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| Which is better: Transport+DAC or PC system+DAC Hi Emigene,You have a nice system. I would agree with you that the MSB Diamond DAC IV with the Galaxy Femto clock is better sonically than the the DCS Scarlatti digital stack as I have done the head to head comparison. As for the question of a tra... | |
| Wilson Sasha Hi Pierre,Your room is good enough sized for a speaker like the Sasha. You also might want to consider a Rockport Avior speaker - about the same footprint as the Sasha and about the same retail price. I think it would be worth your while to auditi... | |
| Magico V3 with tubed amplification, will it work ? Hi,Some of what the former Magico dealer told you is correct. I used to own Magico M5 speakers (harder to drive than the V3) and I have done several listening sessions with the Magico V3. Based on my experience with Magico, I would tend to agree t... | |
| Esoteric P05/D05/G0-RB Hi Hwastorm,I actually don't think that the internal clock of the D05 clocks the incoming signal from a connected device. What it can do is output a clock signal from its internal clock to the connected device (if you are not using the G0rb extern... | |
| Esoteric P05/D05/G0-RB Hi,I believe that what you are observing is the way that the P05/D05 is designed to work when using an external word clock. I used to own the P03/D03/G0s stack and I experienced exactly what you are seeing. I read somewhere that there is some way ... | |
| Isolation Transformer and Subpanel recommendations I sent you a message via the new audiogon messaging system. Hopefully it works. | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini Hi John,Glad that you heard the same things that I did when I listened with the Signature Transport power supply. Arnie | |
| Where would you go after Wilson WP7? Not sure what your budget is, but here are 2 speakers in the same approximate price range that I think would be an upgrade over what you currently have. The new Magico S5 speakers and the new Rockport Avior speakers. Both of these have the same ap... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini Hi John, The Diamond base powering the CD IV uses a switching power supply for the transport (however the Diamond base uses a linear power supply for the DAC). The Signature Transport power supply is a linear power supply dedicated to the transpor... | |
| Worlds best DAC Hi Lloyd,You're welcome.I have not heard the Zanden so I cannot comment on it. You can check my system page and see that I ended up going with a digital front end from MSB. I use it through my preamp as well. I was looking for a digital front end ... | |
| Worlds best DAC Hi Lloyd,I would say this about the CH Precision. I have had the opportunity to listen to it - meaning both the D1 CD/SACD transport and the C1 DAC/Preamp in my system (this was back at the end of November 2011). If you have a digital only system ... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini Hi Jackson,Thanks for the detailed answers. I agree with you in that I have since purchased the Data CD IV and have it paired with the new Signature Transport power base and also have the Diamond DAC IV with the optional clock module and Diamond p... | |
| Vandersteen Model 5 speakers Bigkidz,I used to own Vandy 5A speakers so I am very familiar with them. If you haven't done so, I think you should go to the Vandersteen web site and read the 5A manual that is online. Even though it is the 5A manual, it equally applies to the Mo... | |
| New Esoteric P02 D02 Hi Eelii,Thanks so much for all of this additional detailed information. It does sound like the P02 D02 is a significant step up from the P03/D03 stack.I agree with you that there is basically no information about how the 02 stacks sounds - other ... | |
| New Esoteric P02 D02 Hi Eelii,Thanks for posting. I was wondering if I may ask you some questions.First, can you let me know how you have configured the P02 and D02 - meaning, how are they connected together and also when you are listening to redbook CD, what upsampli... |