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| darTZeel NHB-108 users please check in ... At 160/8Ohm & 230/4Ohm (as measured by stereophile) Dart is not the most powerful amp out there, but as long as you don't ask it to drive sub 2.5 Ohm loads and within its power rating, Dart can be a true magic. It is certainly not another 'me ... | |
| Pass Labs heatsinks temperature Icorem - I though you are from the US. If you are from Israel, sending them back for sth as trivial as biasing, would be a total waste of money and effort. Just take the amps to your local tech, or ask one to come over.Here is XA-30.5 bias procedu... | |
| Pass Labs heatsinks temperature Then take them to your dealer or send back to Pass to check bias. It is definately set too low. | |
| Straight XLR vs XLR to RCA adapter Using RCA/XLR adapters on regular RCA cables makes no sense whatsoever. | |
| USB cables IMO you will gain considerably more by going with a better USB/SPDIF converter first. Halide Bridge, Audiophileo 2 or JKSPDIF 3 are all in $400-$600 range and are superior to V-Link (even to AQ Diamond USB cable equipped V-Link). | |
| Pass Labs heatsinks temperature Get yourself two multimeters and bias it by yourself. On the scale form 1 to 10, I would rate it as 2 - easy DIY project. 15 minutes and you are done (then you will have to recheck in 1h or so). | |
| Transports and jitter Modern dacs seem to be much more immune to jitter, than the ones made 10 or 15 years ago. Better input receiver chips, Asynchronous Sampling Rate Converters (ASRC) - they all contribute to the better sound.Nowadays, shopping in sub $2000 price ran... | |
| Anyone have first hand experience with Vitus Vitus makes great stuff. Vitus flavor revolve around a musical/organic sense, natural timbres and an easy flowing liquidity. This is the oposite of Goldmuns, Solution and Spectral gear, that seem to focus on pristine clarity, speed, very extended ... | |
| Best DAC for $500 Elizabeth - have you heard the Arcam rDAC the Teddy Pardo PSU ? If not, I would strongly encourage you to do so. You may be surprised. | |
| Gryphon vs. McIntosh Meat, solidity, body, sense of sonic realism, all of it was there.I can only echo Lrsky words. I think - no I'm certain - you will not belive your ears. | |
| Best DAC for $500 My personal favorite is Arcam rDAC. Comes with Asynch-USB input. Can be upgraded with a linear power supply, like the Teddy Pardo one, when funds allow. Can easily compete with the best $1000 DACs with the Teddy Pardo PSU. | |
| Double Wide AES/EBU Back in the days a single wire AES was limited to 24/96, dCS used dual-aes to transmit 24/192 signal, split into two separate channels - 24/192 left and 24/192 right.Nowadays Single AES does 24/192 just fine. | |
| Tara Labs - Zero Gold IC Had a loaner in my system. Excellent texture, slightly on the warm side (like all upper range Tara cables), but with excellent resolution and soundstaging. Bass is not as dry and articulated as with some silver (WEL Signature) or silver platted co... | |
| dcs puccini software upgrade New in v1.21: The new software adds some useful new features to the Puccini Player. The new features added since v1.12 are: 1. In addition to the 4 DSD filters, this release adds a choice of 3 DSP filters when playing CDs or receiving 44.1kS/s dat... | |
| Gryphon vs. McIntosh Dellfincek - I have never heard Callisto and Diablo side by side, but my understanding is that the Diablo is more upfront than the Callisto, and indeed requires more careful system matching. I would go with Callisto if I were you. |