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| Transport for Exogal Comet Plus DAC What do you recommend Steve ?Do this experiment first:Play a track from 2 different digital sources or from the same source using two different coax cables to your DAC. If you hear ANY difference, then your situation will benefit from a reclocker... | |
| Transport for Exogal Comet Plus DAC If you really believe a reclocker makes no difference, then just get an Oppo 105 for $1200.Sorry, I don't believe it.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Advice on "Re-Clocker" for My USB Port to my DACs For over $2K, I think I would try this first:http://sonore.us/ultraRendu.html Ethernet is the best current solution. You can use Roon/Tidal or even better Minimserver with Linn Kinsky if you don’t use Tidal.You will need to get Ethernet CAT7 cable... | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system From the review:"the $5,000 to $15,000 range is somewhat vacant. A few boxes come to mind, but they are mostly DACs. Simaudio’s 780D is exceptional at $15k, but it doesn’t play shiny discs."Here’s something in that range, even better:Overdrive SX ... | |
| Advice on "Re-Clocker" for My USB Port to my DACs I use the iFi SPDIF iPurifier for my home theater Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks, even my smart TV and cable box. Works great. Much better movie sound now.Never heard or measured the iFi nano USB.Each of these reviewed evidently have their uniq... | |
| Advice on "Re-Clocker" for My USB Port to my DACs This is your solution:https://wyred4sound.com/products/digital-converters/recovery Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Where can I learn more about your Interchange Ethernet renderer you keep mentioning here? After they finish the Gen3 upgrade to my Antipodes DX I plan to try using it as a server on my network with Roon. I will need a renderer to accept the Ethern... | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system My short list of competitors DACs includes: Chord DAVE, Resonnessence Invicta or Mirus Signature Pro, Light Harmonic DaVinci MKII, TotalDAC, Aqua LaScala MKII.On a budget: Border Patrol, Exogal Comet Plus, PSAudio DirectstreamSteve N.Empirical Audio | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system my preamp (Odyssey Audio Tempest) has only analog RCA inputs. Reading the Six Moons review of your device (congrats, btw), it appears your device has only digital inputs and outputs. Will analog output from the DAC to the preamp reduce the perform... | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system some questions, since you're covering topics I don't know much about: - Whose filter and what method of filtering is used on the Synchro-Mesh reclocker?It is not a filter. It converts S/PDIF to I2S and then this is reclocked/upsampled to 24/96 an... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I don't believe I would win shootouts, get best of shows, Golden Ear Awards and rave reviews if my stuff wasn't decent.If I was located near other audiophiles, I may do blind-testing. It's difficult to do with deer, coyotes and wild turkeys...Ste... | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? Just get a bag of steel or lead shot at the sporting goods and put it on top of the DAC. Make sure this does not block cooling.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system The nice thing about something like an Oppo 205 is that you get a better transport and don't have to deal with jitter reduction or digital interconnects and that potential added expense. In your dreams. It still benefits greatly from reclocking ... | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system Your "crappy" CD transport will do fine, as long as you add a good reclocker and a good S/PDIF cable. Then the disk does not matter, the transport does not matter.Driving a new DAC with the stock transport will be disappointing IMO, no matter what... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I’m curious if you are able to listen via "blind testing" and conclude the same results as your measurement data?I didn’t bother with that in this case. I am a trained listener and do this every single day, listening for changes, problems, nuances... |