mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 In my world, I2S out of the Ambre has been the best sounding input into the Adagio, followed by AES/EBU, with S/PDIF and USB being less desirable. To my ears, using Ethernet from the Roon Core into the Endpoint (i.e., the Metrum Ambre), and having... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @rsjaurr One thing you said rings true for me and makes me reconsider my goals: I highly doubt if any other DAC can give you better sound in an almost similar price range.I am starting to wonder whether buying something else will only show me how ... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I had the Aqua La Scala MKII (not optologic) here for a couple of weeks a few years ago. I liked the Metrum Pavane I owned at the time better. The Adagio I own now sounds virtually the same as the Pavane but the Optologic version of the La Scala... | |
| Splitting Balanced Cables? Here you go. This is probably the best one;MSB Sub IsolatorSomething like this would also work for you;Guitar Center Y adaptorThis might work also;Sonifex | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @cal3713 Thanks for the suggestion. Does that use their LDR unit or something else?I have been looking at Khozmo and Steve McCormack believes they will work for me.Khozmo Shunt | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @johnss until you get above that price point, think there is only one..the denafrips terminator. I am curious what other contenders in the price range you compared with the Terminator - did you try the R2R Holo May KTE or the Bricasti M3 that ha... | |
| suggestion for a SS class AB amp that sounds like a class A ... if such a thing exists @jtgofish +1On the other side of four Class A amplifiers, I found the amps I was looking for, and they run in Class AB.Class A amplifiers are not necessarily better than anything else and maybe not with all speakers or on all music. Decide what s... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 Thanks for all the suggestions. I strongly considered quite a few of the recommendations but in the end, and without the ability to hear these, I believe the Holo May KTE is the DAC I need to try. It has pretty much everything I am looking for e... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I contacted Ben at Mojo Audio. Apparently there is a lot of interest in the Mojo Audio Mystique DACs, including refurbished V3s (if you can find one to refurbish) and especially the newer EVO range which Ben says is noticeably better sounding. ... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @rushfan71 , this is why it is so important to hear stuff for yourself. Although you and a couple of reviewers indicate the Morpheus may have a touch more meat on the bones than the Adagio or Pavane, I have spoken with several others who have ind... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @grannyring , I heard those same comments about the Morpheus relative to the Pavane and Adagio, although the reviewers did not seem to think so. I sometimes wonder about reviews but have previously found Srajan at 6moons to be reliable and mostly... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @cal3713 , yeah the Totaldac measurements are a bit confusing but there are so many folks who like how they sound. I will look into whether any of the Mojo DACs have been critically measured as I would be curious to see how they measure. The Hol... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @jgoldrick , Thanks for reminding me about Totaldac, which has been on my list. Everything I read about how they sound seems that one of their DACs would be perfect for me but man, they are expensive. OTOH, their gear holds its value and their bas... | |
| Review on the Rockna Audio Wavelight Pre/DAC just went up on Stereo Times I have been considering trying another DAC in the $5-$7K range and both the Wavelight and Bricasti M3 are on my list, along with Denafrips and Holo May KTE. Not being able to hear these different DACs makes the decision a bit of a crapshoot and h... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 Thanks all. Not sure why the Bricasti was not on my radar but I am going to look into that one a bit more. @tvad , since you have the VRE-1c, I assume you are controlling your system volume from that preamp. Do you set the volume on the M3 all ... |