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| Little Giant NOS DAC mini review In absolute terms, digital is not, and cannot be truly accurate to the original performance in its present form. This is what you say now. But earlier you said: I find it to be an accurate one which appears to neither add nor subtract anythi... | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions I agree there will be tonal changes when you change SRA. However there is a correct VTA/SRA and the tone accompanying it should be accepted. It may or may not be the setting with arm exactly parallel to the disk, probably not. As I wrote, it shoul... | |
| Little Giant NOS DAC mini review I find it to be an accurate one which appears to neither add nor subtract anything from the signal it receives. And how do you know this? What is your reference? | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions Just two points from here: Your physical set up seems good enough. Others may advise about the quality of the phono pre you're using. It could be that a change here will do the job. You can probably try some with a return privilege. I do not a... | |
| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? Just two thoughts: 1. It depends upon your age. 2. IMO digital audio is currently more mature than it is being given credit for. It is being credibly compared with analog and with the sound of real music. The really good stuff at various price... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara Since the reviewer says he bought the review DAC the real "bargain" comes a few months down the road when it is up for sale at about $27,000 if he follows the road of so many reviewers. So you’ll probably have another chance. He... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Many have reported that the power supply in Dave though small in size, indeed performs well and changing it yields no improvement. That is what Chord’s John Franks says. Very cheap parts. Very expensive PR. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC We haven’t seen much ESS Saber bashing on this thread lately. An interesting fact, though, is that the $34,000 Ideon Absolute DAC uses a single ES9038PRO chip. Its advertising stresses its power supply and analog circuit. Where have I heard that b... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sns Always in a learning mode, I'd love to hear more about the "custom build streamer" that you're using. It's great to know that as you've gone higher and higher in the streaming realm, the 005 can keep up. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit There's been such an explosion in "interfaces" as you call them that asking for a low cost option is like asking for a low cost DAC. You'll get a boatload of suggestions, basically as what various people have settled on. The Mu... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit I don't think you can use the Mac C22 as an example by which to judge the sound performance of all preamps with tubes. I know that there are those who drool in front of the visual attraction of Macs. However, the build of the C2... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit When I wrote my last post I thought that the reputations of the Schiit and Rogue preamps were sufficiently well established that I failed to say the following. Remember that my personal judgments are, as best as I can, against li... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC As long as there’s so much talk about preamps I’ll add my $.02. Within the last two or three years I’ve gone from a fine 2 piece Sim Audio to a Schiit Freya+ to a Rogue RP-7. I have found that what works for me is that the preamp is the perfect p... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sns It seems to me that the vocal excercises you outline might work to help "voice" your listening room rather than the component system. When I go to a dealer or a show I always carry with me, in one form or another, some music files with whic... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara Too bad that Audiogon does not support a "search within thread" function. it would often be a great help. The best you can do here is to use the general search on "Musetec Bricasti". You will come up with something. |