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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD This thread started off with many many under $10k dacs. I initially was looking in the $4k-$12k range. I spent a lot of time wih a lot of dacs. It's quite a few pages, but a good read. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Yes. PS Audio direct stream came and went a long time ago. I have not tried it since then and it has gone through many many upgrades in software. My ODSE is about the same price and in a different class altogether. For the money (well under $10k) ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Oh. Forgot to mention I also have an Electrocompaniet EMC1mk3 sacd player inbound. Always respected those 1up CD players. Didn't want to spend a fortune on a good sacd player. Mission accomplished. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Berkeley Reference DAC fed spdif direct from Aurender N10 (about 160 hours on the Berk Ref and about 330 hours on the N10):Physically, the Berkeley is absolutely stunning. A solid piece of beautifully honed metal with tolerances that NASA would be... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I agree. But Mike L. was very specific to use the term analogue as a descriptor. I guess we all have our own interpretation of what that implies. But you are 100% correct Guido. Same as tube vs. solid state. As they get better they become more and... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Cerrott- well said. At the end of the day the music is analyzed similarly in all of our brains but perceived and appreciated very differently. As it passes our conscious processing and enters our subconscious happy place it pushes different button... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Guido - in your wonderfully eloquent way, please provide us with your definition of "analog" sound. So many equate warm and analog and in my opinion they are very different. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD What are opinions on the new DCS line? Rossini? Looks like a DAC, transport, renderer and up converter in one box. Only leaves the external clock as a separate component.... A simplified Vivaldi. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD And that, Agear, is why we shut him down......Because a one horse pony show gets boring very quickly. Especially when only Palomino's are allowed to compete. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD George's techno babble was great, I enjoyed that actually. But his incessant ranting about there only being ONE and ONLY ONE way to convert digital to analog quickly became counter productive and was killing the thread. As far as that definition g... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Warm - what my room feels like after about 2 hours of listening. Rich - what I have made the dealers I bought all my gear from.... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Ah crap! I hate DEADlines!!!!! | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I've decided to give up the life of audiophilio-Insanitoriim. From now on, I'm only listening to music through cassette tape on my 1984 Sony Walkman and Koss headphones. And with that, it will ONLY be Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song. Good ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Erndog- go back and read..... I did. Reviews on both the Antipodes and Aurender are in pages gone by. Short answer - Aurender N10 way better to my ears, in my system. But my Mod'd Mac Mini still sounds better then both of them. The Antipodes was v... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Berkeley DAC is up and running. I will hopefully get some time tomorrow morning to get first impressions. The USB to spdif is ready to go tomorrow. But for now I'm running spdif straight from the Aurender N10. Let's see which sounds better (USB to... |