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| Worlds best DAC Hey Alex are you going to be at CES this year?Hi Jwm,Unfortunately, I will not be attending the CES. Had a few expos in Europe recently, and planning on more exhibitions next year. Maybe will be at the CES early 2015, will see. Best wishes,Alex Pe... | |
| A Possible Reason for SACD to be Superior I have recently been trying to compare the SACD format to Redbook on my system and have discovered that the SACD layer on the disk seems to always be recorded at a lower volume making an A/B comparison extremely difficult because while switching l... | |
| Worlds best DAC The truth, the utter truth, is there is no best, there is no better, all there is is what people like in their systems. Two people can listen to exactly the same system - one goes - WOW - the other BLAH.Yup, that is the case. In my opinion, the so... | |
| Worlds best DAC The Phasure eats it alive using PCM. Its closer via DSD but the Phasure is still clearly better.I have the Phasure NOS1 DAC here, as well as many other DACs. Prior to the Phasure the best sound I had heard was DSD using the Playback.This just prov... | |
| Worlds best DAC In my opinion, the "best DAC" would be the one that works in Pure DSD mode (that means converts PCM to DSD as well), and does not use D/A conversion chips which send/upsample DSD through Delta/Sigma modulators. Lastly, there shouldn't be any solid... | |
| Explain Digital Basics to an Analog person That is a show stopper for me in converting to DSD. Did I miss software that is out there?The only solution will be converting DSD to PCM (352.8kHz), take out the pops and clicks and convert back to DSD. But, IMO, any processing will alter the sou... | |
| Explain Digital Basics to an Analog person GoalsRecord hi-resolution digital from LPs.Play CDs (Redbook, SACDs)Play hi-resolution digital files from a computer through my stereoBuy the new Tascam DA-3000. Record your vinyl in DSD (DSF) format, then transfer the files to a computer. Find a ... | |
| DSD for PC Mine is Mytek 192 DAC/preamp/headphoneAs far as I understand it, the ESS Sabre DAC inside your Mytek processes DSD through its Delta Sigma Modulator (DSM), just like it does with PCM, in order to achieve lower noise floor/less distortions. This is... | |
| DSD for PC Hi Simon, I also would love to hear Alex and others OBSERVATIONS (as oppose to opinions)on the subjectMy latest observations on the subject resulted in designing my own PCM to DSD converter as well as a DSD only DAC that is based on a discrete ana... | |
| DSD for PC You're welcome, Marakanetz! What would I benefit if I convert originally WAV source or any PCM to DSD? Please shareThe benefit would be that, by converting PCM to DSD in the PC, you will eliminate the PCM part of your DAC. Bypassing the I2S PCM in... | |
| DSD for PC So you have a PS3 setup capable of rippig SACDs? If so, that is great! But since you like DSD and have a DSD capable DAC, it may be worth it trying converting your CDs (and lossless files) to DSD. Not that your DAC does not convert PCM to somethin... | |
| DSD for PC Hi Marakanetz, Are you looking for a PCM2DSD converting solutions? If yes, there is one currently available that works beautifully with both Foobar and JRiver. Best wishes,Alex Peychev | |
| HDCD Decoding ? HDCD was developed by PM. The initial PMD100 decoder/digital filter chip was certainly one of the best at that time. PMD200 was the successor and based on Motorola 24bit DSP, so it was superior to anything else available. Then when more and more a... | |
| Now That You've Ripped Your Entire Collection... As already suggested, you can just trash it, or give it to the local "Good Will Store". But if there is any monetary interest, it would be helpful posting your entire collection in detail somewhere, so the interested parties can see it and eventua... | |
| Korg MR-2 vs. MR2000s for converting vinyl. MR2000, especially after some serious work done to it. Regards,Alex Peychev |