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| Adding a SACD player The Oppo can output HR music (PCM) over SPDIF if the media it's playing does not have copy protection. So that means it can stream 24/192 files from a USB HDD and can send that to the Bel Canto. So you only really need to do this with SACDs and Bl... | |
| Adding a SACD player Yes, I've been buying a whole lot of SACDs recently as well.Next one on my list is Belafonte at Carnegie which is due for a re-release. Finally!! I also have that vinyl on order. | |
| New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5 There's a new email out today Jeff. There's apparently a bug in the last #27. A new one's out today. | |
| Adding a SACD player Not quite.Check that your power amps really have dual inputs. Very few do.In most cases, the XLR and RCA are connected directly to the same input on the power amp - the switch merely changes the way ground is connected. If that's the case, having ... | |
| Adding a SACD player I haven't heard the C5XEMP but I have demo-ed the DX5 in my system and IMHO the SACD shows a good improvement over CDs in that system. I'm not dismissing CDs of course. And I also go for good pressings/mastering CDs which sometimes can cost more t... | |
| Adding a SACD player I don't know what Stingreen's system is but I have had similar sentiments in the past - I remember borrowing a few SACDs from friends when I got the PS3 and to be honest, I didn't know what the fuss was about.Fast forward a couple of years later a... | |
| Adding a SACD player I recall that Bel Canto DAC3.5's analog input is actually converted to digital internally which is how it can also handle volume control (all digital). (yeap just checked.. I was right)http://www.belcantodesign.com/Belcanto_DAC3_5_Digital_Audio_Co... | |
| A DAC That Converts PCM To DSD 128 I recently built a quiet PC and for kicks decided to run JRiver on it.I enabled DSD2x up sampling of all media (a mix of CD lossless quality, HD material as well as DSD 1x) and was pretty amazed at how much better they sound than sending it native... | |
| A DAC That Converts PCM To DSD 128 Yes and NoThe Sony uses a sigma delta stream that uses a DSD-type signal during the conversion process anyway. The only option it does is to convert the signal to DSD and feeding it to the sigma delta DAC or let it remain in PCM before sending to ... | |
| A DAC That Converts PCM To DSD 128 PS Audio's new DirectStream DACEMM Labs DAC2X, MA1, MA2. XDS1Playback Designs MPD3, MPS3, MPD5, MPS5 | |
| EMM Labs Vs Killer DAC I haven't heard your preamp so I can't comment on it but my experience with a number of passive preamps is that the variable resistance does present a coloration at different volume levels. | |
| EMM Labs Vs Killer DAC The problem is that the changing impedance levels of a passive preamp can cause coloration. That's why they usually seem to lack dynamics at lower listening levels. The Ayre sounds excellent at any volume level. FWIW The mechanical switch on the A... | |
| EMM Labs Vs Killer DAC I have used passive preamps before and I think you are mistaken if you think it doesn't colour the sound. You have to read up a bit more on the Ayre volume control topology. That from what I have read and what I have read appears to be the best to... | |
| EMM Labs Vs Killer DAC Except the XDS1 is a DSD DAC and there is no proper way to do digital volume control in DSD space. I think I've invariably found that adding a preamp to the system can provide improvements - it doesn't have to be solid state. I've heard the Ayre K... | |
| EMM Labs Vs Killer DAC Alex I think you just had a contradiction in terms. The only compromise I made was using the XDS1 with an Audio Research Ref5SE tube preamp to get the extension and midrange/soundstage |