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| Altis Ultima Dac - Chip set It is very unlikely that you will find a pin-compatible DAC chip to replace the old one, even if you knew what it is. Regards,Alex | |
| Is Sony XA9000es superior to Esoteric DV 50s? I'd take Esoteric DV-60 (or SA-60 if you don't care about video) anytime over XA9000ES. The Sony sounds clinical, IMO, and the transport inside is not even remotely close to the VOSP transport in the DV-60. The DV-50 was somewhat Pioneer based (tr... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Now, Alex of APL is making both general remarks about the noisy PC power supply, etc. and specific remarks that NWO is leagues better than anything PC audio has to offer.Pschoi, Indeed, no one can stop audiophiles from comparing. I've always welco... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER The drives, memory, processors and interfaces in the PC-Audio are powered with the noisy switching power. You can isolate this from the DAC but that does not help anything when it comes to the actual data processing. Isolating the DAC from the PC ... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Hello David,However, given how good my system sounds, along with the fact that I never have to get up out of the chair, I think that I may turn into a doorstop.With all due respect to you and your fine sounding system, here are few points I'd like... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Pschoi, why a $3K or $5K CDP does not sound as good as a comparable PC-Audio/DAC speaks for the CDP, not the PC-Audio/DAC. I agree with you, but it seems like you are the only one around here to acknowledge that PC-Audio is not "the best". Others ... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Pschoi, the NWO is not a transport; it is a stand alone universal digital player. No need for DAC or preamp. So, again, I agree that APL NWO, or other cost-no-object CDPs may still be better than the PC-audio setups,That's it! Thank you! but how m... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER I did A/B, many times. For example my Cosecant against an $8k Meridian G08 at a dealer. A room full of people were shocked that the Cosecant killed it, including the owner. The 808 (which is an upsampling player)was another story. You could hear a... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER Until you've listened to one, you can't say a word about it. I have owned MANY high end CD players, and can say with confidence there is NO sonic reason to miss the CD soundI am actually DYING to A-B one! And BTW, what MANY high end CD players mea... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER GAME OVER indeed!I can't wait for those "dead CDs" to hit the market. I got some really nice "dead vinyl" collections that way too.:-)Regards,Alex | |
| Are there digital front ends with the body... Nilthepill,Alex, how does your products compare and sound to the analog combo you describe above?Well, I would not comment on how it compares, but here is the system I am talking about:Audio system with SME30You can see the SME30 on the pictures a... | |
| Are there digital front ends with the body... Zanden combo sounds rather anemic next to SME30/SME5/Kondo IO-J/Kondo pre vinyl rig. I've heard it with my ears on A-B. BUT, this vinyl setup is x2 the price of the Zanden. So it really depends what you're comparing.Regards,Alex | |
| Burning In a New DAC IsoTek burn-in CD. It does the job very well! Load it and run it. You can find it here:DLE DESIGNSRegards,Alex | |
| Hypothetical - CD or SACD Player? _mike, I wouldn't vote for Sony SCD-1 or 777ES. The Marantz SA-14 would be more preferable, IMO, due to its nice transport, dual mono CS4397 Crystal (Cirrus Logic) DACs and discrete HDAM output circuits. Especially with minor clock/capacitor upgra... | |
| Hypothetical - CD or SACD Player? The difference between CD and SACD/DVD-A/DAD is huge in favor of the latter. Problem is that you need SOTA player to hear it. In your given price range, I'd probably go for a well done CD playback, although the CD/SACD Esoteric SA-10 would be some... |