mapman
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| Preamps built Into DACs "I am currently using the digital VC in my Trinnov processor, and according to the manufacturer at 50db attenutation I am losing information."Isn't loss of information a gradual thing with any volume control as the signal is attenuated? I don't th... | |
| The most dynamic speaker you've heard... Maybe mbl 111e. Or maybe a custom Goto horn system I heard a few years back at Capital Audiofest. But my current OHM F5s are up there as well.Must state though that for any speaker to be truly dynamic, one must have the right amp and gear behind i... | |
| Review: NAD m51 DA converter "What the NAD did for me, and the biggest compliment i can give, is that it allowed me to listen to whole albums as if it was the first time I have ever heard them and forget about the gear!"That's the ticket! And one of the reasons NAD has been a... | |
| Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever For the total package, how about an honorable mention at least for Shirley Jones back in her late 50's, Oklahoma-era prime? Are there any more beautiful female vocals than hers on the Oklahoma movie soundtrack, outside of opera or the classical wo... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs ".....Well even the best S/W DSP volume controls seem to cause audible artifacts at more than about -9dB of volume reduction. No amount of dithering and resampling will help IMO....There is absoltely no consensus on this, nor confirmation in liste... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs "However for well-designed DACs with volume controls, even these will be crushed. There are only a couple out there that accomplish this BTW, so it is likely that you have not heard them."Steve, please list or reference if you have already.Thanks. | |
| Preamps built Into DACs " All the available musical information is encoded in the digital signal. This includes all the timbre, body, spacial information, decay and what have you. "I agree with this and part of why I think the potential for pure digital amps is huge even... | |
| Tannoy vs Klipsch My exposure is limited but I tend to think of Tannoy as more British sounding Klipsch, similar to other differences between many North AMerican/US lines and British competition.Then there are "French" horns and the French sound. Triangle has moved... | |
| Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever Shania Twain......yes!!!! | |
| Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever Emmy Lou Harris is a great mix of beautiful voice and appearance! | |
| Preamps built Into DACs "It just so happens, my current system (with digital volume control), give me a more body, tone and dynamics than anyting I have ever owned, tubes included. We have the same destination, but just get there with different technology. "Myself, I wou... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs It makes a lot of sense to bundle preamp and dac these days much like pre-amp and phono pre-amp have been bundled into some pre-amps for years. The fact is digital is the norm now, not phono. So it is a natural thing to do. May not be the best/rig... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips I think I've seen their literature says it changes molecular structures somehow or something along that line. | |
| Preamps built Into DACs If you have just digital sources there is probably no good technical reason to have a pre-amp. I'm sure there are very good dac with volume controls out there. Maybe to introduce tubes in the pre-amp if a tube sound only fan. | |
| Preamps built Into DACs In general, my only concern about a DAC and pre-amp in a single box would be how well is the pre-amp section shielded from RFI generated by the digital circuits/DAC? In general, I would prefer these in separate boxes separated by space as an insur... |