paul79
Responses from paul79
| DACs and bass response? Capacitance. A look inside a DAC will tell you. If it has allot of electrolytics it will typically have good bass. | |
| Power line conditioners- to use or not to use? That is the question? There are good ones out there. The PI Audio UberBuss is great and perhaps even better, and more neutral, the Zenwave Audio version of the SurgeX.I no longer use them though, as my power at my new(ish) place is much better. I find these conditionin... | |
| Power cord for digital stuffs? I have played around with several different power cables for digital gear. The best I have found is the WyWires Silver Juice II for this application. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? I liked the closing of the article. He mentions without saying bluntly, that most of the designs out there today are spinoff’s. Dashes of this or that thrown in, and a new something is born. This is what I took from it anyways, right or wrong. Yes... | |
| Where were your audio components designed/engineered? Speakers: Joseph Audio Pearl 3--New York USAAmplifier: Sansui BA-F1 (Many Moons Audio Upgrades)--Japan (USA)Preamplifier: Sansui CA-F1 (Many Moons Audio Upgrades)--Japan (USA)Cables: WyWires--USA, Antipodes--New Zealand, Zenwave Audio--Colorado US... | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K Joseph Audio Perspective's. | |
| Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ? The champagne engraved (stamped) Marantz 2270 or the Tandberg TR-2080 are my favorites for looks. They actually sound quite nice also. Pretty stuff. | |
| $10k DAC in a 3k system? My DAC and speakers cost the same. The rest of my electronics are much cheaper. | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... No, I get it. This is different though. Let’s be fair. Filtering in data transmission is in the MHz range. Far different situation than power delivery, for example. I have used the USB cable in many scenarios to positive result each and every time... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Doug, add the Totaldac Ethernet Cable/Filter to your trials. It is my favorite by quite allot. His USB Cable is also the best I have tried. | |
| More discrete R2R Mulibit dacs. That Terminator DAC does look pretty serious! Thanks for sharing George... Are you going to pursue this one? | |
| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? I like comparisons, but with companies offering more than one DAC product, the comparison is a bit confusing. May I ask for some specifics? Like the model from said company in comparisons? | |
| Reference level DAC + Streamer I have the Totaldac Twelve, with the 4 boxes, so a server, reclocker, and Twelve DAC for each channel. Yes, it is allot of cables, but no other DAC I have tried comes close. You will get over the cable thing really quick with an audition. The Twel... | |
| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? I hear you charles1dad. However, I have had both the DAVE and the Totaldac here, and it was very clear to me in my 2 channel system that the Totaldac translated much better with a speaker system. With headphones, I am not sure, and I think this is... | |
| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? Both these DAC's put you in Totaldac territory. I would much prefer a Totaldac D1 Six to anything else mentioned here. |