mattnshilp
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks Jon. Positive feedback is always appreciated. I try to make my reviews as informative, honest, accurate and entertaining as I can. 👍🏻 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thank you George. You have throughly proven your point. We all will only buy R2R ladder dacs now that you have opened our eyes. I stand corrected and apologize for ever contradicting your point. You clearly know best. 👍🏻 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Not that I wan to engage George. I really don’t because he is SO one sided. BUT. I just replaced my Davinci2 with a Pilium Elektra DAC that uses Delta Sigma chips, eight of them to be specific. And to my ears it bettered the mighty Davinci2, which... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD George- 👍🏻 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Alomrd- will do. I don’t review anything digital until it has at least 750 hours on it. 1000 is better. Digital takes a long time to burn in. Thanks for the suggestion. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD George. You said, “They the "clan" here were doggedly stuck on their views of what sounded best for RedBook CD, which they thought was DS (delta sigma) based units, and they tried every new unit that came along.”So, yes. I don’t know what your tal... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Branislav. The thread fizzled out because I am now an active contributing reviewing author for Enjoy The Music and The Absolute Sound. I had been using a Light Harmonic Davinci 2 DAC for many years now (which IS a ladder DAC, so I don’t know wh... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi jj901. Thanks for the kind words. This thread actually got me a job as a professional reviewer. I now review for Enjoy The Music on line and for The Absolute Sound. I felt that continuing on this thread would be a conflict of interest. So I ret... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I have not heard any MSB since I heard the DAC V, which I discussed in pages long gone by. Years ago now. the new ones are supposedly excellent. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I agree to both options in those price ranges. The new Vinnie Rossie stuff is excellent in its price range. And the Mimas punches above its weight. Both are great choices in their class. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD So the Mola Mola Makua preamp has a DAC optional card. It’s a preamp with an optional DAC card. Its like $15k with the card. Their formal DAC doesn’t have analog inputs. There are several very good preamps with optional DAC cards. So there are sev... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi. I have no true experience with the Mola Mola other then reputation; which is very good. Is the analog source a secondary source or a primary source? Something you listen to occasionally? Or all the time?i wouldn’t expect much from a true DAC w... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour I’ve heard all of Merrill’s gear. It’s very very good. Worth the price. Clean. Lightning fast. Bottomless noise floor. No flavor at all. Truly transparent. I don’t doubt that it would beat or at least match a shootout with most gear out there. Try... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour I responded. 🤗 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thaluza - glad to hear the thread has been helpful. Wav64 definitely. Yes, sams Memory Player is amazing. I’m hoping to get the Innuos Statement over to compare the two. Sam has his hands full, but it's all good. The Memory Player has become hugel... |