nyev
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| What Gear is Universally Adored? @2psyop , feel free to insert “like” if you so choose, and participate in the discussion. That is fine by me! And I as noted I am not looking for gear that you personally “like”, but rather, things you are aware of that the community universally “... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @mrc4u , not sure if you are still monitoring Audiogon forums as I see you haven't posted in a while. But I read your old post noting your experience connecting the M Scaler with the Diablo 300's DAC, before you added the Chord DAC. You also note... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @tom23 , thanks for that link. The way the M Scaler is described is 100% the same way I’d describe the effect my Innuos PhoenixUSB adds to my system. I’ve since read that others who have both the Phoenix and the M Scaler also describe the effect o... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? Anyone have any reasons why NOT to consider the M Scaler with my Gryphon DAC? The M Scaler seems to be one of those rare products that almost everyone unanimously says is great. Sort of like the Innuos PhoenixUSB. And my Diablo 300 amp. My radar ... | |
| The Mars Volta. New Album. Glad to hear it! I causally had listened to this band over a decade ago but wouldn’t say I was a fan. I had totally forgotten that they ever existed. About 20 years ago I saw them open for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but at the time hadn’t heard o... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @adasdad , thanks, I had linked that article above. The article says they upsampled to 176kbps when connecting to the Gryphon DAC. That leads me to believe they were using TOSLINK and not the SPDIF connection option on the Gryphon DAC module (whic... | |
| The Mars Volta. New Album. If you are using Roon with Tidal it shows the wrong date for the album. The date reads as November 23, 2004. And last night it was in the EP’s section instead of main albums, but that part has been corrected now. Everything shows up correctly wh... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? Makes sense that the best DACs already do the upsampling. Would be interesting to compare a setup like a one-box Weiss DAC with Roon solution, vs my Innuos Zenith Mk3 and the Phoenix reclocker (which sounds great to me). If it compared, a Weiss c... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @jjss49 , I see you also have the Weiss 501 DAC, which I hear is warmer leaning (I also hear that it is superb). My Gryphon DAC module is also warmer leaning. Not sure if it’s possible to set up the Weiss as a DAC only with an external USB input... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? Okay, you have my attention lol…. I don’t think those are areas you can have too much of. Thanks for correcting my inaccurate perception of what this unit does (understanding that it would be different and likely with lesser of a benefit in my ... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? I see that Amir at Audiosciencereview has pooped all over the M-Scaler. Which is a pretty good indicator that it may be actually quite good! If I were a HiFi product manufacturer I would list Audiosciencereview’s quote of “I cannot recommend this... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @rockrider, yes I was looking at using ONE of the Diablo’s SPDIF inputs, which I understand will work and improve things but it won’t upsample to the extent that it would with the dual BNC outputs used by Chord. The Diablo DAC has two SPDIF inputs... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? Here is the link to the Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated review where the reviewer describes his experience of how the Chord M-Scaler adds clarity focus and drive to the Gryphon DAC module’s more “live and energetic” presentation (which I love, but m... | |
| My Lifelong Quest to Make my Expensive Rig Sound as Good as $500 Headphones I think it comes down to the way my mind connects with music. I find that if the “impulse control” of qualities of my system are not near-completely unrestrained, like music played in real life is, with details flowing naturally with a sense of ea... | |
| My Lifelong Quest to Make my Expensive Rig Sound as Good as $500 Headphones Yes, that is a suitable analogy to a degree. |