byang12
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| Best used or new DAC under $3500 If you want just a dac and not willing to do any mod, the current best value/quality you like (dynamic w/ wide sound stage) below $3500 is gustard x22.However, i found the best purchase i made in past a few years is oppo 205. It is perfect as a ... | |
| PHONO PREAMP Btw,atmaphere amp sucks: its output impedance is so high that only speaker has reasonable punch driven by those type of otl amps is eletrostatic speaker. Furthermore ,even after extentive mod, atmaphere amps longtail differential driver stage is t... | |
| PHONO PREAMP Stay away from those phono stage using 12au7s. High end tube gain stage should not use those cheap tubes w/ high output impudence and non-linear gain. High mu tubes may not Sound smooth as directly heated tubes, but at least be able to drive equa... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Dlcockrum,Humm,cnn. Who‘s owner of cnn? He dumped his chinese wife right? You think i agree anything nonsense little Cumo makes on cnn?Regarding mod, as mr chen claimed, only good judgement should be based on golden ears,if and only if, no other... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Klh007,Thanks for your suggetion.i will try transformer based mod for sonica dac,Replace iv and buffer ic circuit with high quality microphone transformers.Tube mod in such a small package is very challenge. I built all my tube preamps and power a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Klh007,This is my own mod after open the dac up and figure put why factory version has compressed and slow high frequency response. Oppo used cheap diodes and capacitors in a 800 dollar retail price dac which is understandable. I introduced fast ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD After a $250 upgrade of oppo sonica dac,its redbook playback tops $5000 plus dacs like manhatan etc. I am shocked... |