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| Need Recommendations on a CD Player What do you like most about the Emotiva ERC-3 compared to others and what have you compared it to.First, I assume your questions is directed to me. Whether that is true or not, please allow me to provide an answer. In addition to its low cost and ... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? How about a rule that after x posts by a 'Goner on a single question, no more? How do these people find the time to engage in such pointlessness?Agreed. However, FWIW note that the audiogon forum number of posts "logic" is such that it does *not*... | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... Sonically a unit like the Oppo 205 is a worthy cd player, and probably better than many similarly priced cd only players, given the by now small market for those. +1For doing PCM, Redbook 16/44 or 24/96, and DXD it's best to use a cdp or dac th... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison .... I do not want to rush this. Thank you for the detailed response and guidance. Since you recently went through this, the list of all the steps you took is terrific and very helpful.....@david_ten You’re welcome, David.I agree with you (and @to... | |
| Worked Backwards and Would like to Hear Suggestions on Speakers Does the Tekton DI sound good when not sitting directly in front? and how does it compare to GoldenEar Triton 1’s? I can’t tell/write much about Tekton because I’ve never seen or heard a pair. I can tell you anything you would like to know about ... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison @david_ten Something else I did that I forgot to mention in my earlier post herein was keep a written log of the results. Seriously. I wanted/needed to "keep score" because often will be the case - especially if when trying blind testing/compariso... | |
| Need Recommendations on a CD Player Here is a very inexpensive alternative to the excellent options already mentioned by others herein this thread. If you consider value and performance, this will be difficult to best. Emotiva ERC-3. Even more recommended if your disks are "finicky"... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison @willemj Thanks! | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison I respect the genuine effort to do this properly. Methodologically there was one error, however. You may not have changed the volume control, but the output voltage of the two units may have been different. Mind you, I am not saying that this is w... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison @david_ten Well, you may or may not know that I just went through a grueling and somewhat meticulous exercise myself when I received my Yggy.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-yggdrasil-first-and-second-impressionsGrueling because my angst... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? I just found this post/quote from Mike Moffat and it appears to directly answer the OPs question. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-yggdrasil-impressions-thread.766347/page-123#post-12342937"Two twenty bit DACs (one per phase) double the reso... | |
| RCA Caps There is a small operation making and selling true RCA shorting plugs: Aurora Tronics in Sandy Hook, CT (phone number 203/426-9599). I bought some a couple of years ago, and they were cheap: $19.95 for 20 plugs. They also offer RCA phono cap cover... | |
| Speaker Cable Banana Plug Breakage The thin gold plated pieces that splay apart on the end of my banana plug have broken off and now, I'm having some conductivity issues.This is one reason I use bare wire at the terminal connection point. Theoretically better because less is more i... | |
| Oppo Vs Esoteric I find it strange - I find this player a bit too smooth, even from day one.@milpai First off, congratulations on obtaining your new Oppo. I'm not exactly sure what "a bit too smooth" means to you, however, I did mention previously in this thread t... | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? What exactly is happening during this "burn in" time with cables, amps etc etc? And no, this isn't a "bait" question, I'm really wondering. I'll preface this by stating I'm certainly no expert regarding answering burn in questions, however, to my... |