jon2020
Responses from jon2020
| Lampizator Big 7 USB Connection Question Cerrot's usb vs spdif debate is interesting and still relevant today where optimal SQ is concerned. Outlier,When you say that with pcm, you are happy with spdif, does it mean you prefer spdif to usb? If so, my personal experience is similar.With s... | |
| Computer based system. Need advice on DAC. +1, Zd542."....The analog portion of the DAC has a huge effect on its sound quality. ....what separates an exceptional sounding DAC vs just an OK sounding DAC, is the analog section." | |
| Esoteric Grandioso P1/D1 DGarretson,In theory, yes, but to design, implement and incorporate digital attenuation in a statement product like the Grandioso may compromise other aspects of its performance. Esoteric has decided that it is probably better to have the analog s... | |
| Esoteric Grandioso P1/D1 Oops! Missed typing out Eli. Heartiest congrats to you, too, Eli. Cheers! J. | |
| Esoteric Grandioso P1/D1 Colekat,Congrats on your acquisition of the ultimate components from the Esoteric digital line. You are one lucky audiophile.G, I think Esoteric's omission of volume control in these products may in all probability attest more to their in-house pu... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC When I brought the M1 home for audition, I placed it on these footers from Harmonix by Combak, the RF 900 series :-http://www.combak.net/feet&bases/FEET_and_BASES.htmlhttp://www.combak.net/ (review here)They make a world of difference. I use t... | |
| Esoteric K01: What are the best settings for CD? PhillyB,Your experience very much mirrors my own. I tried the various permutations and combinations initially and found that DSD uosampling with filter OFF was preferred for my system. But one day I just happened to try out ORG with filter OFF and... | |
| Did Redbook get it right? Electroslacker,Agree with you about not buying another CD spinner. For me, I will use the K-01 as transport until it croaks and that's it. Replacing parts would most certainly be a costly affair. When that happens, I will probably go for the Antip... | |
| Digital Contamination of the Power? George, Agreed. The power cord may not stop all of the hash but it does reduce it somewhat to the point of being significantly audible. We do the best for SQ with what we can have and what works, even though the problem is merely partially solved.... | |
| Did Redbook get it right? Yes, Lowrider, the retrieval of data by the transport has been said more than a few times by those in the industry, to be more important than the processing of data by the dac(garbage in, garbage out, I guess). And yes, you are certainly welcome t... | |
| Did Redbook get it right? Yes, George, the Marantz NA8005 uses the multibit delta-sigma CS4398 chip :-http://www.marantz.co.uk/uk/products/pages/productdetails.aspx?catid=networkproducts&subcatid=networkaudioplayer&productid=na8005http://www.cirrus.com/en/products/... | |
| Did Redbook get it right? Milpai,That last statement was made in the context of my current set-up which is a pairing of a high end transport with a "low end" hi-res dac. I can only imagine what a high end hi-res dac will do for hi-res material. The point is that redbook ha... | |
| Did Redbook get it right? I agree now with my current set-up that Redbook got it right from the outset. That said, it took me about 20 years to get the hardware right! How did I realise this? - let's consider some nirvana points. 1. When the glass ceiling that seems to sto... | |
| Digital Contamination of the Power? Keithmundy,I use Shunyata Ztron Alpha digital power cords. Shunyata make these solely for digital components to alleviate the problems discussed so far. And they work very well in my set-up, compared to the non-digital cords. | |
| Comparing SACD sound to High Res Gammajo,Have a look at the Ayre C-5 listed here. Going by the great pics of its condition and the rave reviews so far, this may just be what you are looking for. Just to qualify, I do not know the seller.Happy hunting! J. |