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| Playback mpd3 I own an MPD3 and have occasionally noticed the problem you mentioned but only very intermittently - simply restarting the Mac fixes it.To my ears this is a very noisy DAC anyway. I usually direct connect DAC's but this DAC is so noisy I found it ... | |
| What is the best sounding DAC at $2000-$4000? There is no definite answer since it depends so much on personal preferences and system synergies.But to my ears and in my system the best DAC I have heard in that price range is my Level 2 PDX:http://www.lenehanaudio.com.au/index.php/products/pdx... | |
| The Ultimate DAC for Approx $10,000 I wouldn't get the Playback Designs unless you are into DSD. I have an MPD-3 and its exceptional on that material and easily up there with the best DAC's I have ever heard - but on PCM IMHO is not that good. My PDX simply annihilates it IMHO - and... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's I have been privy to some listening tests where a battery powered Hi Face via I2S was compared to any transport we could get a hold of - Wadia, Stello I2S, heavily modified battery powered Marantz and other stuff I can't recall off the top of my h... | |
| Recommended USB- SPDIF converter for Metrum Octave The uber Off-Ramp with all options sounds more natural, real, and analogue like. It bests any other converter I have tried into the Metrum - and I have tried a lot - Stello, AP2, Wavelenghth, JK, Berkeley - they all fell.The only issue is cost. If... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition Just had a guy that over who bought his upgraded and modded Spectron amp. I actually judge it better than Mac 501's. We mucked around with a number of DAC's including the Playback Designs. We played it natively and 384kz upsampled - sorry upsample... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition Hi Agsain JohnathonIt was a Mac-Mini using Audirvana Plus direct connected to Mac 501's into Lenehan ML3 Reference. You quite possibly know of the MAC's but probably not of the speakers. They are lined with steel to reduce resonances and use nothi... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition Hi JohnathanI have used up-sampling on many DAC's and fully appreciate its effects. In every case I can recall software upsampling sounded better - some benefiting more than others. For some reason the PD is one of the DAC's it made a big differen... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition Hi ZugislandYes indeed the MPD 3 does internal up-sampling and when I said I was up-sampling it I meant the software player (in this case Audirvana) was doing the up-sampling. Why would it sound different than its internal up-sampling? - different... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition Hi ZuguslandWhat I am referring to is the PDX Level 2 that costs about 4.5K depending on options. Lenehan Audio is basically a small outfit here in Aus and doesn't have much of a retail presence preferring to sell direct which keeps prices lower. ... | |
| Playback Designs MPD3 Audition I am the Bill mentioned in the post above.First the MPD-3 is a good DAC - make no mistake about it.But a number of people including myself have now heard it compared to another DAC I have - a level 2 PDX. Every single person preferred the PDX at 4... | |
| Wyred DACS I have used the DAC2 both as a pre and in a system with a pre. I have noticed zero difference in how the DAC sounds if you set the output to fixed or variable. And the input impedance of the amps I have used should have, and did not, place any str... | |
| Wyred DACS We ran the WFS as a pre. The reference system we used has an extremely good isolation stand. The amp was Macintosh 501's mono-blocks that many rate as possibly the best amps you can buy. The amps were heavily isolated as well. The speakers were Le... | |
| Wyred DACS Hi GuysRegarding the glare and sibilance thing its great you guys are not experiencing it. However everyone at the recent DAC shootout heard it and the other DAC's did not have it - well the modded Oppo may have had it a little bit but that was fr... | |
| Wyred DACS Yea it makes sense. The reason I up-sampled everything to 192/24 is I thought it reduced the sibilance control issue better. But what I found was the mac operating system was better, and with further experimenting I found Play with no up-sampling ... |