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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, Did you ever receive the Total Dac stack? Curious how this company compares to crazy expensive dacs you are listening to these days. | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz as a long time observer and part time contributor to this thread. I recommend anyone considering these excellent and stupid expensive cables to audition them before purchasing regardless of what others say. There is absolute synergy in every sys... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD For anyone who has or is interested in Empirical Dac, I did some more system experimentation. I am going to change my previous impressions. For an absolutely wonderful system and one that can best what I have invested in or experimented with, at 3... | |
| LSA1's - Anyone familar with them? I bought the LSA statements for my brother and I loved them so much, I bought a pair for my wife. The stands are an excellent deal when purchased with the speakers and like the speakers well made.They do well either in a grand room or a small off... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Although currently i am not using Steve's volume control, it is designed in such a way to present the information in bit perfect form nor loose dynamics in the output stage. The old Meitner Museatex bidat had a similar design. ODSE > Final Dr... | |
| MQA - All the Gory details over at Stereophile https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/163302855-is-mqa-doaHere is a good article on the subject. May wish to post it over in Stereophile. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Greetings Everyone. I wanted to update you regarding Steve Nugent's Empirical Overdrive Diamond SX with the optional internal galvanic isolated Ethernet direct I2S converter cpu. I have run the is unit 24/7 for now over 1000 hours and I must adm... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD CT- PM me and I will email both you and Matt together. Matt has my email address.Your goal is to have quality, simplicity, reliability and versatility. Fiber optic is just an alternative to wired Ethernet. It is much cheaper than moderate priced e... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Look at "optical network configurations" under computeraudiophile, network subforum. Without question, cheaper and provides galvanic isolation. It is a very long thread so start in chunks toward the end. Optical Network Configurations There ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Greetings to everyone on the thread.It has been sometime since I posted on this thread but have been keeping up for the most part. I received the ODSX Friday and per Steve Nugent will break in on my secondary system for another week 24/7. It has... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Agear - The ODSX will have option of having USB or Ethernet input. The current USB is M2Tech but I suggest waiting until the XMOS is figured out. Steve is creating a new device where Ethernet converts to I2S. This is different than his Offramp ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD To clarify Steve's post. I believe his proprietary chip for the ODSX is not DSD compatible. So the Ethernet to I2S external unit would work for any DSD capable dac. However, the built in Ethernet input may handle DSD but the dac itself will not... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,I was one of the first adopters of the Plasmatron. I would order his cable upgrade:(VH Audio)- which uses OCC UniCrystal copper, as well as my AirLok dielectric.This product is so good I am having him build a 220V unit for Waversa Systems CEO... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,Did you ever compare PS Audio Direct Stream Dac to these other nice and very expensive dacs? I am curious how dacs that do not cost the earth to have compare. My experience dictates that there are a ton of really good dacs that run head to he... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt. I am impressed. Well over 18 months ago, and before the birth of this wonderful blog, you approached me about purchasing my EMM DAC2x and I told you what replacing it with...the ODSE! While I personally found the EMM sterile and lifeless, yo... |