lowrider57
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| Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to? @clarinetmonster2 Yes, I reversed polarity on the CL-3's. It is smoother and imaging is spot on. | |
| Don Sach's pre amp I'm considering the Sach's Custom preamp. I love the use of 6SN7's in the gain stage. The one thing I'm wondering is the use of a cathode-follower is like a double-edged sword; low noise and distortion, but this design usually has a modern tube so... | |
| Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to? I own a pair of the Gallo CL-3's. To look at them you would never expect such big, deep sonics to be produced. Very tight bass, wonderful midrange, and a huge soundstage. My only fault with them is the CDL is like a super-tweeter, highs are very e... | |
| PS Audio PWT - cd transport I wonder if a generation of their DACs has a design flaw. | |
| PS Audio PWT - cd transport @toolbox, that's very interesting about your distortion issue. Was everything fine before you added the PWD? Are you running the latest firmware version?I have found the PS Audio forum to be of great help troubleshooting problems, also some very n... | |
| Higher end value cables do you want ’tone controls’ cables or more neutral cables ? Some cables alter the purity of the recording or add sonic characteristics such as warmth, extended or "rolled off" highs, or how the soundstage is presented. This may be done intentional... | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC @jond , yes you're absolutely right about that.So, finally heard back from the dealer; waiting for pics of the innards. If all goes well, I'll make a purchase. | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC AN makes great stuff, but I think you’re falling into the trap of believing the chip makes the sound....I think part of AN’s philosophy is to filter and alter the signal as little as possibleI’m not at all saying the chip makes the sound. It’s jus... | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC Thanks @chayro . Looks VG for a good price. I've been thinking about steering away from the ESS Sabre and looking for older multibit or proprietary processing such as the AN. | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC @rodge, it sounds like you're saying the AN 2.1 Sig. is worth persuing.I plan on asking if any of the high quality electronics were replaced under the hood.Thanks for the tip on the usb-spdif. | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC @jond, he didn't reply and the ad ended. I emailed the store and it's still for sale, so we will speak via phone call.Jim | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC That’s right George, Redbook is my priority. And I don’t wish to convert PCM to DSD. But the NOS DACs Ive been looking at will play 24/96 or 24/192 downloads from my hard drive thru USB. I know, I know it’s possible they won’t sound any different ... | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC "most NOS chips support 24/96"That's true, thanks. | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC @georgehifi, Border Patrol has a good rep. I like seeing the quality parts being used, but no hirez from audio files?@chayro , thanks, I'll check out the Doge. I'm not all about specs...R2R DACS don't really measure all that well. But they do have... | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC @audioengr , I'm using a PS Audio PWT for 16/44.1 playback. USB from my Mac. SPDIF cable is 1.5m from Empirical Design. I'm wondering if any reclocking would be beneficial and if upsampling would hurt the native 16/44 input stream to an NOS dac. |