gavin1977
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| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) As well as power, interconnects matter - low impedance/capacitance helps since the Directstream has transformer outputs (without really good interconnects a preamp will make a bigger difference). Also depends on the input sensivity of your amps. ... | |
| Schitt Yggdrasil More is Better Schitt MIB is isn’t a huge step away from the LiM sound, but it is slightly less dark, more detail, more open and airy on the top - you would consider it an upgrade, but perhaps not ‘night and day’. Consider it an evolution and slight step up of w... | |
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| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) @yyzsantabarbara there’s stuff around on HeadFi and YouTube on Singularity. To be honest if you need a slightly darker sounding DAC to match your speakers then I’d probably stick with the LiM - put the money elsewhere for a bit until things move on. | |
| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) @shooter41 please do post your feedback on here of Directstream vs LiM. I found LiM to be really good, but it is a little dark. Directstream has the same richness/wamrth to the sound, but isn't dark. Apparently More is Better removes the darkne... | |
| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) @moonwatcher yes that is kinda what I’m indicating, system synergy still counts as always through. “Musical’ to me means that it’s got enough detail to be realistic, but no so much that it’s etched - you can just listen for hours and not get fatig... | |
| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) Previous DACs I’ve owned/tried - Sabre, Topping (yuck), Naim, almost all of the Chord DACs, Tambaqui, T+A DAC 8, Holo Audio and Schitt Yggy (OG and LIM). Overall Directstream is the best DAC I’ve owned, reason it’s so good is that it’s super natu... | |
| Tube Integrated Amp Recommendation Nat audio 805 single… | |
| Preamp for First Watt F7 Schitt or if you can find one a used Don Sachs preamp | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer I would go for a PS Audio Directstream (good deals on the music room) - get one with bridge ii card and sell the bluesound node to fund it. Buy a higher end streamer later. Another excellent option is the new Yggy More is Best, don’t choose L... | |
| Okto DAC 8 Stereo (Shout-out) @milpai you can certainly tell the difference between DACs in most systems, but what I’m suggesting with R2R (but also try for some other topologies) if that the better the source the wider the gap / scaling. | |
| Okto DAC 8 Stereo (Shout-out) 👍 | |
| Okto DAC 8 Stereo (Shout-out) …also depends upon how good your source is. I have a feeling that the Okto would sound better with most regular/intermediate music sources. R2R needs real high end to come into its own, otherwise it’s somewhat hobbled. | |
| Okto DAC 8 Stereo (Shout-out) I can understand the Okto being perhaps more transparent than the Aqua La Scala, but it sounding better than it… not sure. Quite different sounding DACs I believe, but I have never heard the Okto. Are you able to provide more comparative feedbac... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I just checked - it was the v2 that was demoed to me. I think what I need to do is get it in my room and work with it. A bit of a risk, but I feel as though I can get it to the point that I’m happy with the frequency response. |