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| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "It's almost like carrying frequency in radio transmission only it's carried internally through the digital processors to be decoded at the end just like in radio receiver. "Not a good analogy. RF is always a modulated carrier frequency. Digital i... | |
| Length of digital cable? Camb - Its true that RCA connectors are more like 45 ohms, but if you use good 75 ohm BNC adapters like I do, the effect is negligible. If you have BNC on either the output or input device, you can use the native BNC which is better.The benefit is... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "Can your reclocking device deliver massed strings as cleanly and grain-free as the best CD players out there? Or good vinyl?"The Synchro-Mesh can depending on the DAC, particularly if you add the Dynamo power supply and my own BNC-BNC coax cable ... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "Digital does something to the sound of massed violins, a real acid test for sound reproduction, that can make them sound harsher and grittier than vinyl does."This is true for the vast majority of digital equipment, but not all. With very low jit... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "in fact digital can round the square wave more than a cartridge in some cases"This has to be some piss-poor digital design....Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? "Why is it that Top quality USB Converter/re clockers are not typically built into the DAC itself, or why can't it be or maybe why is it that outboard USB converters seem to always be better than an onboard unit? Power supply? "I'm afraid that its... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "that does not explain why digital into tube amps produce 'warm'. Any thoughts on this?"Most tube amps sound warm because their response rolls-off lower in frequency than SS amps. Most tube amps also have rather primitive power supplies for the pl... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Everyone seems to think that the DAC is more important than the master clock device (USB converter or reclocker). Not so. The jitter of the source is more important, particularly if you goal is to eliminate harshness and get more detail, better sl... | |
| Desktop System DAC Concero from Canada. Read the review on audiostream.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| A DAC into a DAC? "The Pre-pro is an Onkyo PR-SC885, and I assume it's of pretty good quality with those Burr-Brown's."I would not consider the Onkyo good quality just because it uses a particular chip. Its the design, implementation and particularly the power supp... | |
| A DAC into a DAC? "If I insert (between my source and the pre-pro), a new DAC that’s SUPERIOR to the pre-pro’s DAC, I assume that the pre-pro would limit or degrade the SQ of the new DAC. Correct? Is feeding the signal from the pre-pro an option in this case?"ANY p... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Koestner - Some Linux servers have put the edits in to support M2Tech/Empirical products, others haven't. I know that Sonore and Antipodes have these mods in them. I used Antipodes at last RMAF.If your server does not put in these edits, then you ... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Timlub - these different Async implementations have more to do with the drivers or lack thereof and maybe support for DSD.The jitter performance of each of these is really independent of the base chipset, assuming the designer knows what he is doi... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Koestner - some USB interfaces are constantly improving, even my own. I have done at least 2 mods to the Off-Ramp and added an optional power supply in the last year. It is 5th generation, Off-Ramp 5.The thing to realize is that an external USB co... | |
| Sonos mod by Wyred4Sound or Empirical Synchromesh Kernal - Synchro-Mesh has money-back less shipping, so the risk is low. Give it a try.The other advantage is you can upgrade the power supply to Dynamo and add my coax cable for world-class results.Steve N.Empirical Audio |