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| Is there a big difference in digital streaming devices? At $300, your streamer will not compete with other low jitter solutions.An Ethernet or "network" DAC with a good master clock in it will easily outperform it. WIFI can be added to any Ethernet DAC BTW. You don't need a "streamer", just a LAN wit... | |
| New CDP or standalone DAC...? As when you have separates both dac a transport have their own clocks and are not sync’ed to each other. Unless you have like a very expensive DCS system that runs the clock of the dac to the transport via a separate lead and the clock in the tran... | |
| DAC Opamp Upgrade If you are doing 6922's, the best tube out there is a Siemens CCA grey plate. Telefunken grey plate is not bad either. I used the Siemens in my TubeDAC that I used to make. I tried all of the British tubes, found them to be too slow.Steve N.Emp... | |
| New CDP or standalone DAC...? Then I would recommend to use the transport for movies and move to computer-based audio and get a good DAC for this. Ethernet is the preferred interface now, not USB. With Ethernet, you can use any old computer or laptop. The Ethernet interface... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? Untreated CDs in untweaked systems are kind of the worst case scenario, inasmuch as they almost ALWAYS sound thin, wiry, bass shy, rolled off, tinny, electronic, lumpy, two dimensional, boring, synthetic, fake, congealed, and a lot like paper mach... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD So, if the track is recorded at low-level so that no clipping occurs after upsampling, there will be none of this effect?Steve N. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD So if this inter-sample overs effect happens only on peaks, why do I hear differences even in low-level signals?I think the SQ issue with upsamplers, albeit small, has to do with hardware implementation of upsamplers. Doing it is S/W seems to del... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD shadorne - agreed, however, the devil is always in the details. How to make it sound like analog and not electronic.Upsampling has its own issues, particularly in hardware. There are always compromises made in these designs. My own reclocker is ex... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison First compare the same interfaces, whether USB, Ethernet, AES/EBU or S/PDIF coax. You should obviously level-match using a SL meter. Tracks should all be .wav and high quality. Some should be non-music, like falling rain, tinkling glass, blowing w... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet Just a NAS and a laptop on the ethernet would work?Yes, anything that will run Audirvana II or Jriver.The Bricasti webpage shows DLNA and specifically calls out Jriver and Audirvana II. This is not Roon ready. Maybe they have another Ethernet in... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet On my last visit to RMAF, I have seen few Ethernet switches that were focusing on jitter control with their onboard OCXO circuit and separate linear power supply. I don't understand how a reclocking of the switch will help. The stream is packetiz... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet That has not been my experience with some ethernet-based DACs like the Ayre QX-5 Twenty. It still sounded better with a SOtM tX-USB Ultra behind it clocked by a master reference clock and through a modified switch.If there is USB involved, then i... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC AC power and particularly DC power can have a huge effect. I personally stay away from typical conditioners that have filtering in them because they can reduce dynamics. I have found the Plasmatron from VHAudio to be the best AC regulator for di... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet I don't believe the Ethernet interface on Bricasti M1 SE is Roon ready. According to their website, it's DLNA, so it's compatible with Audirvana plus and Jriver, as is the Empirical Audio Overdrive SX. Empirical Audio also offers a WIFI solution ... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? I would say that you're in the right forest, but barking up the wrong tree. I believe that Audiogon members enjoy EQUIPMENT on a much deeper level. It's true that there are a lot of equipment junkies on all the forums. I like to get people off... |