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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD If the Berkeley Ref at $16,000 comes anywhere close to the sonic quality of the Vivaldi or Grandioso, and it seems to have the potential to do so, going by the reviews so far by CA and TAS, then it would indeed be a very "affordable" top tier DAC. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "......considering that at the beginning of this very long journey the original goal was: "Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD....."In the eyes of the audio world and the professional reviewers, the list of ABSOLUTE TOP TIER DAC for ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Erikminer :If I was Matt considering that at the beginning of this very long journey the original goal was: "Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD" I'd "really" want to get a listen to the Berkley.. but that's just me.+1 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Charles1dad,Unless I am missing someone else, 99.999% of us in this forum would agree with you where Al is concerned. J. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "Where did you get your EE degree?Steve N.Empirical Audio"Most unclassy indeed. And then he clams up after Almarg's classy reply, tormented by what his next response should be - even more unclassy.This is why in any forum discussion like this, civ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Erikminer,Thanks for the heads up. The review at CA was extremely positive - sounds super delicious! Berkeley saw it fit to not include any usb input altogether. Looks like they subscribe to the philosophy that coaxial spdif is superior to any usb... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Grannyring,Thank you for your kind words. In this most joyous of hobbies, there is no need for unpleasant debates. It is simply a matter of whatever that is music to one's ears. If we listen less for pleasure than worry more about what "should be"... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,Thanks for your message. To keep the discussion open in relation to this thread, I reproduce the relevant parts of your message below. "Thank you for your input! It is appreciated and heard.I am listening to the K-01 while I break it in. But ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Matt,I have been following this excellent and enlightening thread for a while and would like to chime in with regard to the issue of burn-in. I have been enjoying my K-01 for more than 2 years now. While I agree that burn-in is important, think... | |
| Alternative to Bryston BDP-1 for a cheapskate? Serge,I hope my review of the Marantz NA8005 network player in the Reviews section would be helpful to you.J. | |
| A nice PC upgrade Hi Cerrot,You need to try out the new Marantz NA8005 network player from a usb flash drive out to the coax input of your K-03. It may just blow the pc set-up away. You can see my review of this affordable but excellent product in the Reviews secti... | |
| Esoteric K-01/K-03 Owners Guido,That day will surely come and I will patiently wait with you for it. Meanwhile, the NA8005 is doing very nicely right now for me. What flabbergasts me is that a product like this that costs about 1% of the total system cost can elevate sound... | |
| Esoteric K-01/K-03 Owners Just to add, if you want to play from your large SSD drive via your computer, you need to use the internal dac. All computer usb connections need to go through the internal dac and then via analog outputs to the preamp. To connect directly to your... | |
| Esoteric K-01/K-03 Owners Only usb drives formatted as FAT16 or FAT32 is supported. Unfortunately, NTFS formatted SSD drives cannot be played by the 8005. | |
| Esoteric K-01/K-03 Owners Guido, I am using the Sandisk Cruzer with 128 GB on board. It is a high speed 2.0 usb thumb drive. I think these are easily available nowadays. |