anwar
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| Suggestions for Digital Audio Recorder Please look for a used Sony PCM-D100. Too bad Sony discontinued this reference-grade portable voice recorder. Amazon has them as new or used. | |
| USB Noise filter on R2R DAC ? Which R2R DAC? The R2R DAC I have is Holo Audio May L3 KTE. It’s USB receiver already has built-in isolation and regeneration, but the use of another USB isolator at the music server side improves sound quality further. I briefly tested MSB Disc... | |
| Holo MAY KTE DAC/ Kitsune Hi FI, Lynnwood Washington @hilde45 If you prefer NOS, then Holo Audio Spring L3 most likely is good enough. It has similar USB module like May L3. I only use NOS with my May L3. I use Bent Audio passive preamp, the pure silver autoformers, 4 pcs for fully balanced opera... | |
| Holo MAY KTE DAC/ Kitsune Hi FI, Lynnwood Washington @hilde45 MHDT Orchid does not have resolution and layering like modern DACs. A lot of details are missing and the sound is very rounded. | |
| Holo MAY KTE DAC/ Kitsune Hi FI, Lynnwood Washington I’ve owned Terminator v1, heard Terminator + during audio show, tested MHDT Labs Orchid (seller brought it to my house and demoed tube rolling), and now own Holo Audio May L3 KTE bought directly from HK. I also have Marantz SA-10 SACD player purch... | |
| Looking For New CD-SACD Player A few suggested to rip SACDs. @samgar2 do you have players such as Oppo BDP-103/105 which can be used to rip SACDs? | |
| Looking For New CD-SACD Player Marantz SA-10 | |
| Marantz SA-10 I had Marantz SA-7003 which I don’t like. It uses similar D/A converter (CS4398) and output stage like the SA-8005. Now I have 2 units of Marantz SA-10 in different systems. SA-10 is not SA-8005 with expensive case. There is no D/A converter from... | |
| 432 EVO @divertiti you got the facts wrong: "This 432 EVO for example is a PC with a $160 MSRP CPU, a $135 MSRP motherboard, $80 worth of 8gb DDR4 ram, ..." ASRock J5040-ITX SoC motherboard comes with Intel Gemini Lake Refresh SoC already soldered and p... | |
| Mini PC as a streamer If your goal is to play music files from local storage, I recommend you skip Intel NUC and go straight to Intel SoC mini-ITX motherboards, such as ASRock J5040-ITX. The motherboard comes with Intel Pentium Silver SoC complete with fanless heatsin... | |
| SACD Players: Models with DSD Processor (used and new) (not dsd converted to pcm) Elliot, Marantz USA website lists 3 models, but elsewhere there are 4 SACD players using MMM, with SA-12SE being the latest model: Marantz SA-10 (with balanced XLR output) Marantz SA-KI Ruby Marantz SA-12SE Marantz SACD 30n | |
| SACD Players: Models with DSD Processor (used and new) (not dsd converted to pcm) There are 3 Marantz SACD player models (SA-10 at the top) which use Marantz Musical Mastering (MMM). No D/A chip inside these players. All signals up-sampled to DSD 4x using FPGA and converted directly to analog with filters. These players are ... | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else? Let me clarify. I have no interest in buying 432 EVO. I am reading this thread due to audiotroy spreading misinformation and attacking a brand he used to sell. I am surprised there is no moderation in audiogon forums. | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else? I own Innuos Zenith Mk2 and have been followed threads about 432EVO. At the same time, I also build my own music server. I only do local SSD playback.My favorite motherboard is ASRock J5040-ITX which is also used by 432EVO current top models. M... | |
| Digital upgrade: new disc player or better streamer? So I've been contemplating either a new streamer, specifically a Lumin T2 or similar, to replace the Node 2i. Alternatively, a Marantz K1 Ruby to replace the Oppo, allowing me to use the Node 2i into the Ruby DAC. Both options cost around $4K.... |