seventies

Responses from seventies

'outboard' high end dac's
Gentleman,Having read your comments and what else I could find regarding DAC's selling for about $2-4000.00, I rapidly and unexpectedly purchased a used Luxman DA-06 because or its local availability, fine condition and reasonable price.  Thus far... 
Bryston BDA-3
Nekoaudio, thanks again for your response.I am considering the Luxman DA-06, the Bryston BDA-3, the Auralic, and am less enthusiastic about the Hegel  HD30 and the Wadia di322...of course this ranking could be far from the mark.  Considerations in... 
AT cartridges
chakster,Would you cite one or two Japanese dealers one might purchase from at lower cost than from UK or German dealers...for iinstance, one is g.h.r, which is an outfit selling all kinds of miscellany.Thanks 
Bryston BDA-3
Nekoaudio,Can you elaborate further on the sound of the Bryston BDA-3...does it give some flesh to the wonderfully detailed but possibly a bit thin sound of dsd decoded by the Oppo 105D, and does it significantly improve on the more audibly dry so... 
'outboard' high end dac's
Thanks to those responding to my query.Regarding budget, I suspect it will take $2-4000 to improve on the Oppo 105d, if that is possible, and I wonder if a unit such as the Luxman DA-06, which can be purchased from Japan for under $3000,00, would ... 
AT cartridges
Chakster,Your response puzzles me insofar as the AT MC prices (I have not owned a MM cartridge for over 30 years, though this is not to denigrate MM cartriudges) listed on e-bay are substantially higher than those obtainable from Germany and highe... 
mc cartridge loading
to lewmThanks for your response.I might try reverting to 200 ohms, which is what is pre-installed in the phono amp, so involves removing the resistor I added in parallel without replacing it.