mistercrash
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| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio , thank you for the write-up on the Weiss Helios. It seems like it's pretty fantastic. Now to start my daily checks to try to find a deal on one... | |
| Bypassing Sony SACD protocols - is it possible? Another option is to rip the SACD layer yourself as a DSD file which you store on your streaming device and route that to your DAC. It takes some setup work to do and requires a particular set of Blu-Ray players to rip the disc, but it's not terri... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? When I compared my Sony HAP-Z1ES streamer to my MBL 1621A transport, I could not distinguish a difference when they were running through the same DAC, an MBL 1611F. The rest of the chain was an MBL 6010D pre-amp, MBL 9007 monoblock amps, and MBL 1... | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu The setup that I have uses a SGC as a Roon core, which then connects through my home network via Ethernet. The SGC can also be set up in a few other modes that the Rendu players accept. I then have a network switch with an SFP module that converts... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio Have you had a chance to listen to the Weiss Helios DAC? I've enjoyed the DAC501 (base and 4-channel) and I'm wondering how the Helios compares to them. | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu I got a Sonore Signature Rendu about a year ago in a bundle with a Small Green Computer i5. At the time, I was considering moving from my Sony HAP-Z1ES streamer to a Roon setup. At first I was puzzled by how to get the system set up, but Andrew Gi... | |
| Question for Weiss Dac 501 Owners I tried out the DSP features when I first got the DAC, but ended up preferring the base sound the best. Still, I love having options and like that I could try it out more in the future. | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss I was looking to get a DAC for a headphone system and tried out a Weiss DAC502. I tested it against two other DACs I have and love: an MBL 1611F that I've had since 2010 and a Meitner MA1 (not a V2) that I've had since 2011. I put a CD in my MBL ... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES static? A couple updates:1. I pulled out the SSD drive I had installed and replaced it with the original HDD. Same result here: an audible static noise every 2:25 when using the USB output, which wasn't there with the analog out. 2. I found a good deal on... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES static? Unfortunately, turning off the Wi-Fi did not resolve the issue. I've also tried changing just about every system setting to no avail. | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES static? Hmm...I hadn't thought of that. I'll try checking it out with the Wi-Fi switched off, and report back. | |
| Sony PS3 Optical Out to a DAC? I also have my PS3 hooked up to a DAC. The question in my mind isn't so much whether the sound is good or not from this setup, but whether the sound through the Toslink interface running through my DAC and sound system was better than the sound th... | |
| DAC with 4 S/PDIF inputs I had forgotten about the Zodiac. Yes, that does look like an interesting option.I also noticed that the Bel Canto DAC 2.5 has one Toslink, 2 coax, and an analog pass-through. | |
| Wyred DACS The message that I keep hearing about BNC vs. RCA is that BNC is a legitimate 75 ohm connector, whereas the dimensions of RCA prevent it from reaching a true 75 ohms. Because of this, BNC is the preferred connector if your gear allows it. | |
| Gapless ripping and playback So it seems as though gapless ripping isn't really a problem, but gapless playback may be a problem depending on the software that is used. |