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| Benchmark Dac3 @dlcockrum / @shadorne I sincerely appreciate your candid feedback. At face value, Dave's point regarding digital sound being somewhat tied to solid state, which conceivably could be eliminated with tubes likely has validity. I'm biased toward the... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 @dlcockrum Thanks Dave. You're given me something (tubes) to consider. | |
| Benchmark Dac3 @lancelock - I've pondered a Modwright update. My issues with doing so are (a) Oppo warranty is voided (b) I am without my Oppo for over a month and likely months (c) the top of line modification is around $2500, the cost of a new DAC (seperate co... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp hopefully they will look into the matter and make some changes to how they interact with their customers pending a response on a warranty repair. It would be great if they issued case numbers with the ability to look up your case number on their... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 Can I get an opinion on which DAC is a "better", the Benchmark DAC3 or Schiit Yggdrasil? In my case, I am *not* interested in DSD, MQA or a head phone amp. Just interested in LPCM (all bit depths and sample rates). Better in this context means mor... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp @gloco, you're welcome. You should know that I sent an email to Schiit, kind of on your behalf, which included the link to this thread. They promptly replied to indicate a customer service rep would look into it. I'm very relieved to read back fro... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp @213runninFirst, my apologies to the OP (gloco) as it wasn’t my intention to hijack this thread.To your points 213runnin, they do make sense, however, your experience is that of your own and the fact that it was/is pleasant of course shapes your r... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp @mulveling Thank you for your candid and succinct reply. | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp You know, while I’m not meaning for this to be a Schiit bashing post, perhaps it ought to be. Hopefully a Schiit rep will read this post and consider the implications. For one, they don’t answer the phone. They do email rather promptly and mention... | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? @kfoxian, Yes, I have looked at the internals. Pictures cannot provide any answers in this regard. Only a schematic and knowledge of electronics can. Regardless of whether or not the ERC-3 is fully balanced is not entirely the point though. It doe... | |
| How much does DAC ‘Reality’ cost in 2017? .... And Schitt Audio has 2 R2 R designs (Gunjir @~900 + shipping; and the Yggdrasil @~$23,000 + shipping). I haven't heard any. All 3 are said to sound somewhat more "accurated" and "detailed" than other R2 R DACs.....Just pointing out a type the... | |
| Room treatments Foam panels are so like 80s. Especially if the foam is anything like Sonex, one of the worst things ever foisted on naive gullible audiophiles. And it seems like such a good idea, you know, with the photos of recording control rooms covered with S... | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? @ky1mag+1 | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? @213runninYou are correct that I do not think it's fully balanced. I do not know what Emotiva thinks in this regard, nor do I know of any third party who can offer proof one way or the other.Suggestion. As this is of concern to you, perhaps it beh... | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? @213runninIncidentally, the ambiguity I was speaking of was also cited by @almarg in this thread https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/balanced-but-not-fully-balancedFurther, note the Emotiva website, which indicates a S/N for balanced out is 110... |