lalitk
Responses from lalitk
| Aurender N20 vs N200 with a Berkeley Reference DAC 3 and Berkeley USB Interface Box Berkeley DAC’s are designed and optimized for AES/ SPDIF digital interface. So I would feed this DAC with a streamer that is just as meticulously designed to complement your DAC i.e. N20. I used to own N20 :-) | |
| Most Extensive State-of-the-Art DAC Survey Ever! “spending $30k+ on a DAC that could be matched or surpassed in performance in 5 years by a $2000 DAC” @soix That’s $500 a month of pure joy over the next 5 years, hell I’ll jump all over that than freakin wait 5 years for that $2K DAC. Those wh... | |
| Most Extensive State-of-the-Art DAC Survey Ever! A brief synopsis of one man’s opinion, nothing more nothing less. The two notables DAC’s missing from his review are Merging Technologies + player and Abendrot’s Stute & Hengst. | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? “TBH I’m not noticing any issues with my room, but I know it can be improved.” @nyev Honestly, you would not know how vastly your system sound improves until you start to treat your room. No matter how complicated your room is, GIK Acoustics c... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? @soix I agree for the most part. It’s only going to get better. I have been streaming for over 10 years and for me, my streaming is equally enjoyable as my analog and CD/SACD setups. I am now more focused on optimizing or extracting the most out... | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up @mitch2 There are so many ways to optimize the Ethernet before signal reaches your streamer/server. I believe in keeping fewer devices in the signal chain as each ‘break’ in signal chain introduces new set of problems related to noise and change... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? “One can only wonder and be excited in the anticipation of where we’ll be 10 years from now. I can’t even imagine.” @soix You can count on the ageless debate…Analog (Vinyl) vs Digital (CD/Streaming) 😂 | |
| Zavfino @behzad In my experience, Fusion IC holds the sweet spot in terms of performance and money. Fusion has a more balanced and detailed sound compare to Arcadia. | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? “Next up for another highly controversial subject: isolation and/or vibration control!” @nyev I just looked at your system pics and don’t see any room treatments. If you haven’t already, I would focus on room acoustics before you spend a dime o... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? +1, @fastfreight ….great post! | |
| Best budget USB @barts Well, you read my post in that thread. Thought you should know before making a purchase…LOL! | |
| Best budget USB @lollipopguild In a ideal world, you should be using same USB cable before and after Phoenix USB. But for Supra should do just fine! | |
| Accuphase dac 60 @duketbrd88 Congratulations. Seeing that you’re in States, may I ask which vendor did you use to order DAC60? | |
| Best budget USB “My understanding is that the shorter a USB cable is the better, correct?” @barts Apparently not, a shorter length cable can sound terrible compare to a longer length of same brand. There are few here who are convinced that cable length matters... | |
| Best budget USB @lollipopguild Go with Supra if you can’t afford another FTA before Phoenix USB. Also, use a high quality PCOCC power cable with Phoenix USB. |