melbguy1
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| Upsampling DACs I know that Ayon cd players offer the option of switching off upsampling which some purists prefer. I've seen 2nd hand examples show up on the 'Gon as low as $2750 (not sure if that's beyond your budget). The CD-2 is also ripe for upgrades if you ... | |
| The best CD Player for the money Thanks for your kind words Jafant. The Romulus surprised me, for the money it sounds very natural and accomplished. If you can get an audition of Jorma cables, I think you'd be impressed. Jorma sounds natural, organic and harmonically rich (especi... | |
| New Vandersteen oil cooled hybrid amplifiers 10-01-14: No_money52k a pair, and they basically will only work with 5a or model 7. http://www.theaudiobeat.com/ces2014/ces2014_vandersteen.htmI wonder if the limited application could potentially affect future resale value? What do you guys think? | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Grannyring, I was really impressed when I saw your system. It looks like you do brilliant work. That is the nicest Romulus I've seen, so yes in your case I can see how you're come out square in most cases. Though for most punters, certainly in my ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Joe, don't worry, I used to be in the modder's camp as well & highly modified my previous Ayon CD-5s with great results. I'm also sure I could get great results modding my Romulus like Grannyring. But every component has it's limitations, and ... | |
| Help me spend $3000 on a used amp I'd vote for a 2nd hand Modwright KWA-150. That amp has great build quality, wonderfully warm, tube-like sound and amazing inner detail and resolution. It is a dual mono amp, so you really don't need mono blocks. However if you change to inefficie... | |
| Upsampling DACs Obviously it depends entirely on your budget. Below the price point of Vitus, the Aesthetix Romulus Signature is a very good value player imho, as is the Modwright Sony XA-5400ES at its price point. Happy auditioning! | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 10-04-14: Charles1dadMel,a good friend of mine has the Aesthetix Romulus Signature and I've listened to it often(it replaced his good sounding Modwright Oppo 105 and then his Lampizator DAC, very good).The Romulus is truly a natural sounding and p... | |
| Upsampling DACs Dave, I can't comment on the sound of the Teac dac you mentioned, but to be honest, Teac are not in the same league as Vitus. Not saying Vitus is the only brand you should consider, and others I am sure will chime in. But from my experience they a... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Tbg, no as with my S5's they don't need any augmentation in the bottom end. But my Dealer thinks really highly of it. The Torus is not a subwoofer in the traditional meaning. It works differently and is an "infrasonic generator" which improves dyn... | |
| Upsampling DACs Good point Chayro, at the end of the day members here can only make suggestions based on what we think is a good unpsampling dac based on our preference and relative budget. At the end of the day, it's all about finding out what kind of sound you ... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? @Tbg, have you read up on the Wilson Benesch Torus? That is fast and is capable of keeping up with ribbon drivers. | |
| Upsampling DACs Dave, the Vitus RD-100 is $14kUSD retail, whilst the RCD-101 is about $2kUS more. A good Dealer however should be able to do a deal south of that. Not cheap, but I still rate these components as high end bargains imho. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Charles, cheers. I tend to gravitate towards less analytical, more musical cd player/dacs. On reflection, all of my previous cd players have fallen into the latter category including my JVC XL-Z1050, Ayon CD-5, modded/re-tubed Ayon CD-5s & cur... | |
| Upsampling DACs The Vitus RD-100 is an excellent upsampling dac and employs filter-down technology from the previous Signature series spinner (SCD-010). It also includes a good analogue linestage which uses a new version of Vitus's relay-based volume control and ... |