georgehifi
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| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? Built in volume control affects sound quality of the DAC? No they are better, if not used too low down. I use an MSB discrete dac with volume direct into monoblock poweramps, and the sound has never been better.But if you have to use the dacs volu... | |
| Ever wanted to know, what your phono cartridge sounds like dead flat?? Interesting they use this very high end vinyl play setup.This is the turntable/arm and cartridge they used with the Technics and ref calibration record." The analog player is a self-made machine with the reference turntable Technics "SP-10R" mount... | |
| Sonus Faber speakers Arcam integrated that was employed in that shoutout. The Arcam is an excellent integrated for its price but one has to question whether the gap between these speakers would have been greater under different circumstances. Agree, all the better SF ... | |
| Purifi Class D: Junk? Sorry ricevs, I’ll add corrections to the end of it."and you know it and so does everyone else"All anyone has to do is an advanced histrory search of Audiogon, tweak1 with EVS or tweakaudio mentioned, both your company, and there’s the proof. | |
| Purifi Class D: Junk? As if you didn't/don’t know, your ricevs no.1 shiller. | |
| Ever wanted to know, what your phono cartridge sounds like dead flat?? After reading about Technic's reason for why stylus cross talk happens and how the cross talk canceler works in this new amp. I believe "maybe" I was told the wrong explanation of what causes stylus cross talk all those years ago when I was young ... | |
| Technics SU-R1000 a new Class-D GaN Technology integrated Yeah me too, sounds like sour grapes. | |
| Ever wanted to know, what your phono cartridge sounds like dead flat?? One of the other members over at the amp/preamp forum found far more info in a second part for you vinyl guys, you have to hit the translate. https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/special/1298192.htmlhttps://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/s... | |
| Technics SU-R1000 a new Class-D GaN Technology integrated trinitrond1 posts02-28-2021 6:57amTwo part review up below, thank Google for translating this.Seems promising. Good catch, that second part is even more informative, could be a realgood unit especially for the vinyl brigadeCheers George | |
| Looking for a tube (or tube sounding) DAC I've not noticed any issues with the PL and my ML Summit X speakers. Now maybe it's clipping and I can't tell, but I think if it is, it would be rare.Not clipping, but becoming a tone control so it's not flat in frequency response.This is what... | |
| Looking for a tube (or tube sounding) DAC BTW I wouldn’t use tubes on ML ESL’s, from experience, they dip to 1ohm in the top end and your highs will sound recessed lacking in openness and sparkle.Cheers George | |
| CD player reliability.... good and bad. I'll say it again, in case anyone missed my first post. Never leave them powered up with a cd in them, this actives the laser and chews up it’s life expectancy very quickly. Cheers George | |
| Looking for a tube (or tube sounding) DAC It all starts with the source, get that right and you've stepped part the way up the ladder.If a dac needs a tube colorations to make it sound musical, it wasn't a very good dac to start with. Have a listen to flagship discrete R2R dacs from Denef... | |
| DAC as a preamp? unsound @georgehifi, Would that in turn mitigate the interconnect capacitance concerns associated with passive analog volume controls, allowing for greater choices and useable lengths for interconnects? Even if the analogue pot was on the output ... | |
| DAC as a preamp? @georgehifi, would there be less impedance variability with a DAC’s digital volume control than through a typical passive analog volume control? Yes the output impedance would remain constant and lower with a digital domain vc what ever the ss ou... |