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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, Alex, you definitely lost me on your last post, but I am truly enjoying the back and forth between you and Steve (as long as it stays civil and collegial). I am learning a ton!!!I know it was a bit more technical. What I tried explaining to ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve, I am not throwing out anything else but the truth, and thanks for confirming it. You can select the digital filter on my DAC and I recommend the profile for 192 to be used for all sample-rates. This simply sounds best.Usually the digital fi... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Contact me and I will build you a DHT DAC that will blow all these away.When I started building a DAC with DHT output based on Esoteric P-03/D-03 combo was 10 years ago, but not many could afford it. :-)In my experience, to build a "proper" DHT ou... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, I mean the actual D/A converter chip around which the DAC unit is built. As I've mentioned before on this thread, the ODSE and Aeris most likely use exactly the same D/A converter chip - the AD1853, except if Steve hasn't gone for the AD1955... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Sure, I understand! Thank you for your valuable time, Matt! Please also don't forget trying the DSD64 setting from the corresponding button on the remote. Report on the high-res would be very nice. There are so many SACD's available. You can alway... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, Thank you for a great and detailed post with your initial impressions of the DSD-S! It is rather interesting to me that you didn't find much of a difference between Amarra and Audirvana Plus, as well as between yours and my power and USB cab... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD To Audiolabyrinth: Sorry, forgot to mention the option of using any digital transport you like via S/PDIF or AES/EBU digital connections, but I am really thinking high-res only. DSD to be exact. I don't remember when I listened to PCM last time, s... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Audiolabyrinth, You are welcome! There are two choices when it comes to the digital transport. 1. SDT-M reading SD memory cards. 2. CD/SACD player re-designed to a digital transport. Both send DSD audio data to the DSD-S DAC via a proprietary d... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Tbg, I totally agree with you that a regular quality pot brings much better results compared to tiny devices. Not sure if this will make any sense to you, but the attenuator in the DSD-S is a hybrid one and controlled by "tiny devices" too. Howeve... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Audiolabyrinth, Sorry about the confusion! Initially you've asked if DSD-S sounds better direct to amplifiers. What I tried explaining is that, it is not a feature of the DSD-S to sound better when connected to amplifiers. It sounds as it does reg... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Alex, Are you saying that your DSD-S sounds better running direct to amplifiers?, you have a volume control on it?, explain what type of volume control it has, and how it benefits over a pre-amp.Hi, What I am saying is that the non-negative fee... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Guido, Just click below: The famous AA+A thread.Saluti, Alex | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Guido, Yes, the Aeris has the FPGA but also the AD1895A asynchronous sample rate converter connected to it. Sure, I understand that your only digital source is the S/PDIF output of the X-01. To be honest with you, the X-01 requires some redesig... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve, My digital products have been featuring custom proprietary 32 bit XMOS interfaces for almost 2 years now. PCM, PCM and DSD, and DSD only versions are available. The DSD-S has the XMOS inside, and features the so called "Femto Clocks" too. W... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Guido, USB and S/PDIF are quite different interfaces. Though the TAS USB chip in the Aeris supports only up to 96k, I believe it also supports asynchronous mode. However, it looks like both S/PDIF and USB are being asynchronously resampled using t... |