djones51
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| Used DAC choice: Schiit modi 2u for $69 vs. Peachtree DAC-iT? Yeah you're not really comparing apples to apples try one of the streaming services at CD quality. They used to give a month or 15 days free to try out. It's not surprising that you can't tell the difference with spotify. | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... If your preference is to do Tidal MQA and you don't want to use the Bluesound Vault dac you would need a MQA capable dac to do the complete unfold. | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... My second question is if my disc player exports SACD at a different bit-rate than what the DAC is capable of, will the DAC upscale or alter the bit-rate to get better performance?If you use digital out to an external dac the Denon will only do PCM... | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... The Vault isn't unfolding MQA if you're passing the digital signal to another dac via digital out, it unfolds if you use the Vaults dac and analog outputs. | |
| PS Audio DirectStream DAC measurements by ASR Why did you post on ASR were you not aware they use science and measurements and will not accept unsubstantiated claims about any product? I read the posts it looked to me like you went there to stir things up a bit and from my perspective they we... | |
| I need a good looking and good sounding speaker .... +1 on the JA Perspectives but they are above your price unless you can find some used. | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? Whatsthatbuzz is your phone passing high resolution to the dac? At least CD quality? If so you might not notice a huge improvement by going with an inexpensive streamer. Seems like in streaming improvement is in baby steps unless you want to spend... | |
| Used DAC choice: Schiit modi 2u for $69 vs. Peachtree DAC-iT? Like everything in this hobby better is subjective, I haven’t heard the peachtree just going by specs on the two, Node2i and peachtree, it will give you a chance to compare different chips implemented in different ways, Node2i uses Burr brown, pe... | |
| streaming pre/dac for kef ls50 w NAD C658, open box at audio advisor about $1400 | |
| Used DAC choice: Schiit modi 2u for $69 vs. Peachtree DAC-iT? The Node2i has a built in dac, while not that good compared to newer dacs it’s probably as good as the preachtree dac if not better. Unlike a lot of others on the forum I have not been impressed with Schiit dacs so between the 2 I would have gone ... | |
| Visiting audio stores? 24 pack of TP is worth more than my 403b. | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? I think the Yamaha you were looking at will allow direct connection through USB so you could just use an external HDD or SSD in an enclosure attached to it. As far as how any of these sound I make no recommendation other than to say I had a Node2i... | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? The Vault is a steamer/ server it has software that connects to a network and allows you pass the music on to your dac or preamp and also holds and manages the physical media on a hard drive. A streamer like the Node2i does the first part but doe... | |
| Running signal from balanced outs and single ended at the same time You might need to adjust volume on your subwoofer as balanced usually has around 3dB more gain over unbalanced. Whether it’s advisable to use both at the same time I have no idea I would defer to whatever Cary says. | |
| Line fault at the outlet -- do I need an electrician? It usually means the receptacle is wired wrong or wire is loose or is bad. |