mysticriver
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| Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass) @ronkent Most of my CD's are ripped in flac files on my hard drive (which I took with me prior to the flood). Almost all the rest were on shelves above the water level and survived OK. I did lose about half of my LP record collection, but to tel... | |
| Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass) @ronkent I second your nomination of PS Audio BHK amp, I owned the BHK 250 stereo version until August 27th when Hurricane Harvey flooded my house with 3.5 feet of salt water. Other victims of the flood were my PS Audio P10 Power regenerator, PS A... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Hi fsmithjack,"This looks awesome - OK so to summarize so I buy the Oppo BDP-103 and this board the Vanity 103HD DoP board and install it myself then just use it as a cd transport?"Well, that’s the idea as I understand it from what I read, anyway.... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Hi fsmithjack,It is designed to be user-upgradeable and very easy.Here is the link to the Vanity 103HD DoP board that Ted uses:http://www.jvbdigital.nl/jvb.asp?cur=2&level=sdi&page=title&title=924The following information is under the ... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Ted Smith's SystemHere's his image galleryhttp://gallery.audioasylum.com/cgi/view.mpl?UserImages=7184&session=&invite=194917041 | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Ted Smith's SystemThis is the link to the detailed list:http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/3367.html | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Hi fsmithjack, You asked about transports and speakers; there is something cool I can share, although not really about my own system, which is nothing special. I listen mostly to classical music ripped to lossless files stored on my Mac Pro. I pl... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Hello everybody,I have read this thread all the way through and I must say it is a fascinating story, filled with drama, suspense, and a lot of great information.I am a recently retired software engineer who has loved music for many decades, alon... | |
| if you had my system and $2,000 budgeted for an upgrade, where would you spend it? "Mystic river, really? The DSD version is a huge improvement? Of course I have heard that, but is the difference THAT big? Does one need DSD files to realize the improvement? Most of my music is Redbook CD ripped to AIFF, but I do have a ni... | |
| if you had my system and $2,000 budgeted for an upgrade, where would you spend it? You have a wonderful system.I have no doubt that various incremental changes could make slight improvements for a couple of grand more.All these suggestions pale however, compared to the one change you must make.Upgrade your PerfectWave DAC II wit... |