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| Incredible new USB DAC from GOTO Unit USA making the rounds I see....are you related to bhobba by chance? ;-) Anyway, I do appreciate your enthusiasm for this new DAC. I guess Glory will be hearing it shortly in his system. I see he is selling his ARS Emitter Sig....do you know what he wi... | |
| Mac Mini Power Supply I received my MM LPSU (Mac Mini linear power supply) from Ryan (Mintzar) this week. Color me from Kansas on this - I was highly skeptical about what, if any, incremental improvements this LPSU would yield in my system. To recap my baseline, I use ... | |
| Mac Mini Power Supply I just ordered a Mac Mini (MM) linear power supply from Mintzar based on my own favorable experimentations with isolation transformers for my MM and a linear power supply for my DAC. I'll report back my experience. Mintzar so far has been a comple... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Jafox, good to hear from you and congrats on the new job in So Cal. Where exactly in So Cal will you be? I have the PurePower 2000 and can vouch for it's performance. That being said I bought an old Elgar 6006B for $200 used (they normally sell fo... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review John, congrats on your new room. Looks fantastic and Im sure sounds great. I rode the NWO train from the 2.0 to the 3.0GO model before selling it and going a different direction. I am also thrilled with the sound Im now getting from my system. F... | |
| Resolution Audio Cantata f1eng, can you be more specific in terms of how the Cantata compared to the LIO-8? I currently use the LIO-8 as my reference DAC. It would be interesting to hear how the Cantata compares to the Weiss DAC202 which some have also said they prefer to... | |
| Digital Cable : Copper, Solid Core, Unshielded Pani, can you define what you mean by "forward"? Thanks. | |
| Digital Cable : Copper, Solid Core, Unshielded One of the challenges of trying to categorize how cables sound is that when we listen to cables we are listening to our entire system, including the signature of the room. Therefore, when one describes a cable as being too bright or forward, it co... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Power supply quality is a key determinant of ultimate sound quality since audio is transmitted as modulated power. The Transporter is a fine product, but it is built to a price point and compromises have to be made by the designers. The fact that ... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others richard_stacy,Thanks for the further details of your set-up. Are you going AES or SPDIF BNC from the Transporter to the BADAC? I see that the Transporter supports both. I can't tell from the Transporter specs if they use galvanic isolation or not.... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Richard_stacy, what do you use as your AES source/transport? I'm using a Lynx AES16 with my Berkeley Alpha DAC and it's possible the HF "zing" I hear is caused by the jitter and noise characteristics of that sound card. Although others have report... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Audiofun, I am enjoying living vicariously through your DAC reviews. I have heard great things about the MSB Platinum and the Playback Designs - it will be interesting to hear your impressions of how they compare.One red herring for me in this thr... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Apology accepted.... :-) BTW, John Keny (jkeny alias) offers a mod for 50 euros for the HiFace where he uses two outboard lithium batteries to provide the 3.3V to the clock and output stages versus using the stock regs which convert from the incom... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Many audiophiles have reported similar findings - i.e. DAC's with USB interfaces not sounding as good as the AES or SPDIF interface. Personally, I think this is likely just poor implementation of the USB interface versus an inherent deficiency in ... | |
| pass labs xa30.5 vs aleph 3 Pubul57, yes, I just had my M-60's upgraded from 3.0 to 3.1. My understanding is that the upgrade involves an evolution of the voltage amplification circuit which reduces distortion by 95% at full power. The improvement was not subtle to my ears. ... |