joe2687

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Best speaker in the $5-10K range. Details below.
Thanks for the replies everyone. I would much prefer to be able to travel and listen, but it's a practical impossibility for me right now.I am certainly open to in home audition and don't mind 'investing' a bit in shipping costs.@Marakanetz: I als... 
Empirical Audio modded DAC1 initial impressions
And here are my speaker/heaphone out impressions:Thursday I packed up my mpx3 to send back to Mikhail as I am upgrading to a Supra. Which I figured would give me plenty of time to compare the headphone outs on my stock and modded dac1's.Well, I ha... 
Empirical Audio modded DAC1 initial impressions
Steve posted on head-fi about the pulse transformer:"BTW - the NEW pulse transformer upgrade includes a 75 ohm isolated Canare BNC rather than the 50 ohm BNC that comes on the unit. This isolates the unit and eliminates the ground-noise that you a... 
Empirical Audio modded DAC1 initial impressions
Here is a cut/copy/paste of my weekend impressions as posted at head-fi.org:Empirical Audio modded DAC1 vs. stock DAC1 comparison.Okay everyone, here are the results of my comparison of my stock DAC1 vs. the Empirical Audio modded DAC1 (including ... 
Empirical Audio modded DAC1 initial impressions
from www.empiricalaudio.com:Turbomod - $1050Option 1: Dual op-amp replacement (exc. headphone out) - $300Option 2: Pulse Transformer upgrade - $150Option 3: Knob volume control/headphone output mods - $100Option 4: Superturboclock3 upgrade - $550