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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The ODSE is much better through Empirical Final drive transformers direct to the amp. The effect is not subtle. When compared to EMM Labs DAC2x with Allnic L3000, it is as if wool blankets wrapped three layers thick were removed from the speakers.... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I hear they both take many hours to break in. But I have not heard either myself. What do you like about the duelund? If I am able to source some silver duelund caps I may have you run those. What spec caps are required? I remember there are 4 tot... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve-I believe your Diamond SX is something special and will quickly be noticed in the audio community.Since these units are now in very limited supply, would you post your thoughts on the sonic qualities of for each build option? For those who h... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Regarding servers. I would strongly consider Paul pang who now is building complete servers. This would be a w2012 with audio Phil optimizer, linear ps, slc ssd and quality cables. Excellent price. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I too agree with Steve Nugent. Servers are too new and they are constantly changing and being outdated quickly. My personal experience demonstrates the benefit of each mod for your server may pay dividends based on how the DAC (USB)/Renderer (Ethe... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Bryston is a good brand and reasonable price. - I was impressed with the quality of sound when paired with the ODSE. Much cheaper than my highly invested CAPS server."Computer Audio Design - not available in the US. You can get them, but import on... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Regarding storage and playback, I encourage you to read about Paul Pang blog and Jplay.eu forums as well as Computeraudiophile subsection on storage (in this order). Personally I use a NAS system: Synology. I currently recommend Enterprise drives.... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD http://www.computeraudiophile.com/section/ca-academy-2/at this site there are several articles on Ethernet input and advantages/disadvantages compared to a music server.I have on loan a unit from Waversa from South Korea which has both inputs (USB... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I am very familiar with allnic and the D5000. To be clear. In order to test the digital realm the signal passed through the dht tubes. I had mine sent off to So Ca for independent testing. It too tested poorly but sounded excellent. Even the engin... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,Yes. Empirical is still my reference. I have been given on loan for review gear from a somewhat new company out of South Korea that is very innovative. I hope they find a honest distributor that will treat both the company and consumer well a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,I wanted to report my findings on another dac that has both ethernet and USB input. Although I have taken great strides improving my computer server, the ethernet input improves everything by a wide margin. Considering I have invested over 10... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Usb is asynchronous so I thought there is no clock from usb card. Word clock is only for spdif. there was a great article from 2010 demonstrating external clocks performed worse than dac clocks. I will email the article to matt. Steve. Eta on the ... | |
| How is EMM DAC 2X? I have written a few consumer reviews regarding dacs and these are for the interest of the consumer like myself. I use my experience with the DAC2x as a reference point because of its popularity. Anyone interested in it should look at the Empirica... | |
| How is EMM DAC 2X? I have written a few consumer reviews regarding dacs and these are for the interest of the consumer like myself. I use my experience with the DAC2x as a reference point because of its popularity. Anyone interested in it should look at the Empirica... | |
| Digital PCM TOSLINK out from a TV to a DAC Yes, I run to any of my 5 dacs without issue. Stable. 48 kHz sampling. Anyone have 96 kHz from their TV? |