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| Review: Wadia 170i Transport Transport "I have the same DAC and was wondering - is it possible to connect the transport to the DAC using an XLR cable and to connect the Wadia to the DAC using an RCA cable? In other words, can both sources be connected to the DAC at the same time? Thank... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? Maybe a rung or two from the very top, the Exclusive P10 (P3a and P3 would likely be on the top rung) and another rung down, the Sony PS-8750 which I preferred to the Pioneer PLC 590 and PL-70Lii, though these were both also excellent. | |
| Softone Model 2 DAC and Model 3 Transport Yioryos, thanks for that - interesting site. If I had any DIY talent in my genes, I'd think about giving their CD transport a crack. The main difference seems that Softone also offer their products fully assembled - not even sure if they offer the... | |
| Softone Model 2 DAC and Model 3 Transport Hi Yioryos,Thanks for your view. I actually quite like that very basic, almost industrial DIY look. I shot them an email to see if they might be flexible with the DAC in terms of providing two coaxial outputs instead of one coaxial and one optical... | |
| New DAC for Arcam 7SE Hi Gferg,I've got an Alpha 7SE in a second system and still rate it quite highly. It's perhaps not the most refined player, but at its price point, it delivers a quite detailed but not sterile sound. Mine is combined with a Musicakl Fidelity A300 ... | |
| new Magico speakers the Q5 Roypan,You say this thread was about the was about the new Q5 and its "real" value proposition. When I look at the OP it mentions nothing about "real value"Audiogon is ALL about personal opinions - we all have them and clearly yours and mine diffe... | |
| new Magico speakers the Q5 Roypan, you are correct - I do completely miss the value proposition of the Magico. I listened, I didn't like. End of story for me. If that's how 300lbs+ of machined aluminium sounds, then I'm happy to miss the value proposition. And I think you a... | |
| new Magico speakers the Q5 Roypan, you misunderstand me, I think. I'm not talking 'marketing' in the traditional sense of media advertising. I don't know anyone that buys hi-fi based on glossy advertisements. I'm actually talking about the Company's marketing strategy - how... | |
| new Magico speakers the Q5 "Sorry, it just doesn't add up.""Actually, it probably does.Magico's appeal is its no compromise focus on quality...."And 'there's the rub' - the price is more linked to marketing than it is to either cost of manufacture (surely a fraction of thei... | |
| Zu or Mark & Daniel Wow - you couldn't pick two more different speakers both in terms of sound and driveability.The Ruby has very low sensitivity (around 84dB if memory serves me) and really needs a solid amplifier to bring out their best - staggering bass from such ... | |
| new Magico speakers the Q5 "Sell everything you own and buy these speakers.They are surely the cat's meow."Selling everything I own wouldn't get me close to affording these - USD54k apparently! | |
| Whats your current Reference CD at the moment? Hugh Masakela - HopeKeb Mo - Peace ..Back By Popular DemandAntonio Forcione - Tears of JoyEva Cassidy - Live at Blues AlleyLove the albums and they are great sounding CDs. | |
| Softone Model 2 DAC and Model 3 Transport Cool - thanks for the feedback, Arj! Much appreciated. Was beginning to think that no one had ever heard of this outfit. Cheers. | |
| Monarchy DIP + MSB Link III DAC upsampling board? If the DIP is doing the upsampling, then I think your DAC upsampler is only going to upsample if you're upsampling further - say to 24/192 (happy to be corrected on this). Otherwise, it is receiving a 24/96 signal and doesn't need to upsample the ... | |
| Analog or Digital? It depends on the quality of your amplifier. It may be that the amplifier does the digital to analogue conversion or digital decoding better than the BD player, in which case you should connect by digital cable to the amp. In most cases though, th... |