davidgwillett
Responses from davidgwillett
| Reel to reel , is it real the hype! An audio buddy of mine and small group often compare DAC (good DAC) to records using different amps. The DAC is generally the cleanest (playing DSD and high sample rates) but often misses that mood/deeper "visceral" feeling we get from records. ... | |
| Solid states more accurate than tubes? I have some tube amps. I've been recently swapping out interconnects. The difference is apparent. Of course, how apparent depends on the amp and the speakers. I took these over to a buddy's place who had also heard the differences at my place.... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? I'll add, I have a DAP that I bought an inexpensive 3.5 to RCA (Y) I was using. I also incorrectly used a balanced higher end set from same DAP to same amp. The balanced sounded so much better. I thought balanced was why. Reading more, that wa... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? I tried 3 Interconnects direct from my DAC to amps. Two amps were integrated, one was not and volume was used with the Audirvana player on my PC.1 Moon Audio Black Dragon 3 ft.2 Moon Audio Silver Dragon 1.5ft.3 Better Cables Silver Serpent 1.... | |
| Best used integrated under $5k " but the Luxman actually sounds more tube like"Does the OP want tube like? I know I do. But then why not buy tubes? Used vintage tube ~$1K range and they sound like tubes, because they are. Pages of posts on SS vs tube, but in a small apartm... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? @phantom_av " Pre-amp is the heart of your Audio System every device is connected it to except the Speaker."For me "every device" is one device. For this thread it is a DAP (no stream) 256 and 512 DSD player on the device to the Amp or DAP->p... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? " I strongly recommend the addition of SONORE's systemOptique to convert Etherent signal to optical, as it drops the noise carried on Ethernet. Striking change, improvement. See my article about it at Dagogo.com"From Dagogo article:"For Dagogo re... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? One DAC, has an analog potentiometer, the other from the software player.These are the specs of the DAC I plan to use. https://www.fiio.com/m15 As posted above - tried and liked already. I may try a pre-amp in a month to see if I like the sound ... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? I hooked my Fiio M15 up to the Fisher SA-100 and a pair of Altec 604B Hollywood's. It was beautiful. The buddy pushing the 400Cx-2 was not thinking there would be an improvement. That is going in for a total refurb. So we will A/B in a month. ... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? Part II is I think the Fisher 400CX 2 might hold its value over time. So I might loose cost of money, where a modern just-as-good or better preamp would likely loose a lot of value in the near term. | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? The fear of missing out. This is a hobby, so if there is some sonic thing that a pre gives me that my music player on my PC or my digital player won't, I'd like to know. The Fisher is being refurbished. I have 1st right of refusal. I do not ... | |
| Want to get into Streaming Streaming is a subset of digital source. HD digital digital from local storage should be considered. You can get downloads in various resolutions.I've had TIDAL and Qobuz for many months and recently stopped TIDAL as my bandwidth was fine and I s... | |
| Comparison of latest DAC chips I have the Fiio M15 with two AK4499 chips. It is better than my Fiio M11 pro was. I don't think either are better than My Chord Qutest. The M15 is less bright. | |
| $3000 stand mounted speakers? Running on 15wpc SET. | |
| $3000 stand mounted speakers? I have Watkins Gen 4. They allow returns. I bought planning to return them. Oops. |