guidocorona
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| DAC or Music Server Hi Richard, in my system, I found that stacking PSU on top of Aeris was sonically preferable to having the two units side by side. I am currently supporting the duo with three Titanium Nordost Kones under Aeris. At some point I will try to invert ... | |
| DAC or Music Server Hi Richard, this is fabulous... Do keep us all posted! G. | |
| Any comments on DAC going direct to power amplifier or to pre-ampliifer? Hello Dragon_vibe, I do not claim of havving heard every DAC on the market today, far from it. Hence, I am not in a position to claim that all volume control built in DACs are wonderful. On the other hand, I have solid reasons from personal experi... | |
| Class D = Trash? Thank you Al, Rowland M102 is the most entry level class D amp that Rowland ever created. The model is almost 10 years old, and is today hardly representative of what can be done with class D and with SMPS. M102 has been discontinued a couple of y... | |
| Class D = Trash? Hi George, it Seems that when I try to follow the links you just posted, I end up on an image instead of a regular page.... As my screen reading software cannot decipher images, may I ask you to post links to the actual pages, or to post the model... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi ctsooner, there is no "average" monthly cost for keeping a system fully powered up 24/7. It depends entirely on the current draw. In the late 1990s I kept my old Rowland M7 high bias 350W monoblocks running at full power for some three weeks i... | |
| Jeff Rowland to what? Hello @gareneau, indeed PSU is quite transformational. I suspect that given the high caliber of Richard's electronics and speakers, a PSU would yield significantly more benefits than a power amp change. Fact is that Richard already has Aeris as we... | |
| Jeff Rowland to what? Hi Richard, as many already pointed out, exceeding the performance of the amp you have without "amping up" the investment very significantly might be a tall order. As you enjoy the sound of M625 S2 but you would like more power, I warmly recommend... | |
| Class D = Trash? Good points @sfseay and Geoffkait....No, I have not sat on my thumbs for thousands of hours, but yes, I typically assess the sound periodically on a number of CDs, particularly on a test CD containing several key tracks that I compiled in 2005. Y... | |
| Class D = Trash? All, the aforementioned "red hering" suggestion that upwards of 1000 hours and sometimes more might be required to break in a class D amp, or for what it matters, a class A/B amp, SS or tubed linestage, or CDP comes from me.Over the years I have b... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Excellent point about servers CTSooner.... How about your or Matt start a much neededabsolute top tier Music Serversthread. I for one do not know enough about servers.... But eventually would like to migrate from my beloved Esoteric X-01 used as a... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Atma, I understand now the reason behind the technical discussion on line stages... Very exciting that you are working on an amp project based on class D. Please do keep all of us posted!!!Saluti, Guido | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Atma and all, let us please return this thread to its original topic. There are better places to discuss preamplifier design than this rare thread for class D amp enthusiasts.G. | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @samac, yes all class D amps that have been in my system took over 1K hours to break-in and stabilize. But this has also been my experience with class A/B amps, with CD players, with two tube-based line stages, and with the Rowland Aeris DAC..On t... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @madavid0, how many hours of break-in did you give the D-sonic amp?G. |