anwar
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| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I had the Terminator for about 4 months. As it goes through the break-in process, the sound gets better and better. Beyond 2000 hours of use, it sounds very good, sometimes better than vinyl. But today I had the biggest ’aha’ moment in my hifi jou... | |
| DAC OR NO DAC??? Op’s original budget for DAC was $500. I completely agree the Marantz 7704 preamp/processor preamp section will be the limitation of the system. Most likely the AV7704 volume control is done by an integrated circuit. But with $500 budget, I don’t ... | |
| Marantz SA 14 upgrade or add DAC? It depends on your needs, whether you are only playing redbook CDs or you also play high-res music, either in PCM or DSD. Playing DSD/SACD will not work if the external DAC is connected to the coaxial output of SA-14 or Oppo 205.If you have the ... | |
| DAC OR NO DAC??? If your source is mainly Youtube videos, you are fine with your existing Marantz 7704 pre/processor as the DAC. It uses 32 bit AKM 4458VN DAC. I don't think a sub $500 DAC can be better if the source is not high quality. | |
| Oppo 205 integration problems It's not a good idea to plug or unplug HDMI cable while the devices are hot - the device can get killed. | |
| Oppo 103 and stand alone DAC In the manual it's stated that SACD is not available through optical/coaxial output. It's available through the HDMI output, but your DAC does not have HDMI input. | |
| Oppo UDP-205 MQA Confusion About MQA through USB DAC, the answer is here:https://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-udp-205/blu-ray-udp-205-Support.aspx The latest USB DAC Firmware USB-0118 has added support for the MQA playback via the USB DAC Input | |
| Oppo UDP-205 MQA Confusion There are lot of high res demo files you can download from 2L, including MQA, so that you can compare it with other formats. The MQA files are much smaller in size.http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html? | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! DSD is converted to PCM, but at this price, may not be an issue. | |
| Oppo 205 integration problems The audio drop problem was discussed below but this refers to running 205 with the display off.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/interesting-hdmi-problem-oppo-udp-205Is it possible that there is HDCP copy protection handshaking problem betwee... | |
| oppo 205 vs sepearate DAC or CD player.. should I bother? Which Oppo 205 digital output you plan to use? SPDIF or HDMI?Please note that Oppo 205 SPDIF output is 'scaled' to 48k when playing Blu-Ray or SACD high-res audio, and that's only for 2 channel. Also, there's no DSD output through SPDIF. PCM is... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES and Denafrips DAC Just to update on the reported issue. @alvin1118 of Vinshine Audio provided instructions to update Amanero USB firmware. That seems to resolve the issue with jumping tracks (similar issue as reported by @bt304, thanks) but I have not played long e... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES and Denafrips DAC @jimcrane, sure I plan to share my listening experience after the Terminator has nicely broken in and after I have received USB cable from Curious Cable, Australia. Currently I am using budget USB cable, AudioQuest Forest. I've also tried Supra ... | |
| DENAFRIPS Terminator & Jay’s Audio CDT-3 MK2, A Review Hi bluewolf, thanks for sharing your impression. I just received Terminator DAC a few days ago and it is still breaking in. Can you please share your experience on:Break-in: how many hours required on top of factory 100 hours run before it sound... | |
| Oppo 205 and external DAC? Oppo UDP-205 DACs are indeed very good. You can use the unbalanced stereo analog output from Oppo 205 to your amp. |