@secretguy …”amusing how digital people want it to sound analog.”
Just historical. Analog was superior sounding for forty years and only recently became competitive or better.
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Just got a new CD transport, the TEAC VRDS-701T, to plug into my Wadax dac, to access my 4000 disc CD collection. the price of this transport, $2700 list price, is very modest in the context of my Wadax dac (over $200k in it’s current config). https://teac.jp/int/product/vrds-701t/top Went 9 years now with just streaming. Last 2 days only CD. i’m using the Shunyata Alpha v2 S/PDIF coax cable. https://shunyata.com/products/digital-cables/alpha-series-digital-cables/alpha-v2-s-pdif/ Too digital sounding until I added my spendy Esoteric G1X clock, then it transformed into something very fine. so don’t blame the cable for the result, you cannot judge the cable and transport until they are optimized. if a cable tames a naked transport then it’s also covering up information and it’s opaque. so 2 points. (1) The Alpha v2 cable is very, very good. it’s allowing the clock and transport to be special. is it warm and relaxed by itself? yes, it is when the music is warm and relaxed. it’s never strident.....with the clock in the system. this cable is not, however, a tone control if that is what you are asking for. and (2) a great clock is way more significant than the transport or the S/PDIF cable. this transport/S/PDIF/clock combo is worthy of a cost no object dac. and you likely don’t need a clock as spendy as my Esoteric to get a big boost. |
@mikelavigne Interesting observations and thanks for sharing. I was a little surprised you were using SPDIF instead of AES/EBU or i2S as they seem to be the preferred digital connections but then took a look and saw the TEAC only has SPDIF and optical outs. On the surface these seem like strange omissions for a transport at this price level, especially as the slightly cheaper Jays CDT2 Mk3 has both of those other connections. Thoughts? |
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