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| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Want to make your digital really analog-like?Power all of it from a Plasmatron from VHAudio.com.Chris brings these around to shows and everyone that tries one, buys one, including me. This is different than other AC conditioners. It is an AC pow... | |
| New vs. old DACs - opinions? Old D/A chips have the advantage of using ladder and NOS technology, but the disadvantage of not supporting hi-res and not dealing with HF transients very well. They can sound very musical, but not quite live from top to bottom IMO.New D/A chips ... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Bruce - often older D/A chips sound more musical because of the limited digital filtering and ladder-DACs used etc.. I used to sell a tubeDAC called the Spoiler with ladder DAC in it. Very musical The problem with them is that they don't render... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? Shadorne - Ideally, balanced inputs reject all common-mode noise, but in reality they don't. They will reject some however. You will still get some ground-loop noise. The best scenario is using a signal transformer.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Auxinput is correct, my relative comparison is at a highly rarified level. I can easily hear the difference between and AIFF file and a wav file in my system.It's the active preamp that is the bain of most audio systems. Get rid of it or replace... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? Shadorne - Eliminating ground-loops is a good idea. Few audiophiles do it. However, balanced alone does not get you galvanic isolation unless you have transformer coupling in the components. You can get it with this:http://www.empiricalaudio.co... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? Like I said before, acoustic absorption between the speakers is not recommended. Only scattering devices, also called diffusers. Most speakers also need the reinforcement for bass from the backwall.I have a system that achieves pinpoint imaging ... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Phil - Each volume control technology has its deficiencies, so all of them are a compromise of some sort. The best scenario is probably to do some reduction in volume using a DAC digital control, gain control and then additional drop using S/W vo... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? The biggest problems with MOST digital are:1) jitter from the source2) poor digital filter in the D/A3) formatThese can all be overcome with the right choices, equipment and treatments. Once you lick these and have a good DAC, it will beat 99% of... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Another option for you if you are interested in doing computer audio, but want to ease into it is the Sony HAP-1EX. Fairly low jitter and a decent DAC, all for an affordable price. You can even drive your amps directly, so you save on the preamp... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Soundstage is definitely source, but that means not just the DAC, but the digital feed to the DAC, and something you are probably not considering; the preamp. The jitter of this feed is critical to achieving good 3-D imaging, in fact more importa... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme CD lathe Sound Improver You will get much lower jitter from the disc if you apply a rubberized coating to the surface, leaving the chuck area exposed.I used to do all kinds of mods to disks to improve jitter and readability, including treatments, light exposure, de-stati... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? BTW, brightness is not usually due to acoustics. Its usually something else. Most people go down the garden path using cables that act as filter, ferrite beads or blankets to snuff-out the HF sounds. This is the wrong path to take.Figure out wh... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? The blanket is not great. Absorbing things between the speakers is not a good thing. Better to have scattering.Instead, I use two 1/4 round tube traps from ASC in Oregon. I locate these next to the screen with the rounds pointing inwards. The ... | |
| AES/EBU cable length; CD to DAC- 1.5 m or very short? CD transports tend to have slow rise-times, so in order to prevent more jitter being added due to reflections, go with 1.5m minimum. See my white-paper:https://positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htmThis has been verified by double-blind testing ... |