hgeifman
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| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep As you requested, I am keeping my Bricasti M1 SE DAC in my main audio system and keeping the Ayre Codex DAC for my 2-chanel home theatre system.Last week, at my retailer, I heard the Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC running direct to a power amp and then an A... | |
| Any comments on DAC going direct to power amplifier or to pre-ampliifer? George: Thanks for your suggestions. As I stated above, we removed the R141 circuit from my Hypex NCore NC400 bridged mono blocks, thus lowering gain by 14 dB, requiring 14 dB higher M1 volume setting for same playback level. This allows me to... | |
| Looking for a DAC < $1500 Please see the Audio Alchemy DDP-1 Preamp/DAC/Headphone Amp. Its digital inputs are AES/EBU, 2 RCA coaxial, 2 Toslink optical, I2S, aux USB for firmware updates.http://www.audioalchemy.com/products/ddp-1-1It has 2 RCA coaxial inputs. | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep I received my Ayre Codex DAC today and changed the input source to USB and the output device to Pre-amp (goes direct to my power amplifiers). The unit was then installed in my main audio system and my first impression is out of the box, it sounds... | |
| Ayre Codex I received my Ayre Codex DAC today and changed the input source to USB and the output device to Pre-amp (goes direct to my power amplifiers). The unit was then installed in my main audio system and my first impression is out of the box, it sounds... | |
| Ayre Codex I heard the Ayre Codex DAC today with the Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier. My first impression was that it sounded terrific. I continued to listen to a wide variety of music and liked the Codex DAC very much. I took a break and listened again. I... | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep Sorry. Ayte = Ayre. | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep I heard the Ayre Codex DAC today with the Ayte AX-7e integrated amplifier. My first impression was that it sounded terrific. I continued to listen to a wide variety of music and liked the Codex DAC very much. I took a break and listened again.... | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep I agree that Ayre equipment sounds better in balanced mode than it does in unbalanced RCA output mode. I am currently using an Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier and it does sound better in balanced mode. I am seriously considering the Ayre Codex... | |
| Considering Bricasti and Lampizator As many people, have advised me many times, you should listen for yourself to decide. The above comments are useful and making a decision on what DAC to buy is not easy. This process gets worse if you are unable to audition these DAC's in your... | |
| Ayre Codex I like the Ayre Codex DAC for its technology features of zero-feedback, improved power supplies, fully-complementary analog circuitry and fully-balanced analog circuitry. Every review I have read has praised the Codex DAC for its sound quality. I... | |
| Audio Alchemy DDP-1... anyone? I am also interested in the Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC. Based on my understanding, for maximum performance, I would also have to buy the Audio Alchemy PS-5 upgraded power supply that is available for $595. I was told that the DDP-1 is completely ba... | |
| BAT VKD5SE problems reading some cds Many years ago my BAT VK-D5 player would not read some commercial compact disks but was able to read other disks okay. There was nothing I could do to fix it so I contacted BAT. Unfortunately, I was told my transport mechanism was not working a... | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers Correction: tired = tried. sorry. | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers I turned on my iPad and it failed to connect to my Aurender N10 Music Server. Something was wrong but I had no clue what it was. I tired some things but nothing worked.I contacted Aurender Customer Support and, after a few questions, he determi... |