jmeyers
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| Use or sell/replace Oppo UDP-203? I have an Oppo 203, which I bought when this model was first released. I use it exclusively — as a transport — to play multi-channel SACDs and movies (4K and Blu-ray). For both audio and video, it does a superb job. Moreover, its flexibility in cu... | |
| Back to the DAC I thought I would provide my first week’s impressions as a new owner of Bricasti Design’s M19 SACD transport and M21 DAC. Let me initially talk about the M19 by itself. I connected it via a Kimber Orchid AES/EBU digital cable to my Theta Digital C... | |
| Playback Designs MPD6 or Bricasti M21? Yesterday, I received -- and installed -- my build-to-order M21 as well as Bricasti's M19 SACD transport. These two components replaced a Wadi 8 CD transport (which I may, or may not, sell), a Theta Digital Compli SACD player, a Wadia 2000 DAC, an... | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? At $10K (as a discounted price), i suggest considering the Bricasti M1 Series 2, the Lumin X1, the Meitner MA-3, and the Weiss 502. All of theae are of a different league than the ones youhave been thinking about up to now. | |
| From Rossini Apex to ???? I think that, ultimately, the choice is in the ears of the listener. However, the Bricasti M21 DAC is within the same price range (at $16K MSRP) as the two excellent DACs you have identified; it also is a splendid DAC. I recently listened extensi... | |
| Playback mpd 8 or dcs rossini apex? To complicate your life, please also consider the new Wadax Studio player (which does it all). | |
| Back to the DAC @tvad i am getting Bricast’s network renderer, which, I believe, is the single board version of their M5, installed in the M21. Hopefully, the combination of that and my Nucleus+ and the renderer will provide me with a streamer-like combination | |
| Back to the DAC Me, too! I ordered a Bricasti M21 DAC and M19 Transport. | |
| Beryllium Tweeters Given it appears in various sources that Materion (the sole supplier) is going to be discontinuing the manufacture of beryllium foil that is used in tweeters, is there any insight as to what will be replacing that material? Carbon fiber? Silk? A... | |
| Best DAC’S $5k to $15k The world needs a new DAC shoot-out! | |
| Marantz vs. Oppo or Theta @erik_squires You did not offend me. I was just pointing out that the Theta Digital Casablanca V ("CB5") is a unique preamp/processor -- and extraordinarily flexible, too. I also happen to own an OPPO 203, but it is not anywhere like the OPPO 2... | |
| PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport? The PS Audio PerfectWave SACD uses an I2S (HDMI) output while the Bricasti DAC uses an RJ-45 which input. They are fundamentally incompatible. | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. There are so many very good to great DACs these days! I went to AXPONA earlier this month just to listen to as many DACs as I could (and there were quite a few). I ended up purchasing a Bricasti M21. Why, you may ask. I have perhaps an unusual exp... | |
| Bricasti M3 vrs Meitner MA3 Are you at a place yet, Rob, where you feel comfortable offering your thoughts regarding a comparison between your Bricasti and Meitner DACs. | |
| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) My primary audio dealer has been encouraging me to purchase an all PS Audio setup: DS MkII: Air Lens; and SACD transport. What gives me serious pause is the really mediocre measurement results published in its Stereophile review. How canthey be re... |