loftarasa
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| Audiophile Active Speakers? It seems like most of the active speakers (ATC included) have a reputation of being on the brighter more etched or revealing side. Is this true?This is absolutely not true. In fact, the older SEAS tweeters (before ATC came out with their new inhou... | |
| Best DAC to also use as a preamp AMR DP-777 might be the best fit; also uses tubes. Long thread on it where member audiofun rates the preamp section highly.The Naim DAC-V1, the new NAD M12, and the ATC CDA2 are all also candidates for demo. Ditto the Resolution Audio Cantata. | |
| Audiophile Active Speakers? Larrybou, on dedicated preamp vs dac-pre into actives, this is totally dependent on the quality of the dac-pre in question.If you don't need analogue input selection, then a dac-pre is the best way to go for purity and transparency. IME, it makes ... | |
| Audiophile Active Speakers? "I realized my entire cabling, amps, preamps etc were too warm ...I'm just looking for good music reproduction without tons of system matching experimentation etc"- I would get active ATC SCM50/100/150 ASLs in a heartbeat (if I had the room and ca... | |
| DAC woes - what to do Lightspeed, I do run my M51 balanced straight into my P1 power amp. The volume control is excellent, and I preferred it to using the iFi iTube (in both buffer and preamp modes). FWIW, the M51 did better than the Benchmark DAC2 HGC as a preamp, tho... | |
| DAC woes - what to do Hey Lightspeed, I obviously like the M51 as I own it. It seems to be obtainable used at really good prices now.If getting something new, you might want to look at the Rotel RDD-1580 or Metrum Octave. | |
| Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac? Hi Audiofun, I played around it with again last night. I agree with you; in Preamp mode (both 0 or 6db gain), it's deleterious. The loss is much less detectable when in buffer mode, but here I preferred 0db to 6db. I also agree the Digital Antidot... | |
| Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac? @audiofun, your gear is higher-end than mine and I don't doubt your claims about the iTube's performance in your system.But I'm sending my iTube back as it's not adding enough value for me. Having to go from variable balanced to fixed output singl... | |
| Best natural, musical DAC under $3K? Hey Larrybou, assuming you don't need a built-in preamp or DSD, if I was going again with your budget I'd look at:Aqua La Voce S2Metrum HexAudial Model S / Model S USBCheers | |
| Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac? On audiofun's endorsements, I ordered the iTube, got it today and will evaluate it more for a couple of weeks.Between my NAD M51 and ATC P1 power amp, these are my initial findings: after level-matching from going balanced to single-ended, I do fe... | |
| Recommend a SPDIF cable You have to try several as they're very system/component dependent. That said, I've tried the Blue Jeans and never found it optimal in various RCA-RCA coax scenarios. I've also tried the SilverStar (and many other brands) and found it not quite as... | |
| Audience powerChord SE / AU24 vs HiDiamond P3 / P4 Hi - have compared PowerChord to various others (but not AU24 or HiDiamond). Even though I love the AU24 ics and speaker cable, I was not that impressed with the PowerChord; its not on the same level. I'd suggest you rule that out and restrict you... | |
| Airsine and other power cables to shortlist Thanks to both; exactly the kind of insight I wished for. Think I may look into retermination as a first option. | |
| Anyone Experienced Douglas Cables? My only purchase with Douglas' was to get a powercord using Furutech bulk cable and Wattgates. Ordering and communication were good.They run a money back guarantee, so there's no reason not to try these out.20ft is a long run - if cost is a concer... | |
| Blue Jeans Digital cable choices I've tried many coax cables, including Blue Jeans.I've found differences in sound exist, and cable performance varies depending on the components used. One of the explanations I've seen is due to the impedance measurements obtained amongst given c... |