douglas_schroeder
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| If upgrades were no longer possible would you be I work hard in many areas of life to practice contentment, even with my audio hobby, so the following should be taken in that context. If upgrades were no longer possible I'd be totally pissed off. I am a system builder, not just an audiophile. Th... | |
| Christmas Tree Echo Control Do the whole Enchanted Forest thing... You'll get "lost" in the music. | |
| Less Loss Blackbodies your experience? Unimpressed | |
| Advantages of bi-wire? A very simple, free test to determine if you would be likely to hear the difference bi-wiring makes. If your speaker is bi-wire capable, simply switch the posts used to feed the speaker. i.e. If you use the bass posts and a jumper to the Mid/Tweet... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound DAC1 or DAC2? No one should expect the Nova's internal DAC - the 24 bit ESS chip - to compare equally to the 32 bit ESS used in the W4S. This is basic; the 32 bit is going to have the basis for a much better conversion and will have an advantage going up agains... | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? I can see where my previous comment can be misconstrued; I do listen to streaming audio on the big rig, and I did work with it extensively with the Sonos review. However, I try to use music from my collection for reviewing, as I feel it sounds bet... | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? Joaco, ok, if we want to get technical, let's call what's happening to the bits in upsampling interpolation. Interpolation is adding something which wasn't in the original. Perhaps that is a clean enough explanation. :) I do agree that the value o... | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? Mike, I don't use MP3 as an audiophile source, and not testing it I wouldn't include it in my suggestion of the DAC's performance. I'm curious to test out our discussion going forward. Yes, good conversation. | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? Mike, If you haven't used the same signal path, then it cannot be said definitively that the Hi-Rez through the Minimax is superior. One would have to feed the Hi-Rez files through the exact same pathway/equipment & cables to conclude that. Th... | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? Mike, did you have an identical pathway for the 16/24 bit comparison? | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? Joaco, Thanks for your comments; I am impressed with the ESS chip, as are many others. I think the EE DAC is a great expression of its capabilities. I also agree that the chip alone cannot make a great DAC and the Minimax has a fine output stage, ... | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING There is likely something wrong with the system if the EE does not sound better through the CD5 as transport. Perhaps try ajusting the gain on CD5, as this can greatly help or skew the sound, depending on the system. | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? Jazzybs, I'll have to look into that! Shoot me an email to discuss. | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? I wasn't saying much, though I would have liked to. My article has just been published on Dagogo, and suffice to say I find the Minimax DAC quite enjoyable. I do not think most people understand the importance of the development of the ESS ES9018 ... | |
| New Maggie 1.7 owner, amp ? I owned the Maggie 1.6 for a while, and having worked with CIA, Wyred4Sound, Rowland, Peachtree Audio, etc. I would not use any of them as my preferred amplification for that speaker. I believe the high end of the 1.7 has not been reworked, so I w... |