mattnshilp

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Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Steve- did you implement the XMOS into the ODSX ?Panels and knobs? I thought you were using the same enclosure and form factor as the ODSE...What was your solution regarding Ethernet vs usb input? 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
4orreal - yes you did. My bad. I love that, like my ODSE, it is designed to sound its best from its USB input and that it is a single box solution with the up sampling software and clock built in (like the MSB). I am surprised it doesn't have an e... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Oops. Forgot to add the Berkely super DAC lest someone berate me. It keeps falling off my radar because it doesn't have a USB input. And the current Mike Lavigne selection, Playback Designs. Or the really cool looking Antelope, which I have not he... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
There are so many great DAC's these days. Some require more effort, some more $$$, some more room, some more cable. I could probably put a list together of the ten or so DAC's that's are keeping everyone excited. For example, the Phasure is suppos... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Lol. I actually have a relatively short list of DACs left (currently) to hear. But some of them are very expensive. I'll do it slowly. No Rush. And I have a pretty good analog system. My Teres Audio table and Graham 2.2 arm are pretty darn good. T... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Trinity DACAny thoughts?It sounds like an Uber version of my ODSE. Steve, have you heard a Trinity? 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Anyone with experience with the Canadian Resonessence Labs Mirus DAC? 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
I'm officially holding off on my next DAC audition (Allnic and Romulus) until my room is done. The guy who is providing some of my room treatments (Vicoustics) is also an Allnic dealer. I reached out to Joh about a January/Feb audition of the Romu... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
The DMC600SE is basically Cary's version of the Romulus Signature. No?Its not a music server.... Its a dac with a Cd transport (previously known as a CD player)... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Kana and Grannyring - I have already spoken with cardas and they are upgrading my incoming iPhone Amp lightning connector to pure unobtainium coatings, MBL has replaced the speakers with omnidirectional full frequency response 310 pound behemoths ... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Agreed Beewax, although that may be the vaguest generalization I have agreed with in a while…Yes, the best is the best, until something better comes along…Einstein was the greatest proponent of that concept - he felt that his theories of relativit... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Its all in the detail.I found that the y2/4x setting (more 4x then y2) was more transparent and accurate then the DSD. You clearly give up accuracy for musicality going from 4x to DSD. There is a sense of tube warmth to the DSD/off setting that th... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
UPDATE:Kana813 - you are the seller. Lol. So what are you going to? And why the sale?Zephyr - don't know what the differences are between K01 and the "x" variant. Newer, better algorithms, application of trickle down tech from their newest uber DA... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
I enjoy my critical listening sessions as much as my relaxing lost in the music sessions. And I feel the good people who have followed the thread this far deserve the same passion and intensity through each of my auditions. It's all good to me. An... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
They are the opposite of my initial findings as well. We spoke about what I heard off thread, and we both had similar findings. But today was very different. My findings were in contrast to my previous findings. I look forward to my next session. ...