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| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Not necessarily. We all have out own rationale of how we spend audio money. I personally never look at how much I spend on a piece, but at depreciation. If audiolabyrint bought his cable at a very high discount (say 40% of retail or less). His cos... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Audiolabyrinth, I think you need to rethink your approach. Your parameters (<13K, single box, volume control, plays CDR, DVD-A) narrow the field to a very limited number of players (potentially zero). The problem is once you identified that pla... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? You can also look into the boulder 1021 | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? I'm a little confused here. Basically - with a few exceptions - there are: (1) CD players, (2) 2 channel CD/SACD players, and (3) Universal players. It is my understanding the Ayon 2 is a CD player, as is the Romulus. In any event, if you have som... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? I was in line to get an in home audition on the Aesthetix DAC, but got impatient and bought an EMM Labs DAC2X when one showed up for a great price. I have since moved on to MSB Signature Plus and added an ARC RefSE preamp for good measure, but if ... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? A google search for "Aesthetix Romulus" will get you right there, but here it is. It is basically a Pandora DAC with a transport. You are more likely to find a review of the Pandora than the Romulus.http://www.aesthetix.net/saturn.php?product=digital | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Aesthetix is a boutique in California, best know for tube amplifers, mostly its preamps. They also build a DAC (the Pandora), that appears the be a very good performer, and uses it tube technology for volume control (1K option I believe). I was go... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Audiolabyrinth, you should give the Aesthetix Romulus a whirl.... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? The only way to get any meaningful information from an in store audition is to bring your own DAC and line it up against a few contenders. Many (some?) dealers ship components to your home for audition - some factory direct sellers also do. I woul... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Audiolabyrinth, I was in line to audition the Aesthetix Pandora in house, but got an EMM Labs DAC2X instead. I have since moved on to MSB Signature IV plus, and Arc Ref 5SE preamp. However, if you're interested I can hook you up with a dealer who ... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Yes, the Aesthetix Pandora. Analog tube VC. | |
| Optimizing Digital Volume Control Steve, bad analogy. iPod users use the stock earphones because they sound "good enough" and they don't feel the need to spend the money to get better sound. Uber-audiophiles have exactly the opposite motivation; no preamp does NOT sound enough, an... | |
| Optimizing Digital Volume Control Steve, this is the theory. As I mentioned, nine out of ten of the guys on whatsbestforum with six figure systems end up adding a preamp to their DAC. They can't be all tone deaf and/or suckers. As Denon mentioned, you need to spend $20K (and up) t... | |
| Optimizing Digital Volume Control Oferi, with all due respect, I came to the same conclusion with the caliber preamp you tried. You need to move way up the preamp foodchain to get an improvement over no preamp. So no preamp offers superior price/performance any day of the week, an... | |
| Optimizing Digital Volume Control I was firmly into the no preamp camp (used the volume control of my msb dac) until I tried the arc ref5se. No comparison - preamp is back. Not cheap - extra set of interconnects, power cord - the works. Bottom line: forget theory and dogma and tru... |