing indicating that they are detecting and filtering noise entering the power conditioner.

Hi lowrider, 

I just wrote about my impressions in my system and to my ears. That was how it fell. 

As you say, I suspect that a big part of my results were due to the excellent noise/isolation/jitter characteristics of thr Aurender/Exogal combo and the cables I use and intended to convey that in latter part of the writing.

Sorry if it did not read that way. There are many positive impressions of the Uptone products held by others in their systems and to their ears and I hope to hear from them as rebuttal posts to that thread.

I expect that the Uptone gear is as good as any out there for applications that benefit from their effect.

Dave