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| Higher End DACs i actually do know where you are coming from. if you make the jump to a rossini then you’re going to want the clock at some point. i think of the Bartok as being so good on its own for its ‘budget’ price that you won’t worry so much about passing ... | |
| wilson sasha daw or B&W 800 d3 or rockport Atria II or dali epicon 8 or sonus faber amati wilson. love them. i have yvette’s. bright and analytical is a common wilson audio myth. they aren’t ...highly musical and a joy to listen to they are. | |
| Best DAC - Preamp Combo $5 to $10K Budget it’s just not the same without a preamp. i’ve tried rationalizing that i could save all that money. but direct just wasn’t good. imo | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? best friend had the large advent and i had JBL L65 jubal . mine were more fun to listen too. cables were garbage. first cable was the famous monster M1000 purchased around 1982 along w a CJ PV5. fun time | |
| Higher End DACs The thing to consider with DCS is whether you’d also get the Rossini clock. If psychologically you’d never be happy sans clock then that 7.5k has to be considered in the total cost. I’m personally conflicted on the real benefit of the clock. DCS n... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? i know this is lower end but i bought a pr of 703s2’s for a second system and find them much more musical with the new continuum midrange driver vs the older kevlar driver. They were $3500(now 4k) and I think of them as sort of a value. It’s a wel... | |
| Higher End DACs qobuz is awesome btw and easy to use. i’ve had tidal and thought it not so good after trying qobuz. all audiophiles should at least give it trial. some of the hi rez titles leave little to be desired. i never got on with mqa. ymmv | |
| Higher End DACs djones51 has sound advice. that extra 5-10%can come at a very high cost. fwiw there is one thing that i feel strongly about. auditioning in another room with a different system won’t tell you very much about how something will sound in your home. ... | |
| Higher End DACs I have to agree with lalitk. I didn’t want to bring up the MAC thing either but it looms large in this decision. | |
| Higher End DACs Kren0006 is spot on. If you have what we used to call a ‘colored’ front end you will end up trying to return to neutral at some point which becomes a slippery slope. Do you then buy a brighter than neutral amp or cables? The very best components s... | |
| Higher End DACs audiotroy... unless i’ve missed something i’m pretty sure that the op is not looking for uber gear but rather that which he can afford. i haven’t read all of the thread but was he planning to sell his mac gear? without knowing what he has does he ... | |
| Higher End DACs correction: the acs 10 starts at $5600 | |
| Higher End DACs i left out dacs. there are many out there that i don’t know about but when i had a mytek manhattan 2 i thought it superior to the bricasti m1 which i also owned. the mytek was by no means a budget product in terms of performance and build quality.... | |
| Higher End DACs ufguy73...just curious but when you started this thread were you looking for 35k type products?for a ‘retail’ price of $18000 you could put an aurender acs10 with a bartok dac and have a digital front end that burns and streams with great operatin... | |
| Higher End DACs i’m not up to date with the type of systems under discussion here as i like things more simple. i think the aurender acs10 with a good dac might give you everything you want bundled in a refined package. you can stream and rip cds at a very high l... |