mzkmxcv
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| Recommendation for DAC needed. @celander I presumed running it at 0.00 dBFS would remedy that concern. That graph is plotting dBFS along the horizontal axis, 0dBFS means music that is at the loudest it can go before clipping, undithered CD has a noise floor of -96 dBFS; for mo... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. @celander The Topping D50 is indeed excellent for the money. The ~$1700 Benchmark DAC 3B is still better (the ESS hump may be audible, not sure on audibility thresholds), so if he has $3K to burn, then <$2K for the DAC3 B is still saving >... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. @rvpiano Not sure about the Qutest, but even the Chord Hugo 2 doesn’t touch the Benchmark or even SMSL SU-8. The Auralic Vega and Altair also don’t perform better than the Benchmark (similar to SMSL SU-8). | |
| Audiophile newbie in need of DAC/DAP. You can just use your phone and an SMSL iDea (better than the DragonFly Black). Otherwise the Onkyo DP-X1 seems good. | |
| Roon vs Bluesound If just using them with digital outs, identical. If they sounded any different with digital outs, your DAC sucks, which surely isn’t the case with yours. Marantz looks to have the best pre-outs for processor use, Denon is still OK (get an X3400 ... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. Benchmark DAC3 beats pretty much everything at its price and most all above, but it’s already practically totally transparent. An SMSL SU-8 is very close to performance (backed by measurements) and costs a lot less. The Bryston doesn’t offer anyt... | |
| Audiophile newbie in need of DAC/DAP. Budget? | |
| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations @joshelston It’s a high end one, and any stereo ones with HDMI aren’t as up to date and won’t have as frequenct/timely updates. As I was hinting at with all the specs I gave, it is excellent for music as well. There is still a $10,000 amp cha... | |
| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations If you want the latest HDR/HDMI format support: * Marantz SR6013 for $1500. Even though it uses AKM 4458’s on all channels, if you wish to use a different DAC for stereo music, get the Bluesound Node 2i for $500 as the streamer. For the DAC, you... | |
| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? @jahaht513 Besides getting a Mac Mini or something, cheapest I can think of that can be a Roon core is the ELAC Discovery Music Server. | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question @caphill Name a process that’s <$4000 that has Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and HLG (throw in AirPlay 2 for good measure). | |
| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? What sources/services do you want to support and how do you wish to control it? | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @audioengr You are talking about measuring the picoseconds worth of jitter (which does need to be in the MHz region). I am talking about doing a J-Test and finding out how the jitter will affect the passband after being reduced with a DAC, which ... | |
| Affordable integrated pure class A? @stuff_jones Just FYI, the NC400 amps assembled by James Romeyn are like $1500 for a stereo model and would likely demolish any pure Class-A offering; another bonus is you won’t have an actual space heater. | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question @ethanhallbeyer No, most every system sounds better with a pre-amp, unless using like a Benchmark DAC hi h can output >20Vrms with balanced connections. Also, if using a subwoofer(s), the room correction (Audyssey for Denon/Marantz) is high... |