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| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 After spending considerable money on the Merlin and Stingray combo I must admit to getting a bit cheap on the wire ends! I went the cheaper Cardas stuff (still cost over a grand) and have not decided on a pricey power cord yet. I'll need to auditi... | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 I've been burning in the Pangea AC-14, which has given the Rega DAC more detail at the cost of some glare. The glare is minimal and only present on a few recordings. The Pangea needs more burn in time before I can fully evaluate it. The only other... | |
| NAD C540 player is dying. Replacement? I second the DAC idea. I recently added a Rega DAC to my system. Transport is a lightly modded Oppo player. After experimenting with CD players costing over 5K and trying several DACs, the Rega was the winner. It addition to doing CD's I have adde... | |
| Rega DAC vs Havana DAC BTW, I added a Pangea AC-14 power cable to the Rega. I really expected no difference, but the Rega was suddenly AWFUL sounding, bright and almost grainy. The effect was so strong that I switched back to the Rega stock cable to be certain. Since th... | |
| REGA DAC review My friend brought over his W4S DAC 2 to compare to the Rega DAC I'm auditioning from Signature Sound. Once again the system was the Merlin TSM-MXr monitors and the Manley Stingray II tube amp. Both units are well burned in. The Rega has continued ... | |
| Rega DAC vs Havana DAC BTW...I had the W4S DAC 2 to compare and I posted the results in the review section. Long story short....We preferred the Rega when connected to the CD player and the W4S had a very small edge via USB. They were very close. The W4S sounded brighte... | |
| How best to upgrade Hi there,It may not be the "green" solution, but I know most of that gear and I'd start over. Not that it was bad stuff by any means, but there's a ton of great small speakers out there and many more options. I would not start with the CD player. ... | |
| Rega DAC vs Havana DAC Don't worry. Unless the HD file is mastered differently there's no audible difference between it an a 16 bit file. Rob | |
| Rega DAC vs Havana DAC I've had a Rega DAC (from Signature sound) to audition for the last week and I plan to order one next week. My review of it and comparison to a Cambridge 840c was posted in the review section. Tonight I'll be comparing to a W4S Dac 2 in my system ... | |
| REGA DAC review Will, one thing I'll add is this: The differences from good digital gear are quite small. I can't stress this enough after listening to many CD players and DACs in other systems. A/B comparisons gave clear differences but to say they were anything... | |
| REGA DAC review The Cambridge 840c was borrowed before and tried in my system and I thought it had more bass and a bit more detail and deeper soundstage than my sub 200 dollar Oppo. The 840c had a 175 dollar power-cord (don't remember brand). The Rega has it's st... | |
| dac advice I just got a Rega DAC to listen to at length in my system. I posted comments on it in the review section. So far, so good.Rob | |
| Emotiva UMC-1... Still a science-lab affair? I have had my UMC-1 for a while now. I also read about all of the problems. It seems that Emotiva made a huge error by releasing a buggy product. By the time I had ordered mine a year ago most of the bugs were fixed. I have no trouble at all with ... | |
| Big upgrade I agree 100%. When we pulled out the box TV and went to a big LCD there was an improvement. But going to a projector was a HUGE improvement across the board.I was initially worried about reflections on the big screen, but the material acted more l... | |
| dac advice I recently got a listen to a Rega DAC (have been on the DAC fence myself) and also the D4S DAC2 and Dacmagic with a aftermarket power supply. I liked the W4S 2 the least and the Rega was the winner. System was Manley Snappers with a shrimp, Macmin... |