holmz
Responses from holmz
| Are all amps being built wrong? If one was to use a DSP, then (I think that) all gets normalised to be right whether using a voltage or current source?Room correction in modern systems would be doing the same thing I think. | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) I guess I should have expanded a bit on the baggage.The Yiggy has some historical baggage as one of the worst measuring expensive DACs when it was first introduced. That no longer seems to be the case but since it is R2R that makes it somewhat lik... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) Pure digital is totally accurate but not everyone's cup of tea. We are influenced by our past.If I can measure the output and compare it to the input and see that it more true than comparing that stream to the Vinyl, then I can convince myself.I m... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) Thanks @buddyboy1 that sounds similar to the Yggdrasil with the R2R.@jasonbourne52 what is the impedance of coax? I would think if it is 50 or 75 ohms, then the VSWR would be low?If I did the maths right then the speed-o-light/44.1kS/sec is ~6800 ... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) Not really trying to be contentious however a cheap DAC sounds like a cheap DAC, a cheap CD player sounds like a cheap CD player, a cheap turntable sounds like a cheap turntable. Unfortunately some expensive ones do too? But not all. OK then… whic... | |
| Crossover issue. Ahhh So DATS the speakers, and also DATS through the XOs? | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) The OP asked into HIGH END digital... Not your basic run of the mill digital.I think I am the OP ;)Empirical Audio Off-Ramp 5, USB Audio Digital Converter. Eat your heart out...How's that for a USB isolator!Sorry holmz, I had toExhausting...I am n... | |
| Hana ML and Korf head shell OK I ordered a p77i, and will figure out what to do with the Korf head shell when it arrives.A friend may have a LOMC nearby that can be tried with the phono stage to see if it has enough gain. | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) The op asked how to get into digital. Easy USB. Maybe a USB isolator. That eliminates virtually every issue no matter what audiophiles may convince themselves of.Does this infer a NAS playing/buffering into DAC?OrDoes it also infer some CD player ... | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening I was kind of interested in seeing if anyone has a firm grasp on what makes for a system that sounds great at low volume. It has puzzled me for a long time. From the answers, it doesn’t sound like anyone else does. I have a fuzzy idea.I suspect th... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) Find a local audiophile or dealer who has achieved "something" with digital and learn from them.Good one…There are no dealers near by.The one that I am most familiar with (In SoCal) has the Merging+.https://nadac.merging.com/product/merging-player... | |
| System building; a meditation @douglas_schroeder ;) | |
| Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ? p.s. thanks holmz, they do sound better w/o foam under them.Ahhh “under”.I am thinking you meant open cell foam inside of the cabinet! | |
| How to add DSP to Audible Illusions Pre Thanks @sbank Yeah I know that the AVR does it, but it is still in route, and I am not sure if it does 2.1 very well…Plus I cannot come into it with RCAs, from vinyl.And I already have the DSP, so getting it working is a goal.Then if I do not need... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) What is the budget? There is a 2K price differential between the Topping and and Yggdrasil.… If otoh, the system can detect subtle differences between components, get back to us with a budgetWell I picked those two as what I am looking at.The 10... |