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| bel canto dac 3 cd 2 owners I ordered the VB Ref for the CD2 and the DAC3.5VBII ;)I'll have to wait for the cables. | |
| bel canto dac 3 cd 2 owners What does the VB Ref cable look like?Is it between the VBS and the DAC? Damn. I just did the MkII upgrade and it's spectacular. | |
| Class A amplifiers - which are considered the best Plinius SA-103, SA-ReferenceAnyone have experience with those two?The amps run in AB mode but can be switched to Class A at the flick of a switch. Plinius claims this allows the amps to be powered ON all the time. You just flick it to A before lis... | |
| Thiel 3.7 vs 3.6? I haven't heard the 3.6s but I had both the 3.7s and the 2.4SE and the 3.7s are a big jump forwards. It's actually less harsh that the 2.4SEs and incredible control of the low end. It's also less boomy even in a small room.But put it in a big room... | |
| Zodiac Gold w/Volticus vs Bel Canto w/VBS-1 Just got my DAC3.5VB back and it's got a MkII sticker on the back. The improvement is very very noticeable even before it's clocked any real hours. | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 I have been using a Bel Canto REF1000M with my Thiel CS3.7s and the 2.4SEs before that.I have heard the Electrocompaniet Nemos and they sound incredible with the Thiels. I am a bit curious how the Plinius SA-Reference would sound with them. That d... | |
| Zodiac Gold w/Volticus vs Bel Canto w/VBS-1 My local distributor just confirmed the shipment is on its way. Cant wait | |
| Zodiac Gold w/Volticus vs Bel Canto w/VBS-1 The upgrade price is fair. Except my DAC3.5VB is in Singapore :( | |
| Zodiac Gold w/Volticus vs Bel Canto w/VBS-1 Is it available as a dealer upgrade, the MkII? | |
| Wyred 4 sound vs Bel Canto dac 3 Best to audition them.I have had the W4S DAC2 and the Bel Canto DAC3.5VB in my bed/study room.Preamp is an ARC Ref5SE and I am driving a pair of active Quad 12L Studio monitors.IMHO the DAC3.5 sounds better. Lower noise floor but more than that, i... | |
| Bel Canto e1-DAC1.5 The Bel Canto display shows the incoming signal spec (48kHz) and source selected (SPDIF 1) as well as firmware number.It's a 24/192 DAC so it would upsample any incoming signal anyway.I have found the XLR to sound better when matched with a balanc... | |
| Best used transport for CD, SACD, DVDA It seems that most DVDAs are not copy protected so they can output full resolution stereo over SPDIF. I am feeding the optical output from my Oppo 95 Universal player to my EMM Labs XDS1 optical input to get the benefit of the XDS1 DAC.Pretty nift... | |
| Ripping SACD vs regular CD BlueCoast and 2L for now. But I remember reading in the dCS event that they are trying to get more to support native DSD. I think HDTracks has access to DSD masters. Linn too I would expect since they have a large catalog of SACDs. | |
| Ayon Audio CD-5 versus CD-5s There's no doubt analog has that je ne sais quoi quality :)But I listen to music so I end up buying whatever format that music I like is on.. and choose the best devices I can afford to play them. | |
| Ayon Audio CD-5 versus CD-5s I have used a Weiss INT202 and a Wavelink HS to get SPDIF to the Ayon CD5S.Been using PureMusic and am trying Amarra next ;) |