exlibris
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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I've purchased a DAC that I believe falls in the "Reference" category. One of the nice things about it is that it comes as a less than "Reference" price ($1,000).I had been using an EMM Labs DCC2 DAC and CDSD transport.Since the new DAC only accep... | |
| Battery-powered transports Great; I'll go with the Odyssey PC2150. | |
| Battery-powered transports Thanks very much. The DAC was designed using an Optima Red Top but it can be used with any 12V battery. Is the Yellow Top superior to the Red Top? | |
| Battery-powered transports Thanks Dave. I'm not handy but I know those who are. When you say 12V, are suggesting using a 12V car battey?I'm trying to come up with a list of criteria that account for one transport sounding better than another. I know there is much more to it... | |
| Battery-powered transports Thank you! | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective I finally came back to this post after starting it way back in March. I'm sure no one is still following it but if they are, here is my take (to quote Lktanx with an important modification):"Here is a very simple example of why a transport makes [... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Teajay,No worries; we'll just agree to disagree.To be honest I probably haven't heard a big enough sample of both types in my system to really draw that conclusion.As for 'tube vs. solid state,' I've never heard a tube DAC in my system. Like the A... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective In his article Digital Zen Dick Olsher wrote:"In my experience, zero oversampling gives the impression of a more believable soundstage. The spatial impression in terms of depth and width perspectives is typically better defined relative to oversam... | |
| Powerful Push Pull Triode Amplifiers Thank you; I see how it works. | |
| Powerful Push Pull Triode Amplifiers It sure will and at the top of my list of "excellent possibilities" is your MA-2 mkIIIs. One question...what difference would the:"1/4 Farad of power storage capacity per channel" in the MA-3, make vs. the MA-2 mkIII's "1100 Joules/chassis".Since ... | |
| Powerful Push Pull Triode Amplifiers This is what I've discovered regarding authority and ease at high volume levels...1. Adding a 20amp Elrod Statement power cord to my power conditioner made a huge difference. (It replaced an excellent Harmonix Studio Master 20amp cord).2. Adding a... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Teajay,I'm still waiting for the Weiss combo to be shipped from Europe and I'm still enjoying the EMM combo (using EMM's ST Glass connectors, surprisingly).I probably no longer need that great Stealth Varidig Sextet AES-EBU digital cable that you ... | |
| Can the MBL 101e be triamped? I wish they could be triamped.I'm bi-amping mine using four Manley 250 monoblocks.I think a single pair of Atma-Sphere MA-3s would sound quite nice with these speakers.As you can see, the fact that I don't like box speakers or solid-state amplific... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Teajay,I'm certainly in no position to say what's best since I've only heard a few of the top-end offerings. Even if I had heard everything I would probably only be able to say 'what's best for me.' What I will stick to at this point, however, is ... | |
| EMM Lab DCC2 & CDSD Better connection? I'm now using the CDSD with the DCC2 and I have to say that I much prefer the ST Glass connection over the AES/EBU - BNC connection. The main difference was that the soundstaging and image placement was much more coherent and natural with the ST G... |