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| Pros & Cons of Buying an Integrated with Built-in DAC? With a good quality integrated like the Parasound JC Halo Int,. the cost is more for the amp, and the dac which is the ESS Saber if your into dsd, is mostly a token gesture thrown in. You don’t have to use it, but it’s there.http://www.stereophile... | |
| Wilson Audio Sasha 2 vs Sophia 3 Be careful do your homework, the Sasha is far harder to drive especially in the bass and mid bass than the Sophia. The Sasha would like an amp that delivers current, I don’t think your AR75 is up to it but maybe OK with the Sophia."On the other ha... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil or Simaudio Supernova The PCM1798 is also in this MYDAC II and the blurb says it’s Delta Sigma. The Yggdrasil should sound better doing CD Rebook PCM. http://www.avantgardehongkong.com/en/product/musical-surroundings/da-converter-/musical-surroundings-mydac-ii-da-conve... | |
| Which integrated amp would you pick? This one went for $1700, gota be quick.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-parasound-halo-integrated-2-1-ch-int-dac-2016-05-05-integrateds-85207-mesa-az Cheers George | |
| Which integrated amp would you pick? I’m sure if your a good haggler at $2.5k rrp you can get them down, as many places sell Parasound in the US, in Australia no one pays rrp for anything but you have to haggle for it, isn’t it the same in the US? And there’s always used, this one wa... | |
| Which integrated amp would you pick? topten O.K. I’ve tried Parasound Halo Int. and I really can’t justify the price of 2.5K. Of course, Parasound is an excellent amplifier but I really don’t need that power and extra features. What’s bit you since Jan 2016 that has made you a Paraso... | |
| Which integrated amp would you pick? toptenNeither one.@georgelofiPlease stop advertising Parasound Halo.Mediocre Integrated amplifier+1 stereo5Topten, who are you to tell me what to post! "Misguided self proclaimed forum cop"?The OP asked about the Intergrated Parasound Halo, and I ... | |
| Schiit Byfrost Multibit dac with cd transport Is there any advantages to using dac/cd transport rather than a cd player. Sound wise no, as in a cdp you have one clock which clocks both transport and dac together, which they say is far better. Where in separates there is a clock in each, and t... | |
| Which integrated amp would you pick? Parasound Halo, genius John Curl design, which gets backed up with great review and bench test on Stereophile, also has a built in ESS Saber DAC if your into DSD.http://www.stereophile.com/content/parasound-halo-integrated-integrated-amplifier#O5q... | |
| Oppo 105 DVD player as a "preamp"? I’m stuck between 2 schools of thought on this: The fewer circuits and cables in the signal path, the better the sound should be. Therefore, eliminating the dedicated preamp and running the Oppo’s output directly to the power amp should increase s... | |
| Transport & laser inquiry You will find hundreds that do, search and look in the right column. Of this huge list, wait for it to load.http://vasiltech.narod.ru/CD-Player-DAC-Transport.htm They’re a cheap laser/mech, I think I had one in one of my old cdp's, worked finehttp... | |
| Amps that Mate well with the Lightspeed Attenuator (LSA) No suggestions? OK what are you using? For the most transparent/dynamic/uncoloured way of hearing the source, I go direct, if the source has a digital domain volume control, and if the gain is right to allow me to use it at or above 75% of it’s fu... | |
| Amps that Mate well with the Lightspeed Attenuator (LSA) Hi styxtrekr for your Lightspeed Attenuator to work it's magic it likes to see amps that have an input impedance of >33kohms or more, that would be 99% of amps out there.Your source should be <1kohm (1000ohms) or less output impedance, again... | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? Yes as Ralph has corrected about class D classification not being digital. Also the "digital noise" I believe is an analog switching noise and is around 600-800khz, too low to be effectively completely filtered out of the audio band without effect... | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? BTW: that "future" much higher switching frequency I talked about above, is closer than we think. Technics with their SE-R1 are showing vision by developing their own much fast switching frequency transistors, double the norm that’s around now. It... |