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| How does a Transport effect sound? RCA obviously. It cannot be terminated properly to any coax.Steve, your opinion (or fact) on this please....As you know, in my case I’m going Oppo>Yggy via **RCA** coax out from Oppo and in to Yggy. Shame on me perhaps, but other than optical t... | |
| Does It have to be loud? By inspection open rooms will not support the pressures that a closed room will. For better or worse.@geoffkait Agreed. Of course at some point my room is "closed". My listening environment dimensions are 12ft wide, 35ft long, 8ft feet high ceilin... | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? Firstly - always go for BNC. This is unequivocally a superior connector, In comparison to what? | |
| Comparing Bel Canto and Schiit DACs FWIW and just my .02 regarding Gumby vs Yggy prior to my purchasing the Yggy I asked Schiit what the difference is. They replied that only the power supply was the differentiator . However, if you check the specs on their website the two use dif... | |
| Does It have to be loud? If you take the SPL meter while music is playing moderately loud, say average 90 to 95 dB, and measure the SPL in room corners you will notice they are much higher than the average SPL. Hello Geoffkait. I shall try measuring in the corners at mod... | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... ...They eschewed a digital in, SACD capability, etc. etc., in order get Red Book as good as possible, which according to them isn't possible when you have to make other accommodations...+1Schiit makes what can be inferred to be the same claim. | |
| Does It have to be loud? So what max level with an SPL meter did you achieve? I'm using a Dawson DSM101N multi-meter, which I realize is by no means a truly scientific exactly perfect measuring device. Also, according to manufacturer specification, it has a range of 40-1... | |
| Does It have to be loud? I'm not sure how they measure, but believe me, most speakers won't even go that loud, or if they do, they will distort tremendously, unless the room is very big, or very well acoustically treated, room interaction will spoil the listening experien... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? Thanks, everyone, for your inputs. Unfortunately, much of what was said went over my head.... You’re welcome. Honestly I think you may be over thinking this. Go with whatever your monetary budget allows, your personal listening impressions, manufa... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? This Stereophile AES J-test includes a very high level signal mixed with a LSB (smallest signal) and is a great test for interface jitter and any modulation distortion.Ex 1. Benchmark DAC3 HGC, high-resolution jitter spectrum of analog output sign... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? so if you agree with my analogy then you would have to agree that reducing jitter, no matter how that is done, like reducing stress, that is a good thing. @tooblue Yes, I do agree that reducing jitter - no matter how - is a good thing. | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? the analogy that could relate would be , everyone has stress in their lives but life is so much better when you reduce that stress to a minimum.@tooblue I agree with you. But in using your analogy, there is more than one way to reduce stress. For ... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? ....No CDP is jitter-free...And as you read enough on this forum you'll likely conclude that the interconnect cable between the transport and DAC also introduces jitter, and perhaps other items.This is why I've always maintained that one must rely... | |
| CD Player used as transport Does anyone have experience trying different CDPs as a transport for a DAC? I use an Emotiva ERC-3 and Oppo UDP-205 (although the Oppo is a "universal" player), both connected to my Yggdrasil. If I play a CD, the Emotiva is preferred because I hav... | |
| Shitt Yggdrasil verses Auralic Vega Disclaimer, I have an Yggdrasil....I believe the two DACs you're comparing differ greatly. Succinctly, if you're interested with red book PCM only you would probably be better off with the Yggdrasil. It's multibit whereas the Vega is delta sigma. ... |