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| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend The second is a comparable evaluation of the Playback Designs Edelweiss. First thing I did was go back and do a careful read of the notes on the Wavedream Signature which is my benchmark in terms of soundstage. Everything about this suggests... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Two new entries. The first is an update on the Audiobyte HydraVox with the addition of the HUB. One of the very first units we tested was the Audiobyte. For many months people have been waiting on the addition of the HUB. This completes the st... | |
| Audiobyte HUB Arrived to Complete the Vox/Zap/Hub Stack I have been doing some extensive listening to the HUB. My feeling is that it makes the HydraVox a better sounding DAC. On what was already a very detailed and resolving DAC, I am not sure how much more resolution the HUB delivers. Where it is r... | |
| Playback Edelweiss in the house So I have been doing some critical listening and I can say that this DAC is stunning. I have tried four different amps, three different pairs of speakers, several cables and two different server. Both as preamp and source. Every scenario has th... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? That is correct. The Oladra or K50 have two computers in one box (with separate power supplies) along with an elite clock. My understanding is the Pink Faun Ultra is very, very good but their top performer is a "double ultra" which is $47K whi... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? You are absolutely correct. Move to a DAC that is not Roon Ready and using Nucleus as renderer and player might actually deliver a regression in sound with the upgraded DAC. These are the best players I have heard in descending order in terms of... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? I like the build quality of Aries Cerat better. I have liked the sound of systems with Aries Cerat DACs in them better than when I have heard the Lampizator. That said, I personally have never done a compare of the two in the same system. Regardi... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? My experience is that if you use a Nucleus or Nucleus+ as server & player, it tends to be mediocre. Just as a server (which I assume is what you are doing with Mola Mola), it performs at a very high level. The issue is the processor is too p... | |
| Why is used audio equipment so undesirable? Must be working with the wrong dealers. Many of us are happy to take trades vs. new gear. It does depend on the item as really obscure stuff is hard to sell or we take on consignment. But if it is mainstream gear, even expensive mainstream gear... | |
| Playback Edelweiss in the house I have my unit back from my customer. I have done some non-critical listening and my feeling is that it is pretty fabulous but need to sit down for some critical listening. Been delayed due to COVID. My daughter brought it home from pre-s... | |
| ADG amp I am an AGD dealer and am highly biased, obviously. I have the Tempo here and it is a very good sounding amp and handles tougher impedance speakers well. Not a hint of brightness with AGD. Agree with testrun. Alberto is a great guy and is incr... | |
| Vivid Audio Speakers I haven't seen this thread with the other customer having an issue and can't speak about the process followed. Normally, your first line of engagement with any issue should be your dealer. If you contacted your dealer and received poor support, ... | |
| Vivid Audio Speakers @daveyf You are certainly welcome to disagree. You are stating that they are low tech because you looked inside and I assume did not see the bracing you expect when looking at an expensive speaker made from wood. And, when you remove the crossov... | |
| Vivid Audio Speakers Vivid and WB are different. Borg are amazing but distinctly different sound profiles tonally. Vivid drifts a bit brighter than WB. It is usually a tougher load to drive in terms of impedance and the bass is stunningly good, as good as most othe... | |
| Jadis DAC Jadis DACs are generally highly regarded. If I recall, they use ESS chips which can be a little cold/bright and the combination of that chip with a tube stage can be really awesome. I don't know if that model is going to be dramatically better... |