Monarchy Audio DIP/Upsampler Combo

Thinking of placing this in between my Logitech Touch and my DAC. Would this set up be beneficial in this situation?
Will this help the logitech touch for improvements?

rapogee11-22-2010 1:17am

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cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-24-2010 at 11:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Definitely give it a shot. It realy makes the Tuch sound incredible. Much more resolution.
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-22-2010 at 11:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have done that and the improvment was absoutely amazing (I do have a dac which accepts a 96k signal). If your dac accepts a 96k signal, I am sure you will have the same experience. Increased resolution is amazing on the touch.
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-22-2010 at 04:44pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Does your Chord Dac upsample? If it already does, you may not experience the benefit I did. My benchmark Dac upsamples, so there was no improvement with the Monarchy.
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-22-2010 at 06:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Upsampling and I have also found the clock in the combo really helps the Touch.
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-23-2010 at 11:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Agree with Arni and, as for the benefit of the upsampling, if your dac does upsample, you probably would not experience the benefit I did, but, I'm not sure if it makes a difference to your dac accepting a 44.1k signal and than upsampling or accepting a 96k signal. Again, with the Monarchy, my Berkley receives a 96k signal, and that was a hugh improvement compared to the dac w/o the Monarchy.
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-23-2010 at 11:34am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ozzy, I was just at the Chord website. Are you sure your dac upsamples, or does it just accept higher sample rate signals? (big difference).
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 11-23-2010 at 05:13pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sorry, Ozzy. Thought you had the Chord. $400 bucks for the Combo and maybe 30 day trial so easy enough to try. Love to hear your findings. Happy Listening.
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 01-30-2011 at 01:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thinking of upgrading my Monarchy Combo to the Esoteric G25U to get a 192k signal into the Berkeley Alpha DAC. Anyone have any thoughts? Worth $1,100?
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 01-30-2011 at 08:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ozzy, assume you had the digital mod done? How long did it take?
cerrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,700 posts 02-01-2011 at 11:17am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks, Ozzy. I have the CI Power supply though may consider the Boulder if I send it in for the mod. I really don't want to be without the unit as I enjoy it so much. I did pull the plug on the 192k upsampler/clock, though. (Esoteric G25U). I figured if the Combo made such a large improvement upsampling to 96k, 192k should be even better. Got a great price on it and it doubles as a clock for my Esoterix X03-SE so should be a win/win. Enjoy your new mod. Care to report a short blurb on the improvement you are experiencing?

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