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| Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's? Helpdesk, "The best jitter reduction scheme is to clock the transport from the DAC"Really, how so? Would you please elaborate? For example, would you please explain to us how would you eliminate the jitter of a PLL MULTI-Clock generator with just ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Guido, the Esoteric vision/objective was/is to design a digital transport in such a way that ALL the information possible is retrieved from the actual disc and I have to say that they have done an OUTSTANDING job!!!While the top line Burr-Brown la... | |
| Anyone heard Underwood level1 3910 mod? La45, yes, HRAM indeed uses APL Master Clock. Regards, Alex | |
| New digital front end Earflappin, I thouhgt you had a pretty good understaning about the APL re-organisation/transiton so you were willing to wait till we resume taking orders in a couple of months from now. You were also going to visit Bob with your Linn CD12 and see ... | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective Tonyptony and Lktanx, every CD player, even the cheapest one, has C1 and C2 CIRC error correctors which have certain ability to "correct" the error. If the error exceeds the capacity of the C1 and C2 THEN you have an Error Flag output. So, if ther... | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective Bombaywalla, ALL CD/DVD/SACD players have a sled with linear tracking for the Laser, except for the famous Philips "swing arm" transport which is now obsolete. The big VRDS-NEO and some newer Philips transports are using a combination between radi... | |
| Sony xa777 player question "I heard this player doesn't detect sacd or cd players automatically, you have to select it?"Yeah, you have to tell "it" what it is."Also, does this have an analogue sound on redbook cds?"Neither, SACD or CD"How does this compare to say a dvd play... | |
| The XA9000ES's are hitting the Classifieds Rapidly Yeah, but DVP-S9000ES ans SCD-XA9000ES are completely different machines. The S9000ES uses the last Sony Bitstream DACs (the so called VC24+), while the XA9000ES uses re-labeled Burr-Brown DAC with "night and day" internal topology.Thought you may... | |
| SACD Player Shootout All three sound very different. I'd take EMM anyday.Regards, Alex | |
| Why does Denon 3910 default to PCM for sacds? Pardales, you really need to experiment with this setting. Depending on your system and taste you might like one or the other. In general, 50KHz is recommended. This will give you more focus and high octaves resolution. The 100KHz will sound a bit... | |
| Best place/person to upgrade the Sony CDP-707ES Is it CDP-X707ES or is it CDP-707ESd? If it's the first one you have your hands on one of the best CD transports ever built that is in the league with TEAC VRDS and the old Philips CDM-1 Pro. If it's the second one, I'd suggest you forget about mo... | |
| Itching for an SACD player Warrenh, this is very interesting. Congrats! Just for the record, would you please tell us more about the audio system in which the Exemplar and APL Denon 3910 were evaluated? What preamp, amp, speakers, cables, etc. This would be very helpful. Th... | |
| The only Denon DVD-3910 question never asked Thedautch, some players do have a higher quality Stereo outs, some don't. In the case of your Pioneer 563 there is much better DAC used for the Stereo (DSD1791) and worse used for the MCH (DSD1702). The good part is that the Stereo and the Front L... | |
| The only Denon DVD-3910 question never asked The dedicated Stereo/Stereo Mix outputs are the better choice because the analog conditioning (filter) circuit is better compared to the MCH outs. The downside about this scenario is that some crazy MCH lovers can not use the higher quality Stereo... | |
| SACD Player Shootout Thank you Curriemt11! Your quick response and concern are greatly appreciated!Please send me a private message if you would like to hear my Denon against your Ayre since now you have the idea how the Ayre compares to the EMM Labs combo. I will see... |