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| DAC comparison Eric - Basics of what you are referring to (charged caps) is in Analog Devices MT-0156: "Basic DAC Architectures 2" by Walt Kester I have no opinion on their sound. Not nearly enough experience, yet. For the record, some very old DACs, with ... | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One Win, lose or draw there are a lot of great suggestions here. Terrific memory jogger too :-) | |
| Need an integrated amp that sounds engaging at lower volume Fletcher-Munson Curves. Note plural | |
| Need an integrated amp that sounds engaging at lower volume Most electronics work fine at low volumes. Its your ears that don't. Its called the fletcher-munson curve and is why stuff used to have "loudness" buttons or knobs to compensate. Mechanical things like speakers have a larger variation at low vol... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? So much to unpack here, but i think you got several useful replies. One i have not yet seen (but no doubt i skipped that reply!) is,"if you think your old Yamaha is so sweet, why not just keep it? Its free..." Now, is much new gear bright ... | |
| Just got a new Bluesound Node. Very disappointed! I have not heard such dramtic issues, whch suggests something else wrong. But its not good. I haveposted many times that the node << a $99 schiit modi 3 driven by FLAC+ USB PC. and in context the Modi 3 is an excellent to outstanding ent... | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? BTW values are entirely dependent on the specific cartridge; you are creating the load which interacts with the reactive components of that particular cartridge, windings, etc to produce the most linear output. It has (almost) nothign to do with t... | |
| Analog vs. digital theoretically the analog will win cause signal path is shorter and less dependable on all bunch of decoding and filtering processes. Uh, no. You pick one process without discussing the other - the retrieval of music from squiggly grooves, conv... | |
| Analog vs. digital let's get real. For reference, I have a highly resolving system by almost any standard, but am also a design engineering working (as a side gig, and creative outlet) int he field both with branded and contract designs. Digital systems, so long ... | |
| Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp) You've already captured the basic trade-ofs of class-A: the lowest distortion at the cost o vastly higher heat and consequently lower power (since ne needs to get rid of that heat). Note that there is no fundamental difference between a class-A a... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value obviously lots of caveats all noted above. But assuming you dont have some piece of junk along the signal path, and understand that big changes demand (proportionally) big spend, its almost always either: 1. Speakers or 2. Setup you can someti... | |
| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 and the rega is supposedly very good | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? @woofhaven1992 hmmm, why does your tag not come up and why wont it tag you if i type it? oh well. If the phono preamp is single ended (not balanced/differential) then "negative" will be grounded at the circuit board. SO no, there is no differen... | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? Link to non-military Dale low noise resistors. https://www.newark.com/c/passive-components/resistors-fixed-value/through-hole-resistors?st=dale%20cmf-60 | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? Obviously Terry9 has way more experience listening to resistors than i do! Sadly, in commercial products "fragile" is a bad word. Anyway, he also touched on the basics of how a typical RIAA phono stage is designed. Much of the circuit is irreleva... |