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| new pre/pro recommendation request I still use a Proceed AVP for movies (5.1) and its not bad for music either.. These were $4K when I purchased it and now you can get them for less than $1K. I still have yet to hear a more musical processor and I've heard a few.. Try Audiogon or e... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - when are you going to break-down and get the best server on the planet, the Antipodes?This is what I have been using at shows with the Overdrive SE and SX. Nothing touches it IMO. Reviewed recently in Stereophile.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD From what I have heard some of the newer class-D amps are as good or better than the best SS amps, but tubes still win IME.I have custom DC-coupled 805 SE tube monoblocks that even beat the AR stuff. Nothing I have heard comes close to these. Th... | |
| USB printer cable VS USB audiophile grade cable? Good cable, but TotalDAC cable beats AQ Diamond. | |
| Alternatives to streaming via Apple TV/iTunes If you want to improve things, I would recommend putting a reclocker like the Synchro-Mesh between your AppleTV and your Parasound P5. The reclocker would have Toslink in and then S/PDIF coax out (I can recommend a very good cable). This will redu... | |
| Dac evolution.... Not all preamp technologies are the same. Most use active amplifiers which add noise and distortion, some use attenuators, which add noise and sometimes HF rolloff. The Overdrive DAC uses a different technology, which is actually superior to a s... | |
| Genesis Digital Lens Latest Version Technology has advanced to the point that you can achieve even better results a lot cheaper. The Synchro-Mesh will do the trick and does not have the downside of eventual memory underrun or overrun ( can happen with long playlists). | |
| Streaming Audio Questions What you have with Jriver is probably as good as it gets with USB and a PC. If you were to go Mac with the right version of Amarra, it would be a bit better, but not hugely. I have compared these and Mac is what I use.The USB interface in the DAC ... | |
| Streaming Audio Questions I would not discount Sonos so quickly. If you add a Synchro-Mesh reclocker between Sonos and your DAC, this can make all the difference. Sonos is a great platform for redbook playback. However, it delivers the bits with some jitter. Then you j... | |
| Best DAC for pcm files Won means: Overdrive SE is the DAC that the auditioner stayed with and still uses. | |
| Best DAC for pcm files Overdrive SE. Won a shootout here on Audiogon.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/absolute-top-tier-dac-for-standard-res-redbook-cdThere is one that can be updated to SE on sale at audiocircle.com trading post-digital/sourceshttp://www.audiocir... | |
| Audio grade USB cables Shielding will not reduce CM noise.. USB is differential, so the ground wire is not involved in the data transmission, however it does set the reference for the source qnd receiver.. If there are any ground loops in the system, CM noise will be pr... | |
| What direction with new DAC? You would likely get a bigger improvement by improving your digital source to reduce jitter.. There are several ways to accomplish this, but your particular DAC has I2S, so a USBConverter like the Off-Ramp 5 that can drive this could be an option.... | |
| Audio grade USB cables There is more to this issue than claimed here. It is certainly good to provide ahigher quality USB power source than that provided by the cable/computer, particularly for those USB interfaces that utilize the 5V in the cable.. The the other issue ... | |
| Why a high end streamer with a high end dac? There are no DACs that eliminate jitter. |