celander
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| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? @georgehifi I looked at the owners manual after posting. I think you are correct about the digital domain volume control. Here is what their manual says:“HGC is Benchmark's unique Hybrid Gain Control system. The DAC3 combines active analog gain co... | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? @georgehifi If a DAC-preamp manufacturer uses only an analog volume pot, then can one assume the digital domain is set for 100% output, thereby ensuring no bit-stripping arises? I’m thinking here of the Benchmark DAC3. | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? @georgehifi I thought I deleted my errant post regarding my misread of your suggested “1000-Ohms”. I read your post again and realized you wrote “100Ohms” rather than “1000Ohms”. My bad. The ATC (analog) preamps have a rated output impedance of 10... | |
| Oppo 205 modification @tuffy72561, nice summary, including your install of your parallel run of Teo Audio Ultras in your system. | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? Just for grins, I pulled out of storage my CAL Delta transport, Sonic Frontiers Ultra Jitterbug (reclocks transport signal to <40ps jitter) and Theta DS Pro Basic IIIA (interlinked via Canare AES/EBU 110-Ohm digital IC’s) and ran it head to hea... | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? @1graber2 the BC 3.7 checks all the boxes except price. It seems $2k higher than what I’m interested in spending. | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? 3M 434 is barely temperature optimal for home environments, having an upper working temp of 20C. Trust me, I checked all of 3M foils for their specifications. 3M 2552 is more effective across a larger, more relevant temperature range normally enco... | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money I disagree with @geoffkait. Quantum dots are full of gaps. To paraphrase Gordon:“The point is, ladies and gentleman, that gaps -- for lack of a better word -- are good.“Gaps are right.“Gaps work.“Gaps clarify, cut through, and capture the essence ... | |
| Oppo 105 D vs. DAC-transport combination. @geoffkait +1, regarding CD dynamic range compression. That robbed much of the life of CD playback. | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? Ugh....Sigh....I will repeat this just once more: I haven’t tried this method of tonearm damping. I posted a private message from one member named @nationalbar who swears by the method using his tonearm, headshell and cartridge setup. | |
| Oppo 105 D vs. DAC-transport combination. Let's not rehash that debate. 😂 | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money FYI for those interested:https://www.dagogo.com/audio-blast-schroeder-method-interconnect-placement/Related forum threads are here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-teo-audio-ics-who-has-them here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/... | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money It’s generally applicable to any cable. Review the threads. | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money For IC’s running between sources and your preamp, try doing the Schroeder Method of parallel assembly. Check at least 3 cable threads for details. | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? I own Dyna. I go with Dyna. So did old man Johnson of ARC, who copied Dyna. (RIP) And others. |