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| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter (2) i can always purchase another new transport/streamer to go with the Transporter's built-in DAC (via digital inputs?) when higher than 24/96 is supportedYes, but the wireless transmission in the Transporter is asynchronous so the master clock j... | |
| Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems? No one really knew that the Philips transport is faulty. This includes Marantz, MF, Krell, EMM Labs and maybe others. The known "modders" like us (APL Hi-Fi), Modwright, Stan Warren and others were left helpless too. This Philips transport is very... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Is it still on or have people digressed?Oh, I can't wait! And was actually thinking if some highly regarded (SOTA, $70K+) vinyl rig will be available to shoot against? Would be very nice! I can bring some 45 rpm (including single sided) and also d... | |
| 12AX7 tube alternatives for Jolida JD-100 I'd also consider ECC803SBest,Alex Peychev | |
| Puccini+Uclock vs APL NWO 4.0 SE vs PD MPS-5 The long outdated (3-4 years old) NWO-2.5 featured 20 per channel AKM DACs and differential/balanced tube output stage with 6H30 tubes and Lundahl transformers (no negative feedback). Some measurements below. Here is a graph with 1KHz at 0dBSecond... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Dear Murataltuev,I can bring also LynxAES16 system to compare with USB and FireWire interface system. I have very special setup with separate power and optical PCI connection for card which outperforms any other source I've ever heard.Would you mi... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Dear Rainer_weber, I think a shootout would be possible. Let's work out the details. Please email me to schedule the time and logistics. I would like to invite you in my showroom (see www.kaiser-acoustics.com) for this event. Thank you for your ki... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Dear Kops,And dCS uses 40 dacs (total) and not OEM but fully upgradeable and future proof.I think the FPLDs used in the dCS are different compared to the ASIC DAC chips developed by AKM Semiconductor Inc., Japan in terms of being universal program... | |
| esoteric x-01, ux-1 etc reliable? The Esoteric based NWO players come with 3 years warranty by APL Hi-Fi. This covers not only our re-design but also mechanical problems, as well as laser pick-up. We have enough laser pick-up assemblies enough not only to cover all our NWO players... | |
| how good are the non os dacs? My NOS DAC excels in hf detail, including spatial clues.Would you please elaborate? What make is your NOS DAC?Thanks!Alex | |
| how good are the non os dacs? "Addition By Subtraction"; this is the best description about NOS DACs I can provide.It is due to the fact that NOS DACs 20KHz sine wave looks like a ladder. This means that the top extension is smeared, resulting in lusher presentation. So many a... | |
| Clement Perry's new reference speaker Does anyone around here possess a first hand experience evaluating GOTO and ALE compression drivers in the same audio system? GOTO are used in Clement's new favorite speakers. I've heard 6-way ALE based $500K+ stereo system, including a pair of Pl... | |
| Reference Recordings "WAV" files.... You may be able to load the raw WAV files to a PC and then master a DAD (LPCM) with Disc Welder. At least this is what I am planning on doing so I can spin them on my universal player (any DVD player can read DAD). I hope a regular DVD-R will have... | |
| CDP Belt drive Vinyl is CAV (constant angular velocity) which means the speed is constant. When it comes to CAV you need to have as precise as possible constant rotation speed. This is why belt drive can be used, which also helps eliminating the vibrations from ... | |
| Esoteric sa-10 it does not look as fancy as the sa-60 but for 2 channel playback the indsie is the same.Not exactly! 1. SA-10 does not convert PCM (CD) to DSD like SA-60 does. I am not a big fan of this process/feature, but it might be helpful in some bright sou... |