stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| DACs and bass response? @audioengineer: Steve: I've read many favorable reviews of your dac. Unfortunately it's beyond my financial reach at this time. Thanks for the info and suggestions. | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . @rhljazz: Well, I listen to a lot of acoustic Jazz from mid 50's to present. Chord is a brand that's very difficult to try at home. I did find one dealer that offers home demos but charges a 5% restocking fee, and is located on the east coast (I l... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . @333jeffrey: there seems to be a great deal of disagreement re: YGGY. I don't know how to account for such disparity except to hypothesize that it may be a component that's especially system-dependent. What is the rest of your system? I've alre... | |
| DACs and bass response? @luizfcoimba: this is a demo unto supplied by a dealer who assured me it was well burned in. Overall, it sounds wonderful. . . except for the lack of bass, that is. @eniac26, paul79, I'm pretty sure I cannot afford Totaldac, Meitner or DCS but tha... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . I now have a Metrum Adagio to try out, courtesy of Mike Powell at Verastarr Cable. I can't afford it, but I have a chance of picking up a Pavane at a great discount, and the latest Pavane is almost identical to the Adagio. | |
| 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. |