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| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd justjames.... I am solid state on the amp end. Spread Spectrum Technologies (SST ) Thoebe II preamp and Son of Ampzilla II amp."Wig" on here has same DAC and is running with very nice tube gear. It has made both of us extremely happy.I find it dif... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd justjames.. thanks for posting the metrum info for those wanting to hear a comparison, etc. Offering in home trials shows a lot of confidence but I also know I just could not risk that much money without some form of safety net. Luckily it took al... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Soix,Good luck with your amp.. hopefully isn't anything major! I would say your description of my SW1X DAC is very accurate. It does not hide from detail nor does it smudge over anything. However, first and foremost its focus is musicality and it ... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Soix,The trial period was paramount for me. Some manufacturers don't offer such (and I can understand not wanting to deal with returned merchandise) but given it is difficult to hear things in your own house/system, etc. for me it was too risky to... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Soix, I hope someone can help with the Metrum feedback. Once I met SW1X at the dance I fell in love and had eyes for no other :) Bad analogy but its late. I have Pink Floyd's The Wall playing now.. old recording and it just sounds.... like I have ... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd >> Too cool, guys!Far off in the distance and in time, I sense a new entity taking shape; a piece added here, a solder point there, a black face plate, a low serial number....could it be yet another new SW1X DAC III STD being assembled for ... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Saki,Most welcome. Buying audio devices based upon what others say is difficult. When I bought my speakers it was actually having never heard them and they were NOT returnable if I did not like. It was very unsettling for me to do that simply beca... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Saki, PM wig820 (post above) about the DAC II Std. He also made a good post about the DAC II in this forum a while back.Dr Slawaw has an excellent upgrade policy as well should you go with a DAC I and later want to upgrade it.This is a DAC 1 Signa... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd tlong, the price list can be found here:http://sw1xad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SW1X_UK_price_list_2017.pdflordcloud... I somehow lost my first reply which may be of benefit since this one will likely be shorter! I had gotten to know "Wig" ... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Cap,Exactly. A lot of stereo gear made in the 1970s and early 870s were made like the gear we now pay a king's ransom to own. And while I will never say old definitely means better, but there is something beautiful about equipment made with the ad... | |
| NOS DAC Journey - SW1X DAC III STd Wig,Agree to outstanding DAC.. without your original post and subsequent emails I most likely would never have discovered this one. And for me it proved to be the "it" that was missing. Words do fail to describe what I am hearing but without quest... | |
| Aurender N10 - Sound quality performance is erratic Thx Pokey. It will most assuredly work with the DAC I am buying (R2R, NOS, limited to S/PDIF or AES input). The N10 appears to be a really nice piece and if the well builtness, etc also translates into "hey it actually really does sound better" th... | |
| Aurender N10 - Sound quality performance is erratic Thanks Pokey,I won;'t be purchasing a new music player until 2019 but starting my search early. Never know what you run into along the way. I have no immediate plans to stream (I can stream with current player but don't) and I will be redbook all ... | |
| Aurender N10 - Sound quality performance is erratic Pokey.... are most of your issues associated with streamed music versus music stored locally (such as FLAC or whatever format files stored either on your Aurender hard drives or NAS type drive)? Curious. I am keeping the N10 on my short list for m... | |
| Music Server/Player for NOS R2R DAC David.. thanks. I wrote Antipodes and received avery quick reply stating current models did not offer S/PDIF output but they were working on changes in the next 6 or so months. That fits my timeline well so we'll be able to see what they do. Amaz... |