djones51
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| What makes a DAC so expensive? If you’re using a Schiit multibit modi try the Modius you might notice a difference depending on your other components. | |
| Length of speaker cables No there won't be an audible improvement. | |
| Dutch & Dutch 8c Loudspeakers Get a Gustard U16 with USB in from the Mac and AES3 out to the speakers. | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. 10 paces with banjos. | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. I understand the frustration my wife is an attorney and I can’t remember the number of times she’s told me to be patient or it’s gonna take longer and cost more. Sometimes you just want to say to hell with it and do it anyway. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Transparency means that the distortion and noise that exits the analog outputs is so low it’s beyond audibly for humans. If you take a dozen DACs and they all measure below the threshold of hearing then how can one be more transparent than another... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Of course PSAudio DACs measure so bad they aren't transparent so they can have a sound to them. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? If 2 DACs are to the point of transparency then how can they be told apart? You can't get more transparent, it's like infinity there isn't infinity and more infinite. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? I'm not unhappy. I feel just fine what's your problem? | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? I will add you might be able to tell the PS Audio garbage from other DACs they measure like crap. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Just get an RME ADI-2, Topping D90, Benchmark DAC3, and forget it. DACs are to the point of transparency, they can be made to have sound signatures using the nonsense mentioned above but in the real world a DAC converts digital to analog without... | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. Read your contract you might have agreed to arbitration. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Capitalism, marketing, playing on the notion if it costs more and looks prettier it must be better. Toss all that sciencey word salad in there and you have a 5 figure DAC. Very few if any could pick a $700 DAC from a $10000 DAC in a blind listeni... | |
| I2S Input - Is It Better? It depends, it looks like an HDMI cable and some companies use the same pin out but leave some disconnected. Some use their own pin out so you need to look in you manual it should show you. If they're both the same brand they will probably work to... | |
| What's the best performing Pi based USB or SPDIF transport? Depends on what you're streaming. High resolution Qobuz or MP3 quality Spotify. |