lewinskih01
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| Ayre DAC vs Auralic vs Metrum vs Bel Canto You will get better feedback if you tell people how you intend to use them: fed from a computer (PC/Apple?) from a sound card, USB-to-S/PDIF converter, connected to what equipment, and if you are interested in hi rez. Ayre only has USB in, so you ... | |
| Is the Mark Levinson 390S still a reference player I quit using a CD player altogether. I have (but don't use) a Rotel RCD-1082. I was thinking of upgrading, at that time I considered the 390S, but instead decided to jump into computer audio. To me it was a matter of whether computer audio had adv... | |
| Is the Mark Levinson 390S still a reference player Why the fixation with Levinson? The other units in your original post are well thought of. If I were tu buy a CD player, I would probably go to an Esoteric X03, but that's me. Anyway, I have since decided to sell my CD player and focus on computer... | |
| Is the Mark Levinson 390S still a reference player Hi. I don't have first hand experience so I was refraining from answering, but since you are getting no answers, here are my 2 cents: I don't think the 390S was ever considered a true "reference" player. It was considered a very good player a whil... | |
| DSPeaker 8033 Anti-Mode and REL sub, anyone? Thank you very much for your reply!Unfortunately I live in a country where audition is not feasable.I'm a bit confused because you mentioned the lo-input is what you are using, which does not go through the ABC crossover/network inside the Rel, bu... | |
| DSPeaker 8033 Anti-Mode and REL sub, anyone? Anybody willing to share thoughts? Pleaaase?? | |
| How to max setup for Squeezebox touch? I installed the Soundcheck Toolbox 3.0, which is free and easy enough even for someone like me who does not work in IT. Nice improvement. I'm sure the improvement would be even larger if I had an external DAC, which I don't yet.One additional twea... | |
| Sub Cross Over Help Glad to see it worked for you. I have a similar situation and also have 804S and Rel sub (but a Storm III). I suggest looking into what Kal (Kr4) mentioned briefly: "having an appropriate high-pass filter for the main speakers is very useful". I k... | |
| Metrum Octave Dac experiences Dbarger,Thanks for sharing that. Have you tried coax from Touch to Octave, with what cable, what are your takeaways compared to $50 on glass?It's not clear to me neither on the Octave nor on the Touch which implementation is better, toslink or coa... | |
| which cowboy junkies cd? I don't know the Cowboy Junkies, but want to give them a try based on all these great comments. Seems the Trinity Sessions is a good place to start. Anybody knows where I can buy it on 16/44.1 FLAC online? I live in Argentina and won't find it her... | |
| Does biamping w/ SS + tubes work? River,I also looked into this a while back. I decided not to pursue, mainly because I didn't want to mess with my speakers, but always thought it was a good idea. This is a good primer: http://sound.westhost.com/bi-amp.htm#separating_sigTo do acti... | |
| Oppo BDP-95 Versus Bel Canto DAC 3.5 I haven't heard these, but I would think other readers would find helpful if you described what would be feeding the DAC 3.5, so they can provide better feedback.You do know the BDP-95 has no digital inputs, right? I ask because I was once interes... | |
| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC Ronrags,I also have a SB Touch and I'm looking into a DAC to pair with it, so your comments are of interest to me. You mentioned you were underwhelmed with Touch+W4S DAC1 and by Touch+Benchmark. Underwhelmed compared to Touch only?Have you tried t... | |
| DAC suggestion to pair with MC275 & Usher Spk Rbw,I understand Lenehan is a boutique shop out of Australia, with very limited distribution. Do you know if they distribute elsewhere? There was a forum member whose userid escapes me now, who has a PDX and kept speaking highly of it, but also me... | |
| Looking for a DAC for the Squeezebox Touch Yeah, you are probably right. Bunch of fools hanging around here taking the time to try different USB to SPDIF converters, then taking the time to share their findings with the rest of us. And gets worse: it's group thinking too, as they all tend ... |