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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD EC Designs Mosaic THoping some of you can audition this one.Epic thread "Building the ultimate NOS DAC using TDA1541A" on DIY audio. (the chip was dropped along the way for custom design) | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Matt- you will be auditioning the new EMM Labs DA2? The DA2 (and the DAC2x) convert PCM to DSD, right?Is the new Chord DAVE on your radar?- Josh | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Goldmund ProLogos Plus WirelessOk, so let's say that Matt has a digital transport such as Antipodes and doesn't utilized Goldmund's room correction device. Which digital output is used for the dongle(s)?Once the digital signal is received (by L/R ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD This Goldmund situation is disturbing as I'm way out my element. Are any of you able to distill the function of these speakers? Maybe start with the device which transmits the left/right digital(?) output to the receiver on the speaker. Is this te... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Georgelofi- the Totaldac Server is not a DAC. There is a d1-Integral at around $10,000 (I think) which includes an entry level DAC.What I'd like to see from Totaldac is fewer confusing configurations and much more competitive pricing for the flags... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Mitch2- much appreciate your views on digital transports. I'll be following Matt's journey, which I believe will eventually get around to transport/DAC. I'm interested in the integrated storage transports- 2TB should be plenty for a music collecti... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt- remind us if your speaker auditions include both analog and digital front end? Which do you rely on most for speaker auditions? Is your DAC still the Overdrive SE?Regards, Josh | |
| Cary 306 Professional vs. Marantz SA11S3 I use a Cary 306 SACD Pro for my digital front end. I'm not sure which model Alpha_gt is referring to but it isn't the 306. I enjoy mine tremendously paired with their SLP-05 and 200.2 (with Focal speakers). At least 200 hours of break in as the s... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Fsmithjack- great stuff! Appreciated. The M1 evolved quite a bit on the hardware side too from the time it was first introduced. Wasn't it? I wonder if they are done looking at possible hardware enhancements. Those filters have a lot of R&D in... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Any hopes we can get some comparisons between the Bricasti and Yale (final)? Have Bricasti hardware (or software) updates completed or are they expected to refine from time to time?- Josh | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD R-2R list in production 2015:Aqua HiFi La ScalaPCM1704-K (4) Dual monoCH Precision C1PCM1704 (8) Dual monoComputer Audio Design CAD 1543DAC Philips TDA1543/N2 (16)Metrum Acoustics PavanePropietary "Transient" chipsMSB DAC VDiscrete (proprietary)Sc... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Well put, Rhanson739. Hopefully, this thread won't suffer from trolling any longer. -Josh | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC I highly doubt that you are alone in your views, Fsmithjack. Something is way, way off with Coli's audition. Hopefully, we can get this thread back on track. -Josh | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Hi Ricred1 - I can't comment on "smooth jazz" as I'm not a fan. There are quite a number of jazz CDs/SACDs originally recorded on analog tape in the 50s to 70s which have superb sound quality. In any event, this discussion would be way off topic h... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Coli- meantime, would you mind sharing an idea of what your music collection is like from both a content perspective (jazz, rock etc) and a quality perspective? As to quality, how serious has your effort been to acquire the best mastering work for... |