philtangerine
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| What DAC to buy? Thanks everyone....plenty of suggestions for me to follow up on. I appreciate it. | |
| What DAC to buy? Thanks everyone who's commented so far. Sounds like Denafips and Toppings have support here, so I'll look into them a bit. I hadn't thought of it, but I suppose I can look into streamers (and stop using the PC + Dac approach) as has been suggested... | |
| USB cable less than $100, what's your favorite and why? Very cool. Here in the USA, a two meter 2.0 will run me $60 plus $12 or so for shipping (from a US source, if they are in stock). That's in the budget. $860 is not in the budget. So I'm glad to hear Supras perform nicely by comparison with higher ... | |
| Adcom GFP 750 pre amp upgrade Big Sky Audio Glad to. YW. | |
| Adcom GFP 750 pre amp upgrade Big Sky Audio I'm having a hard time describing, because its just neutral to me. It just kind of sounds like whatever the recording is. Bass is tight and punchy. You can really feel drums on my system. I guess its warm or mid rangy. I wouldn't call it bright or... | |
| Streamers/DACs for Hi Res Streaming I wouldn't be concerned about an MQA enabled DAC performing well with non MQA files. The Pro Ject S2 just detects which is being played and switches accordingly. Keep in mind that of the 6 million appx tracks available on Tidal only 20,000 appx a... | |
| Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital: MQA HW decoding at reasonable cost -Anyone have this? Following up on my own comments of 07/09POWER SUPPLY: Adds a little dynamics, slightly punchier drum kicks, maybe a hair smoother presentation vs not using the power supply (which is only an option when using a USB cable). I won't bother with usi... | |
| Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital: MQA HW decoding at reasonable cost -Anyone have this? My thoughts on the Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital - terrific in its price range. Smoother, less edgy presentation than my Cambridge Audio DacMagic, without giving up any detail. I would describe the sound as right down the middle of the road: not bri... | |
| MQA - What is your favorite content? Young Americans by David Bowie got a nice facelift with MQA vs the sacd quality recording I've had. The background singers and sax throughout are more dynamic and present. I have a pretty modest system by Audiogon standards - Adcom amp and pre, w... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Thank you Steve N. | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? KN,I think you've nicely illustrated a number of things with your post, thanks for that. It seems that consistent with my suggestion, for a free mid fi upgrade, a simple blanket may help the soundstage. But consistent with Steve N. and others, thi... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Steve @audioengr - before I posted I did some reading on DACs and there seems to be some reservation out there about a DAC with a digital volume control - that keeping the volume control in the analogue sequence is important to the overall soun... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Awesome. Thank you everyone for your thoughts here. I think the direction I'm heading is first to do what I can to position the tv further behind the speakers and dampen down some reflective surface throughout the room, and then experiment with ca... | |
| DAC upgrade or Amplifier Thank you all who've commented so far. I'll start by pushing the TV back farther toward the wall to be sure the screen is at least 18 inches or more behind the speakers, and the speakers stay out at least 3 feet from the rear wall. @2psyop , Kalal... | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? There are many potential reasons for a bright sound, and a very common one is a screen placed between main speakers. Although it may not be the best long term solution, a simple test is to place a blanket over the screen to damp down the reflectiv... |