lordmelton
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| Resolution drop +1 @reubent , digital volume controls will sacrifice resolution to control volume. An analogue pre-amp solves this issue and will bring a wider, more dynamic sound too, however good pre-amps will reveal shortcomings of the source components too if... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? @asvjerry Hi, as Mr. Prentice mentioned above, conversion must take place with Toslink and it's bandwidth is limited to 24/96 Khz. Wadia tried to introduce I believe AT&T Glassfiber, which apparently was good, back in the day.. Weiss have a v... | |
| Speaker Bullet Filters Seems like there was a bit of a kerfuffle, sorry I missed it. @fiesta75 Yes I've heard most of the Magicos in a very expensive demo rig. Unfortunately they are not for me. I prefer speakers made of wood with silk dome tweeters. @stereo5 Seems li... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @goose Yes it has HDMI and RJ45 I2s inputs. Online manual here: | |
| Recommendation for Digital Coax In order of SQ 1. I2s however this is my project for this year to implement I2s so I cannot verify this in practice, only research. 2. USB controversial choice here but with the correct DAC and DDC it is capable of outclassing AES/EBU. 3.AES/EB... | |
| Lumin vs Bricasti Volume Control @jeffreyw Yes Jeff that's exactly what I did. Checkout the Musetec 005 Dac it has remote volume control which can be bypassed when you get a Pre. Regarding power amps there are some killer Threshold (Pass Labs) Class A & A/AB on the used mark... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? If you want to use USB get a DAC or DDC with an Amenero board. This will bring the SQ equal or better to AES/EBU. It is such a close call using my Musetec 005 DAC with my Aurender N20 I cannot say which one is best only that they are different. S... | |
| RIP Max Townshend This is indeed sad news. He was a true pioneer. Love to his family. | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet I've never changed my wall socket but I guess I'll give it a try one day. I'd get a decent power conditioner, Plixir is very good, and then plug your Furman into it, use the Furman like a power extension. Wall warts are evil excommunicate them. ... | |
| How Big of a Difference? Before buying any "Fancy" cables I'd get a decent power supply, my choice would be Plixir but I doubt you'd stump up the cash for one of those. Secondly get rid of the Laptop and get an inexpensive streamer maybe Emerson Digital or something simi... | |
| Lumin vs Bricasti Volume Control A pre-amp will always be best for volume control. A good pre-amp will open up the soundstage and do all sorts of wonderful things IF you have a good source and DAC. If you don't, a pre-amp will show up all the warts in your front end and make your... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? Do you have a DAC? | |
| Which DAC in the chain is playing? @hleeid So you can use an external DAC without problem but you will need to use the internal DAC for streaming or buy another streaming device and put it's digital output into the external DAC. There is no digital out on the H190. You could use th... | |
| Which DAC in the chain is playing? You computer feeds USB into your DAC then RCA or XLR ICs feed into your amp. Your CD player should feed a digital output directly into your DAC. This is assuming you have the H190 without streamer. | |
| Is AES/EBU or SPDIF connection preferred by Aurender N10, N20 owners? Congratulations on your purchase, the N10 is an excellent product. Regarding your question I would say it all depends on your DAC but for PCM AES/EBU is most likely to be the best. For DSD most DACs won't accept DSD over AES/EBU so either use DO... |