georgehifi
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| Capacitor pricing Best bang for buck Solen one of the big majors in capacitor manufacturing. And the word is a few very expensive "boutique" branded caps are the same just re-badged.Pick which one you can afford.http://solen.ca/product-category/capacitors/Cheers Ge... | |
| HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner. Charles, I was enjoying this review up until this statement. We replaced the stock fuse with a Synergistic Research Black fuse and there was genuine improvement. Take that as you like. Then I’m afraid you lost me, take that as you like, but an in... | |
| help me with a DAC decision please Well I'd counter that, by saying if Wadia went to the trouble of doing extra circuitry for an absolute max configurable output setting when it uses the ESS ES9018S then they have measured "bit stripping" if the volume is below around 75% of full o... | |
| help me with a DAC decision please FROM ABSOLUTE SOUNDSEvery digital volume control will truncate bit-length (and musical data) if it is used at its very lowest settings. To reduce this effect the Wadia’s maximum output level can be adjusted from 4.0V down to 2.0V or even 1.0V, so ... | |
| help me with a DAC decision please dpm2340 whitestix70 posts10-10-2016 8:35am I must ask why you sense a need to get a new DAC? Wadia gear is tip-top. I sure hope you have a chance to audition before you buy because is is very possible that any replacement for your Wadia will be ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? soundwiseendless power and dynamics and i have not even matched theimpedance between devices yet... Hi Michael, looked at your source and amp impedance's, and you have a nice impedance match.BTW: what speakers are you using, as the rest of your... | |
| Another Discrete R2R Multibit Dac that can do DSD, again from the land of the Great Wall An I/V passive resistor is very tempting, but the trouble is it knocks down the output of the dac so much the amplification after it has to be huge and that means so is the noise. I/V transformers sound too colored to me. Both of these suffer in t... | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". Here's a bit of a sound review of those new Shiit products.http://www.theaudiobeat.com/rmaf2016/rmaf2016_schiit.htm Cheers George | |
| Another Discrete R2R Multibit Dac that can do DSD, again from the land of the Great Wall Digital is a totally different animal to analog, like Ying and Yang. I've got no problems with I/V and output stages in dacs and cdp's. But the 0 and 1's side of things leave me cold.Cheers George | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers I have tried the Solens and they are ok but they seem to compress the dynamics. Really? I found the opposite, with all of them, when used in my ESL xovers, and even in my Plasma tweeter xovers, especially I found the SILVER METALLIZED POLYPROPYLE... | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won’t "break the bank". foghorn1 This could be a winner, and it won’t break the bank for you. Released at the RMAF the new Shiit Freya.Can be a1: passive preamp2: active preamp with tube outpu... | |
| HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner. pixelplay Good review of the sound got with this dac in just 2 paragraphs. I take it with PCM, 16/44 or 24/96 or DXD?. Later one doing DSD would be nice as well if you have any? Cheers George | |
| HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner. Hey! it wasn't just me that said it was a poor review, regarding how it sounded. Over on the SNA forums they are saying the same.Cheers George | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers Best Capacitors for CrossoversI am now in the tweaking stage of trying different caps in my crossovers for my DIY homemade 2 way. I presently have and will soon try a 5.6uf 800 vdc +/- 2% Jantzen Audio Silver Z-cap.I see that Mundorf, V Cap get a... | |
| HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner. bimmer100 Bimmer, your connected in some way to Holo, get them to give a review sample to Stereophile for a real review and if JA’s lab tests concur with what the reviewer hears, which "can sometimes" keep them honest.Cheers George |