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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Agear,Agree. Even so, a comparative review of the latest state-of-the-art digital gear would make a good read on a lazy Sunday afternoon. :) | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Here's the link to Audiostream's review of the Overdrive ODSE + Power Supply + Final Drive + Short Blockhttp://www.audiostream.com/content/empirical-audio-overdrive-se-usb-dacpreReviewer's comments, comparing it to the Bricasti M1 :-"The Overdrive... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD That's the thing about digital. There is always something new and exciting just around the corner.And right now, at its price, the Berkeley Ref dac can't be beat as the current world reference. The price tag of $16k isn't eye-popping but the posit... | |
| Alternative to Bryston BDP-1 for a cheapskate? Serge,Just rechecked and realised that I actually have 50+ albums now and am 2/3 of the way in terms of the drive capacity. No worries there, where scrolling of the albums and tracks on the panel display is concerned. But this downloading habit ha... | |
| Alternative to Bryston BDP-1 for a cheapskate? The usb flash drive I use is 128G and I have so far loaded only about 30 hi-res albums and it is just 50% of capacity. While I am slowly filling up the drive. I still enjoy listening to my vast collection of redbook cd's and some sacd's via my Eso... | |
| Alternative to Bryston BDP-1 for a cheapskate? Hi Serge,I only use the front panel display with the supplied remote. The display font size is big enough for me to read from my listening chair about 10 feet away.Jon. | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? Larrybou,I ma curious as to why the Wadia would upsample analog input signals too. It is always better to input digital signals for d-a coversion without another a-d coversion step. Maybe I am missing something here.I have also tried dsd and doubl... | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? Larrybou,The Marantz does have a coaxial digital output for connection to the digital input of your Wadia amp, bypassing its own internal dac. So the Marantz can output to any external dac of choice.The Marantz also has analog outputs direct to yo... | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? Larrybou,I found what both of us are looking for in the reasonably priced Marantz NA 8005. You can read about my personal experience with this wonderful product in the Review section. Enjoy! | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Andrew, Grannyring,That system synergy is essential is indisputable. I have been in this hobby for about 20 years and when I finally got it all together from source to speakers 2 years ago, I am just too scared to change any one component in the c... | |
| Is it the speakers? Skinzy,+1. I take all the bad recordings in my collection and play them through my car stereo and they are all good again, thanks to a heavy hand on the tone controls and equaliser.Jon. | |
| Esoteric K-01/K-03 Owners Mcduman,If you use Google Chrome, it will translate any language into English on the fly. I have read the short intro to the x models, their improvements over non-x, and the modifications avaialable for non-x, but no full review yet.Jon. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Alex ->It is all, or nothing at all.+1. J. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Wisnon, Thanks for the heads up to Stereo Times which reviewed the BMC PureDac very positively, making it a very big bang for the buck.I also chanced upon another product reviewed in Oct 2012, the Memory Player 64 from Laufer Teknik. At about $17k... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD tbg,If the inexpensive BMC puredac floats your boat, then that is all that matters. Price is always secondary to personal pleasure and synergy within the context of your system. I personally find the 1k Marantz NA8005 network player supremely plea... |