cooper52
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| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated O.P. weighing in again here: you guys realize you’re only making my life harder, right? There sure a lot of great choices out there. I’ve added the Holo Spring 3 to the list now. Decisions, decisions... It appears that most of the ones I’m intere... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Has anybody heard the Jay's Audio DAC2-MK3 yet? There is scant information about it so far, and I'd be interested to hear some firsthand experiences. There's one for sale here on Audiogon at a rather tempting price. | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Oh, and meant to mention: I don't really need the DAC to include a preamp, though many do. Just need it to do what it's designed to do, namely convert digital to analog. | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Many thanks to everybody for the very helpful information, but now, of course, I'm faced with even more choices than I started with. I'll have to give some thought to the tubed DACs. My AMR DP-777 has tubes, but in general I haven't been (up to no... | |
| AMR DPP-777 DAC tubes Update: after some months of mulling this over, I decided it would be an interesting exercise to see what the tubes in my DP-777 actually are before further considering replacing them. As I've stated earlier, I'm no kind of electrical engineer, so... | |
| The Private History of an Experiment that Failed (with apologies to Mark Twain) Thanks, spatialking, for your response. I thought I had covered those bases though. Everything is on a dedicated circuit and goes through a Furman Elite 15-PFI conditioner, which at the moment is kind of a stopgap. I had a PS Audio Power Plant Pre... | |
| New Kid on the Block Maybe it's a translation issue, but i often find 6 Moons Audio reviews exceptionally difficult reads, and don't really get much out of them. I gather that this one is a ringing endorsement of this iFi product. I currently own an AMR DP-777 and rea... | |
| Need some information about DSD over HDMI Thanks, pinwa, for the info. Glad the extractor is working for you, and I'd be interested to hear any further opinions you may have about how it performs. | |
| Need some information about DSD over HDMI Thanks, everybody, for the responses so far. Yes, I have of course considered buying the Bryston DAC, and though the BDA 3 does occasionally appear on the used market, it was my interest in R2R DACs that prompted my question. I'll be very interest... | |
| Can my PS Audio Power Plant Premier be repaired? PS Audio won't do it any more Thanks for the responses. Since I bought the PPP used, I didn't pay anything like retail for it, but it's still a pretty expensive thing to pitch in the dumpster. The other solutions mentioned just don't fit my budget, though. Right now I'm usin... | |
| AMR DPP-777 DAC tubes Thanks for the very helpful information. It looks like there's no real advantage to upgrading the tubes in this DAC, so I'll just let these live out their useful lives in peace and go from there. I'm not really very technically sophisticated about... | |
| Adding a sub woofer? REL is the brand name of a very popular and reputable subwoofer manufacturer. I own one of their subs and give it an unqualified recommendation. | |
| Focal Aria 906 opinions? I have a pair of 906s in a second system (computer audio mostly) and I’m very happy with them. While they don’t dive deep into the bass frequencies (well, after all, size matters) they do give a wonderfully balanced, musical presentation, excellen... | |
| What happened to Needledoctor.com? Apologies for my posting if this has already been answered. I did a quick search for "needledoctor" in the forums and didn’t get any matches so I just assumed. As for window shopping, well, I plead guilty but I don’t think that’s necessarily harmf... | |
| Recommendations for bookshelf speakers Update: the Focals have had their requisite 100 hrs. of break-in now and I do think they've opened up rather nicely. This difference isn't anywhere near as dramatic as what I experienced with the new pair of ProAc Response 1SCs I bought a good fe... |