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| usb dac for hi-end system I'm at a loss with your Scarlatti why you would not just use the matching dCS USB interface? http://www.dcsltd.co.uk/product/scarlatti-upsampler Surely this is matched and surely dCS would not release anything inferior? Thoughts? I use the Paganin... | |
| ASR Emitter II or Burmester 911? Many thanks to all who have taken the time to contribute their thoughts and experiences. I greatly appreciate all your comments. I guess the question was really a bit simplistic and only one step better than "what is the best amplifier?". Of cours... | |
| Windows Media Player If you like minimalist try hqplayer http://www.signalyst.com/consumer.html. For my set up it is the best but YMMV. BTW, yes, there are quite significant differences between players in my experience. I suspect how noticeable this is will depend a l... | |
| ASR Emitter 1 , Does can drive B&W 802d ? I drive 801Ds with an Emitter 1. It has no problem shaking the room if that is what you desire. I've not heard the Emitter 2 but have no wish or urge to upgrade. It is an excellent amp with great resolution and control. It replaced a Pass X350.5 f... | |
| dCS Elgar plus vs. Delius - confused To the best of my knowledge DCS DACs do not use a volume control in the digital domain, rather they use a switched analogue attenuation network. I have found the DAC attenuator to be less intrusive than any preamp that I have inserted afterward,Mu... | |
| P8i Users - Survey Thanks Andy and Cathode.Things move on and I've returned to balanced and now much prefer that. Possibly this results from the CD player becoming progressively burnt in - before it was just too much direct to my set up, now it's better. Most likely... | |
| DCS P8i direct to pwr amps sound quality. Hi,I use Herbies Footers but really haven't tried with/without - I just use them anywhere and they seem to help. FYI, though the P8i was a little edgy new, after running in, with good CDs there is nothing at all harsh about it in any mode. If the ... | |
| P8i Users - Survey Hi Lenny,Sometime try borrowing some single ended cables and try those - you never know - in my system it works better and i have the same Ridge Street Cables for both single and balanced.Have you tried non-upsampling on CD? I prefer the snappier ... | |
| DCS P8i direct to pwr amps sound quality. Well that's a bit of a coincidence - it looks like your post and my "survey" were loaded about the same time. You'll see in my post that I find my P8i direct to Pass 350.5 to be quite excellent (I think I said - in a hi end sense). Whether it can ... | |
| Original dCS Delius vs the new favourites? Thanks Teajay,It always surprises me how much more can be teased out of systems when you think they are already going pretty well. SACD is great on a few of my discs (red book doesn't come close on some) but the selection is the limiting factor of... | |
| Acapella Versus Avantgarde Thanks for the explanation Gregm - I have wondered what would move one on from Acapella's - no answer yet then! Hi to Fred too - good to see that you remain very happy with your Camapniles. Despite bothering everyone, over a few years, I still hav... | |
| Acapella Versus Avantgarde Gregm,I've long had admiration for Acapella speakers. It seems you moved to something different after the Violon's - may I ask why and what advantages the new ones had over the Acapella's? Incidentally my preference is certainly Acapella's over AG... | |
| Nautilus 801 bass/room size amplifiers I too have the N801's but in an L shaped room. They have given me real difficulties in the bass and I have been through Tact 2.0, Tact 2.2X, Rives and currently some Rane eq's believe it or not. I have also tried elevating them 6" or so (pointed d... |