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| Tube DAC Recommendations Yea you and tons of others would love to hear the DAC. I am fortunate in being close to where they are made. Trouble is to keep costs down it is sold direct. If it was sold through a dealer network it would cost a lot more. That's the trouble with... | |
| Tube DAC Recommendations I have a level 2 PDX with Bybees all over the place as a special order. Like I say its the best DAC I have heard so far with one exception (aside from the Killer which may be better) - a Playback designs DAC I have on DSD - but only DSD - via PCM ... | |
| Tube DAC Recommendations I am with Doggiehowser on this. I also have a PDX and have compared it to tons of stuff and nothing bests it so far. The only one that may do it is a Killer DAC which I have on order. I have heard it on a few occasions and know it is very good but... | |
| C390DD - Review Yes indeed you must use the correct impedance settings for your speaker - if you don't it is a bit ordinary. See the manual how to do that.ThanksBill | |
| Playback Designs Yes indeed there is output filtering but is is very slow as confirmed by the designer. I still standby ny comments that it can cause problems, and I am not the only one to experience it:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1346323711&... | |
| C390DD - Review I have one and compared it to some pretty expensive stuff on some very revealing gear.Its the best integrated in its price bracket - no question. It takes much more expensive separates to best it - even separates at two times the price usually can... | |
| Playback Designs I haven't done the comparison to be 100% sure about the noise with the MPS5. However from what the designer writes its part of the design in that he has no output filter and both DAC's should be the same in that regard.I want to emphasise if you u... | |
| Playback Designs I got the MPD 3 after hearing the MPD 5 because of the price difference and am very happy with my choice for DSD listening. The difference in price to my ears was not worth the small increase in performance.A couple of issues to be aware of though... | |
| Playback mpd3 I have been experimenting a bit with mine and the noise issue. I have found you can hear a rustling sound quite distinctly while playing with one of my amps that has a very high bandwidth - 10mhz.This is different to the intermittent issue I had p... | |
| Firewire DAC with best soundstage for $500-1000 Firewire based DAC's do not exist at that price point.At that price point I would be looking at an Audio GD DAC:http://www.audio-gd.com/En%20audio-gd.htmThanksBill | |
| What is the best sounding DAC at $2000-$4000? I have to disagree with plosive. IMHO the USB integration on the WFS is very ordinary. It is improved considerably with an Off-Ramp (the best but unfortunately most expensive) or an Audiopilleo 2 (probably the best bang for buck). I did not like i... | |
| My Wyred4Sound DAC1 Sounds Better then my Oppo 95 Steve Nugent is correct.The WFS is a very good DAC when fed with a low jitter source such as Steves Off-Ramp (the best - but unfortunately most expensive) or Audiophilleo 2 (probably the best bang for buck).Via the WFS internal USB it's a bit ordi... | |
| pre-amp vs dac straight to amps I have owned and checked out quite a few DAC's and tried them all direct and via a pre-amp. Which is better varies on the DAC and I can find no commonality to give a definite answer - you need to suck it and see.I personally haven't noticed on the... | |
| Playback mpd3 Hi GuysAlthough we are moving away from the original post I feel I must point out the post I made was repeated in essence on another forum and it sent events in train such that I have had correspondence with both Jonathan and the Australian distri... | |
| Playback mpd3 Hi ChaselyNo offense taken.However it does come as a surprise to me direct connecting the DAC produces as much noise as it does. Every other DAC I have ever owned did not produce this level of noise - and I have owned a lot. And this is the only D... |