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| Whole Home Streaming Airport Express is a big step-down form Sonos. Just say no. I have a LOT of experience with it.I would get the Sonos that he already has working again. They probably just need firmware updates. Their technical assistants can walk you through it. I... | |
| Digital Processor That Are Great Matches 4 Tubes? BTW, I use my Overdrive SE with tube SE monoblocks, 805A output. No preamp needed with this DAC, but if you have a really good tube pre, it can be even better.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Digital Processor That Are Great Matches 4 Tubes? Empirical Audio Overdrive SE just won ultimate DAC shootout on Audiogon:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1398132150&openflup&1177&4#1177Overdrive SE has tube-like characteristics, but also dynamics and detail to die fo... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD what is NFB? | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Using one op-amp is a lot different that cascading several of them. They do add compression, just like any active stage will, even tubes (but to lesser extent). The fewer the better. That is why I use one. The one I use is a lot more that just I/V... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Don't sweat it, Matt. My room at RMAF last year had dCS Vivaldis in adjacent rooms on both sides. I listened to these. Although they are very good, I preferred the DAC in my room, the ODSE.I would welcome a shootout with these DACs but I would rat... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD APL wrote:"Yes you are using Op Amps for I/V conversion, but the Berkeley example has them all the way, from DAC chip to output." Op-amps are far from perfect, even though the textbooks would lead you to believe it. However, like most things, the ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Al - Okay, I understand now what you are saying. These are specific effects, like ground-bounce, crosstalk, ground-return sharing, EMI etc..Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "It's not BS, as introducing signals having significant high frequency content (e.g., fast risetimes and falltimes), and that likely have significant amounts of noise riding on them, can potentially cause issues at supposedly unrelated circuit poi... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "Could that be BS since they sell the pricey outboard unit?"IMO, yes. Implementation is everything.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The Overdrive DAC will likely not support DSD in the future. I have another DAC design in mind for DSD.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD No. Best thing is to compare them allSteve N/Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Abruce - its actually the 4th port on a 2009 Mini. I'm not sure about newer Minis. They may be different. Try all ports to determine the best one.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Mac Mini needs several optimizations:1) External DC linear power supply2) SSD rather than HD3) use the 5th USB port from the edge and nothing in the other ports4) Make these changes to the OS: "Audio Optimization Guides" found in iTunes iBooksStev... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD My coax cable is listed as an option for most of my component products. I don't really want cable pages on my website. They are expensive to create and then I just have to get rid of them when the cable parts become obsolete or I decide not to bui... |