jjss49
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| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) op here ya go https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649830383-dcs-network-bridge-black/ | |
| Whats playing on your system today? steve tyrell - back to bacharach | |
| what is a fair value or how to I determine it for pair of Paradigm Studio reference 40 v2 audiogon has a blue book with value and sale history on the site, small ongoing subscription fee, or a single one time fee for a single look up to use | |
| Leak Audio i have not tried a unit myself but by press reports and some reviews i recall seeing, the new leak stuff is definitely a styling exercise around some fairly mediocre performing internals | |
| What do modern, current day CD Transports do that older CDP's with RCA digital out don't? op looks like you aren’t going to get the answers you are looking for here maybe check out some detailed reviews on the audiolab and other modern dedicated transports... they may have in depth technical explanations and in use comparisons that c... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer haters gonna hate it’s all they got, sad as it is when all you have to your name is a rusty old hammer, the whole world just looks like a bed of nails old hat at this point | |
| AGD Tempo in the house knowing ralph and his excellent reputation for quality of product and sound, i would agree that ralph’s new gan amp should be considered and compared against alberto’s tempo/audions alberto does provide an in home trial period, he is based out of... | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? Thank you guys for all the input. I guess now i’m trying to decide between a Dac with tubes or not. Not sure if the tube would give me a little less harshness. Or a R2R would give me the same results. no - r2r dacs as a generality don’t reduce ... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house @twoleftears enjoy! alberto’s agd amps are real deal destination amps (i felt my audion monos were a good value at their price for what they deliver, now the one box tempo unit gets the cost entry down to ~5k... wow!!!) unless one wants overt t... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer well it seems that this thread, like many a seriously well done high end hi fi system, may have arrived at a point of diminishing returns | |
| CD transport vs.streaming this is an excellent thread... another just started thread about cd transports got me to come back to this one, lots of great discussion and info here | |
| What do modern, current day CD Transports do that older CDP's with RCA digital out don't? i am not an expert on this, but i understand the newer players have fancier/more effective error correction/jitter management in the clocking and signal transmission out of the digital output for spdif outputs the receiving dac is slave to the se... | |
| Is a cheaper DAC + Reclocker better than just an expensive DAC? +1 to better dac > reclocker+lesser dac, as a generality... but of course, specifics dictate the outcome +1 also for weiss dac501/502... superb, high stratosphere of performance (and price of course) | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? iirc gary your cary cd-1 player is solid state output stage with ad pcm1792 chipset, very common in cdp’s in that time frame, it was known to be a little brash and thin sounding feeding a typical ss output stage, not surprised with your setup with... | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? gary 1. what speakers are you using? 2. when you think about improvements in sound as played by your system, what are the first few elements that come to mind? (i wish i had deeper, more well defined bass... or a lot of the time many cd's so... |