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| Yello - Reel to Reel The Limited Edition Dolby Atmos Blue Ray "Point" is really fun. I don't have height speakers but the "stage" changes between front and surround speakers. Very high quality recording for my 7.1 surround system. | |
| Transport Recommendations Tweak1, The ET3 has I2s (HDMI) output, but doesNot do SACD for lack of license, but are working on it. Here's a Darko review: | |
| Newer Blues Artists or Recordings There's a special blues guitar technique I really like...I saw Dicky Betts in the Allman Bros, in concert at William & Mary, Va. playing In Memory of Elizabeth Reed...uses right hand little finger to control the volume knob to make the ins... | |
| High quality recordings any genre Fuzztone, thanks for the Octive Radio, my kind of streaming...my favorite is RadioParadise, 4 channels of curated variety in up to FLAK 16/44.1. Arcam88, +1 for SS's Flamenco A Go Go has some fine, fun guitar work, good sound Sound check... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? Just a couple of points: 1. Any iOS device (phone or tablet) will send the correct sample rate of a streamed or onboard file via the hardwire Lightning or USB-C port. (AirPlay resamples the signal) 2. It's all about the DAC, if it has an input b... | |
| Bose 901 Series V Questions I had and liked a pair of 901's from 1972 til 199?..when the 500W Bose amp shorted for a second time, taking out one of it's channels and frying all the drivers on that side. Replaced with Vandersteen 2ci's. I use the remaining speaker for ... | |
| Add I2s to Oppo players? Thanks for the link Unsound., bookmarked. My headphone stack is an OPPO 83 (not on the listed players). It's using an HDMI external breakout box for I2s, and the Pontus DAC has a high end clock in it. The nice power supplies are tempting ... | |
| Add I2s to Oppo players? I'm just going to repost this from a similar discussion last month, and will add my setup is still working perfectly and the I2s is very noticeably the best SACD sound for my ears: (ps, the DSD light is ON on the Pontus 2) old_ears 33 posts 11... | |
| SACD is VERY confusing Sorry for the redundant link above...I see elliottbnewcombjr already listed it. | |
| SACD is VERY confusing I just discovered this website (thru a new amp review at currawong)...lots of great info on DSD playback and recording. They have a DSD studio like PS Audio. And some tempting downloadable examples. Specifics on various playback equipment.... | |
| SACD is VERY confusing Wow, some good info on this thread but mostly a lot of confusion and false information. For a couple of years now I've been enjoying my small collection, <12 SACDs via: a standalone headphone reference system.. OPPO 83-(with 2channel SACD ... | |
| End of life for Vandersteen IICe? Checking the amp specs, arc welder! If bridged it could put out 600w/channel-8ohms! My Owners Manual for my 2Ci's has 2 pages of Power Handling info that always seemed very conservative, but max recommended power is 160w@8ohlms. It talks a... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @milpai Hi, my OPPO 85 does not have USB out but with a small inexpensive Chinese HDMI to I2s breakout box you bypass the onboard DACs and pass a full res digital signal to to my Pontus II. It provides the very best sound to my Aria phones. Red... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 The point of my posts here was to agree with @yyzsantabarbara saying FPGA DAC are the future. Maybe I misunderstood his/her statement but I'd like to think more DAC manufactures will future proof their offerings by following Denifrips/Vinshin... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @ acmier3, I'm no engineer but here's the descriptive post from Alvin at Vinshine Audio: https://www.vinshineaudio.com/so/adOWUmVqi?languageTag=en&cid=110512b0-13c8-4484-ab7f-8c1a5d515110 I have a photo of the FPGA chip in my DAC. It i... |