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| SACD or not SACD? To which I wold add that if you have not heard your SACDs as rips (and your CDs too) you probably haven't heard them at their best. Running a silver disk through a machine can do nothing to improve the SQ of the music files they contain. Only de... | |
| Playing SACDs @smdb01us Bravo! Now it's a no-brainer. You will be very happy with the results. You might begin by having a look here: https://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-93-minidsp-ripping-sacds-page-2Let the folks here know how it worked out. | |
| Playing SACDs I suggest you rip your SACDs. Makes them easy and convenient to play, and with the highest possible SQ. You haven’t said which Oppo you have, but if you have either the 105 or 103, you’re all set to do it. If you don’t have one of those, you might... | |
| SoundSmith Counter Intuitive for VPI tone arms Yes the CI works very well. No friction problem here. Perhaps there was a user who didn't like the normally tight fit.Even useful, though perhaps not as essential, f you get the dual pivot which I also recommend. | |
| Shelter 501 mkii then what now I had a 501 re-tipped at SoundSmith with the OCR. It was fine. But it was easy to tell that an Audio Technica Art-9 outperformed it. The re-tipped 501 was easy to sell. | |
| Question about internet connection to streamer I did a careful listening test between wi-fi and a very long Cat 5 cable, and the cable was the clear winner. I now use generic Cat 6 cable. Bit the dust and made a small hole in the floor for it. Learned how to terminate. | |
| Has Anyone Auditioned an LKS MH-DA004 DAC? The DAC has been in my system for about 2 years. I have been mostly an analog guy. Previous tries at digital didn’t get much listening but this DAC does. My analog system is VPI TNT, AT Art-9, three stage all tube (no SUT, no transistor) phono pre... | |
| Schiit Freya plus. Is this an upgrade? @recluseThanks for sharing.What amp are you using it with?Are the volume clicks a physical noise, or do they come through the speakers?I've read that the Freya+ gets very warm. Is it warm enough to be a concern about long term performance life? | |
| Reference Recordings only doing hybrid cd/sacd now, sad I'm gone. @georgehifi " . . they are no longer doing 24/96 hdcd PCM only CD's . . "When I ripped a few HDCDs, they are read by my computer as 24/44.1 which is what I I am pretty sure they are, at best. What is your information?.Also, does anyone make HDCD... | |
| Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege? @lewm wrote:" I would point out that the modern trend in the most advanced belt-drive designs is to have an outboard motor controller. A subset of those devices incorporate a feedback mechanism that transmits platter speed errors back to the contr... | |
| Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege? Michael Fremer has written, and I agree:"Regulating a direct-drive motor's speed with a phase-locked loop produces tight speed control and measurably low levels of wow and flutter, but the motor's constant, ultra-high-speed hunting and pecking as ... | |
| OPPO 105; how to beat it and at what price? My $.02. Rather than modify anything, find yourself a good separate DAC. You have many to choose from and a lot of opinions as well. For the time being, for your PCM music you will use the digital output of your Oppo and play through the separate ... | |
| Sabre dacs versus other dacs One can give you the facts. But if you have beliefs that are generated by high retail prices you are at the mercy of the manufacturers.I was writing about the Mytek Brooklyn+ which retails for about $2400. Though Mytek gives its products a USA cac... | |
| Sabre dacs versus other dacs Like nonoise says, it's all in the implementation. You ask about Mytek. IMO, poor quality low cost power supplies. Analog chips. At their prices, not for me. | |
| how do you know if you need a dac ? @toyo18How do you know that you need a DAC? that's easy.I have come the same route, that is, from vinyl.You know you need a DAC when you find that, no matter what you have invested in your digital set-up, you find yourself returning almost all of... |