davide256
Responses from davide256
| What is the best usb convertor The Gustard U12 saw a lot of Audiophilleo users jump ship, about $180 on slow boat from China. Does a nice job with the Metrum Octave. Past $1k its time to get a newer DAC with integrated asynch USB | |
| Computer Upgrade Mac Mini with asynch USB DAC is the least challenging solution to get right for computer audio. PC's require a EE degree to get past all the things they do intrinsically wrong out of the box. | |
| Network Player The Cambridge is a good choice at its price point for combined streamer and DAC. Better choices take you into separate streamers and DACs. For the price of the Aurender N100 you could buy an Auralic Aries LE streamer and a Metrum Octave II DAC... ... | |
| Potential seller's strange policy It's common to not quote shipping until destination and shipping method is known. It's uncommon and suspicious if someone tries to separate the charges... sounds dishonest and manipulative. Best to walk away from anyone who tries to avoid 1 comple... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... Not a fan of ceramic sockets for pre tubes like the PL Premium integrated has, much prefer Teflon or composite sockets for better damping at the junction of socket and glass bottom of the tube. Microphony is distortion, pure and simple, never good. | |
| Which computer for digitizing and streaming? Keep recording separate from playback in your requirements. Once you have "ripped" your vinyl, go Mac if you want direct connected asynch USB DAC or get a Synology or QNAP NAS if you want to stream music via UPNP to something like an Auralic Aries. | |
| Oppo BDP-105D mods I hate CD/DVD/blue ray players for audio use. The Oppo 105 with Modwright mod is one of the few players that will get me to stay in a demo room when its playing. | |
| Recommend a good optical spdif/toslink converter? Gustard U12 | |
| REGEN by UPTONE AUDIO I have mine on order, will see whether it matters when it arrives in July. The basic premise is that USB power is crappy and that device manufacturers are all over the board for robustness in handling differences for cable and device impedance. Th... | |
| DAC question Unless you have paid for a tweaked out Mac, chances are your computer server is a snore for digital playback excitement. Move your music to a Synology NAS and get an Auralic Aries streamer... you are just not providing the source needed to hear wh... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... I've lived with the Primaluna Premium integrated for about 2 years, heres where I have settled1) tube dampers a must... subliminal screechiness for female chorus and strings otherwise that eventually becomes irritating.2) Kt-150's work wonderfully... | |
| Weird problem. Bad tube or something else? sounds like a bad tube with electrical arcing, had the same happen with an AT7 and a power tube. I could see the arcingwhen watching at the base of the tube | |
| USB DAC question for neutral setup. Please help. iFi Micro DSD seems popular at $499, intended as headphone amp but can do double duty as DAC to system | |
| AQ Jitterbug for USB greater excitement on CA website about USB Regen device... in addition to isolating power feed and better clock, its supposed to improve impedance matching between source device and asynch USB DAC | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Low level resolution starts with source. What is your system reference for source? |