stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| DACs and bass response? Seems like my choice of words is not skillful. With the COS, the bass, whether electric or acoustic, was very evident. Although it varied from one cd to another, I never had to struggle to hear it. And it was well-focused, not dispersed with too m... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . I tried COS D2. In my system, it's not my cup of tea. Much too analytical and polite for my tastes. Next up: Aqua La Voce S2. @gdhal: I've encountered wildly diverging opinions on how long Yggy requires to burn in and therefore, with all due resp... | |
| Anyone heard the Unison Unico Due cdp ? So that's that your diagnosis, doc: "tubitis" ? Is there a vaccine available? ;o) | |
| Newbie Question @stfoth: You don't sound like a fanboy to me. Thanks for the more detailed explanation! | |
| Newbie Question @ghosthouse: Yes; Cocktail Audio X40 looks like another possibility. | |
| Newbie Question @stfoth: You mean the Vault requires an ethernet connection for streaming, or to simply play ripped cd files stored on Vault ??? Probably a dumb question, but this is all new to me. | |
| Newbie Question @stfoth: I just took a quick look around Computer Audiophile. . . yikes! Seems to me there's an awful lot of do-it-yourself building and/or modding of gear over there. I'm a music lover, not a hobbyist (let alone, trained,) engineer! I have no de... | |
| Anyone heard the Unison Unico Due cdp ? BTW: the Pavanes I found for sale online turned out to be discontinued models, although they were not identified as such by the dealer, which strikes me as somewhat shady, although Metrum defended this practice. At any rate, the current Pavane pr... | |
| Anyone heard the Unison Unico Due cdp ? @audiotroy: I was told by a friend that the Due does stream. He could be mistaken. In any case, I don't need that feature, anyway. Tubes? I've had tube audio gear and tube guitar amps. I used to believe that was the only way to get a sound I like... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . @bander: I'm not at all familiar with Exasound. Will check them out. Thanks. | |
| Newbie Question Hi ghosthose. I checked and it is possible to bypass internal DAC in BlueSound vault2. I've been reading some reviews of various servers and apparently the server does affect the sound fed to an external dac, so I have to decide whether I just wa... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . @ghosthouse: Thanks for taking the time to offer a more detailed response re: the Schiit dacs. | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . @randy-11: I didn't realize Benchmark had a home trial. Thanks! @chayro: The Wells replaced a tubed Jolida integrated-- no contest! At this point, I'm not interested in more Jolida gear, but thanks. @ghosthouse: Just wondering why you chose Gumby... | |
| Best Footers for DAC? Yikes! I didn't mean to facilitate flame wars. @lak: I will place the DAC on its own shelf. One footer material I've yet to try is ceramic. Will do. @randy-11: I read the Barry Diament article. Makes sense. Where does one buy his "Hip Joints"? | |
| Best Footers for DAC? Thanks. I will check out the ISO pucks and DiD's. . . I wory that "Hard ceramic balls coupled with stainless steel or aluminum" is a recipe for fatiguing highs, but of course, there's no way to know except through trial and error. I did try Herbie... |