mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| blu-ray coaxial outputs limited rez to dacs? Bryston newest DAC accepts HDMI for two channel | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one As an FYI, my dealer told me the tentative price for the new Ayre will be around 10 grand | |
| Dual Purpose Dac? Why don't you call Sweetwater and ask one of their Salespeople? If this product won't do it they probably have another that does | |
| A Couple Of Articles For Digital Listeners I want to thank the OP for those excellent articles. I just sold my analog rig-Clearaudio Concept tt with Concept mc and a Musical Surroundings Phono Pre Amp--and used the $ to help me substantially upgrade my DAC, to the Mytek Manhatten. I am... | |
| DAC VS AVR Presumably the AVR has a built in DAC for digital sources. What your are basically saying is that you prefer the overall sound of the combination of the amplication/preamplification from the AVR and the DAC in the AVR compared to the previous Amp/... | |
| Digital to 5.1 analog converter? Does your preamp have a HT bypass? If so you can keep it in the system and add an AVR for multichannel . | |
| Digital to 5.1 analog converter? Kalman Rubinson does a brief comparison of two 5.1 channel dacs in the current issue of Stereophile. Neither of them qualifies as cheap. | |
| Best sounding universal player (CD, DVD-A, SACD) The c-5xeMP is going to be discontinued, according to an Ayre dealer in Chicago that I spoke with yesterday. It will be replaced with a 2 chassis unit, which sounds like a separate transport and dac, and will sell for around $10K | |
| Best sounding universal player (CD, DVD-A, SACD) The Ayre is going to be discontinued in 2017. | |
| DAC or CD Player. Help! I think some of these responses are more complicated for the OP than they need to be. In general, the DAC will determine the sound. | |
| Need thoughts RE-Best Universal for my High end audio and TV, video etc. Have you contacted Conrad Johnson?in general,amps should be the easiest things to work with. The harder components are the ones that rely on HDMI hand offs.i would get another installer | |
| Server instead of new CDP? It isn't as easy entering meta data into Bluesound as it is on the Mac, basically 1 extra step. Otoh, the Bluesound gets the metadata right much more frequently than iTunes does | |
| Server instead of new CDP? I am a little confused. Which system do you want this player for?If it is your first, does your DAC have a USB input? If so, is the quality of the USB input equivalent to the other inputs? If it had a decent USB input then that expands your pos... | |
| Bluetooth receivers I can't speak for the Musical Fidelity. I had purchased the Audioengine on a lark, mainly so that I could play the occasional file from my phone or so that my kids could stream when they came over. It resides in my main floor HT system. Last S... | |
| Need Balanced DAC with optical and coaxial inputs for 2 channel home theater system I just purchased the Mytec Manhatten. I haven't heard the others on your list. I suggest you give that a look. |