bunkertoy
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| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @jk_richards I don't bother with DSD. Strictly Hi-res PCM here.Don't think my ears would be able to tell the difference. Cheers | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @jk_richards I'm pretty happy with my Squeeze LMS. LMS is a total open source. It also plays very well with my Antipodes Streamer. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @kairosman I would love to try out a Lampizator DAC. I've heard great things.... I'll just have to wait for a used bargain. They rarely sell in Canada. I find many in the U.S don't like to ship to Canada for some reason. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @sqitis Thanks for extensive description. I still think a separate streamer/Server is best for noise. I'm hoping to go up the food chain with Antipodes. Once again I really enjoy the Squeezelite eco-system. I'm currently searching out a Antipodes ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @calvinandhobbes @vthokie83 It seems like the performance of the Pontas ii can't be denied. I can get a used one at a reasonable price. Do a comparison and see where I'm at. Cheap experiment that might yield new results. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @decooney Seems many people are saying the same about my Bel Canto 3.7. I did blow $1500 in upgrades last year. It's non-fatiguing and at times warm. You know how this stupid hobby is... It sounds great, but maybe I can change it up. What's the d... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @mm1tt77 Some great info there. I'm very curious about the new LTA dac. I've always dreamed of owning one of their Preamps, but out of my price range. LTA is a solid company. I do like that my DAC has a separate power supply, it's always best to ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? Tons of great responses. @jimmyblues1959 Totally agree about the marketing aspect. My speakers are Revival Atalante 3. They are a new speaker company, based in France. The engineer is from Dynaudio. I'm so happy with these. I found them through d... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? I guess the question has turned into what is a solid upgrade from my Bel Canto (Statement upgrades.) I've heard stories of the Weiss being bright !. I'm all about analog. low fatigue sounds. full sound with timbre, holographic,tubey,warm. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @moonwatcher and don’t overlook good sigma-delta or multibit DACs compared to R2R. I totally agree, which making a DAC upgrade that much harder... where do you start ? Soo many options available. It's a bit overwhelming. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @stuartk Thanks for the list . I'm in Toronto, Canada.I feel like a DAC is such a difficult thing to fit in with the rest of your stereo chain. So many unknowns. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @jimmy2615 That's good info. Fyi my Antipodes Streamer/Server is highly regarded. They make very solid units and have incredible online support. My Streamer has both USB & Spdif. I'm using the Spdif with a Tellurium Q Waveform Cable. Because ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? Sounds like the Dacs mentioned are nothing really special. BTW, that was not my end list. it was just the DACs that jumped out right away, once I typed in R2R dacs. Once again, it seems I'm going to have to drop some bigger coin to get a game cha... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @jasonbourne71 I'm getting a feeling that the Dacs I mentioned are generic and nothing special. I want a Dac with layering, but with the newer technology. Me thinks that I would have to up the price to get something special. And I do want somethin... | |
| Speaker Isolation tweaks ? Once again I bought the ISO pucks. I didn't want any adhesive sticking to my speakers. These pucks have suction. So I'm going to put them underneath the speakers and stick with spikes and get feet for the spikes. I guess that is another discussion... |