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| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet Perhaps I shouldn't care about ethernet for now, since most DACs don't have it yet and I can pick up a network player for 2K.You should care. Jitter is the #1 issue with digital playback and Ethernet enables the lowest jitter I have experienced i... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet It’s the ODSX that has Ethernet. The SX versions with Ethernet are $10K (V-Caps) and $12,995 (Duelund caps). Look for review in the next 2 months on Audiostream and then hopefully, Stereophile.The only DAC’s I believe in the Stereophile A+ list th... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Maybe the solution is just an in-line voltage divider. All it takes is 2 resistors to drop the voltage a little. RCA in/RCA out and 2 resistors. This would at least show if this is the problem or not.Another cause could be DC-offset. IF there ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD CT - I think crossfade/stereo depth for headphones is the realm of good DSP software. Doing it in hardware is like upsampling in hardware. Never as good as good DSP software.For IEM's, should there be a low-gain switch maybe?Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Wow, I guess I'll have to get to work and build one then....Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Bill - these older D/A chips are very musical, but simply not as accurate as the modern designs, as well as not supporting higher sample-rates. I offered a ladder-DAC tube output DAC myself for several years. It was very sweet sounding, never ha... | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! Shadorne wrote:Reasoning says that bit perfect data into a jitter immune DAC should not be affected by the cable unless the DAC has build and design issues.IMO, there is no such thing as a jitter immune DAC. Never heard one, never tested one that... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? danvignau - Tidal is essentially CD quality, so it has the typical digital challenges to beating vinyl. Even redbook can beat vinyl, but it requires the right low-jitter interface and a really good DAC. A CD transport will usually not cut-it, un... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD CTsooner - I plan to if you are who I think you are. Be patient. It's worth the wait.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! If you can bypass the preamp on the MacIntosh, you might want to try a DAC direct that has good volume technology. Its eliminating jitter and analog stages that gets you closer to the live event.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Please Recommend Transport + DAC for $5K total Just use your existing transport if it still works and add a reclocker like the Synchro-Mesh. This will put you in the $10K transport performance range for only $599-$1400.Then, read all of the audiostream.com Recommended - "Greatest Bits" on DACs... | |
| Benefits of an external DAC Perkadin wrote:DACs don't seem to make much a difference.It's likely that your CD transport is preventing you from hearing the differences, as well as the CD disk itself. Unless you are treating and coating disks and have a really expensive CD tr... | |
| Are there differing qualities of optical cable? Digital cables or Toslink do add jitter, so getting good ones will help. Add as little as possible.I also thought that the best glass cable was the ticket, until I discovered a really outstanding plastic cable. I even use a 15-footer of this from ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - I had the Chord Qute here and it needed a better power supply and even then the bass was disappointing. Highs had amazing focus and detail however.Is the Hugo better on bass?BTW, ctsooner - I have designed a dual-mono, fully balanced-only c... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Lately, I’ve been using music with non-music in it or lots of percussion in it, like:Andreas Vollenwider - Trilogy - Behind the GardensDoors - Riders on the stormPat Metheny - On the Road to You live - Half Life of AbsolutionThese are great to det... |