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| Okay......best single box reference CD player i suppose it is hard to isolate performance to just the DAC; but i do think that my perception of the performance advances of the Playback Designs is likely due a great deal to it's unique DAC design.the DAC in the Playback Designs MPS-5 has an op... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Dave, my son and i have spoken about where the server should be. we have CAT-5 wired to both sides of my room in the barn as well as draft 802.11n WiFi in the barn and house. i also have a conduit from my listening room to the attic that my air li... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Satyam, regarding a music server into the Playback Designs verses the transport....let's say we are talking redbook here. i read about how servers will out do transports; but i have yet to speak to anyone who has actually had that experience. sinc... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player hi Satyam,i was working (actually my network engineer son) on putting together a music server to use thru the Playback Designs. we were considering the various sound cards and connection choices. it turns out that most of the connections have limi... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Shadorne, your posts are typially well considered and even though we are not agreeing here i don't take your comments as any sort of judgement on my system. please understand i am very pro digital and typically listen to digtial 60% to 70% of the ... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital yeah right. 2 different hi-rez professional recording chains were simultaniously mysteriously faulty and the three pro audio guys plus the producer were oblivious to that. and remember; their recorders were getting the same signal source as my amp... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital either this is reality.....Frankly, most modern D to A and A to D has a precision of reproduction that is far beyond human hearing.or this is reality... a month ago a friend, who owns a record label, used my tt to record some direct-to-disc Lps to... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Jeff, i have been asked these questions many times. i agree with many here, there are many perspectives. i am one who has always attempted to try to have state-of-the-art players for both digital and vinyl. recently; i have also pursued state-of-t... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Bill,i am an open book. if someone cares about such things they can read my posting history; i hide nothing. i would remind you to disclose you are a commercial dealer in competition with the distributor you refer to. while i personally think your... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Bar,this is a brand new product and a brand new company that only shipped their first product 2-3 weeks ago. they have been focused on getting the product out and getting production processes nailed down.....and since most of the initial productio... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player correction to my post above regarding the Playback Designs;i said;"it uses an Esoteric VRDS transport"i had thought that all the Esoteric digital transports were VRDS and that there were various levels of VRDS. a friend pointed out to me that this... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Bar,i don't know the answer to your question. it is very quiet and always reads the disc quickly and the first time.i much prefer it to the Philips drive that was in my EMM Labs CDSD. | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Another vote for the Playback Designs MPS-5. it is set up to work as a DAC for a music server so is quite future proof. it uses an Esoteric VRDS transport. it is also software upgradable.here is a link to a review of the MPS-5. [url]http://forum.a... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player i did get some updated info from Jonathan as my son is putting together a music server for me and we are trying to figure out the best approach. i have not personally confirmed this info.at this time the USB input will only accept 16/44.the RCA in... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Dave, i'll be looking forward to both the beer and getting together. i'd also enjoy hearing about your impressions of the Playback Designs if you go that way.i noticed on your system page that you are musician and do live recordings; i wonder if y... |