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| Any DAC comparable to my Linn Akurate CD ? I use a 2009 Mac mini and it beats any transport on the planet at any cost. It is powered by a modded Hynes power supply and has SSD. Playback software is Amarra and there are other OS tweaks. The only server that comes close is the Antipodes serv... | |
| Any DAC comparable to my Linn Akurate CD ? BTW, the Overdrive SE has previously won other shootouts with Weiss 202 and MSB analog.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Any DAC comparable to my Linn Akurate CD ? Empirical Audio Overdrive SE DAC recently won a shootout with several top-end DACs on Audiogon, including EMM Labs, Lampizator and PSAudio. It is an extraordinary DAC:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1398132150&&&/Abso... | |
| Mac Mini as a Server The easiest way to get great SQ is to use an Oct. 2009 Mac mini, because it has external power supply that can be upgraded to a good linear supply. This make a big difference in SQ. To do this on a newer mini, you will need to pay someone to mod t... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - actually, if I modify a couple of Dynamo supplies, I can try this right away for +12V digital and +18V anaolog supplies. I don't have any -18V linear to try for the third supply, but this voltage is less critical. I can just use the Substat... | |
| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Power over USB for digital circuits is just like all other digital loads. IT requires a very fast responding regulator. Batteries don't work very well for this, even LI. SMPS power supplies, at least the latest generation can respond very fast, bu... | |
| 192 from usb/spdif to NOS dac to amp MattZ - absolutely, jitter is much more important to reduce than increasing the sample-rate, particularly when using a NOS DAC because there is typically no digital filtering. Upsampling helps the most when the DAC is a Sigma-Delta and uses digita... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD That did jog me. One possibility is an external linear supply rather than the SMPS I use. I would be really big box though, about 10X of the DAC.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| 192 from usb/spdif to NOS dac to amp USB converters usually dont convert the data. They just pass it through and reformat.A good USB converter like the Off-Ramp 5 would give you better results at 44.1 however, by reducing jitter even more.NOS DACs usually are based on older chips,whi... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD AOL - the Diamond SX is significantly better than the SE. Better focus, more 3-D, better imaging. Literally everything going on in the music track is crystal clear and pinpoint image.The Diamond is some bling to insure that the customer feels that... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Al - I believe SX will be in the $10K range. I'll think about the diamond name. Maybe Diamond SX.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Ketcham - I only use the very best D-color excellent-cut diamonds. I know my diamonds.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The diamond is the pointer. This pointer has magical powers.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt -the plan is to put either XMOS USB interface or Network Renderer Ethernet interface on the SX DAC. Still working on the XMOS prototype and almost ready to tape-out the network renderer module.SX uses the same size chassis, but new panels and... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - have not heard the Trinity or even heard of it.I have had the ODSX for many months now and I'm convinced that nothing out there beats it at any price. I'm in the process of trying Jupiter caps in place of Duelund. Duelunds take a long time ... |