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| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend One final note, I have been running these this morning in my main system with Art Audio Opus 4 Monos and Verdant Blackthorns. The brighter, less bass heavy speaker meant everything shifted. The net takeaway is focus on system matching. That is ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Okay….TT2 vs HydraVox vs Wavelight vs M3 Please note, I am using the AVM A5.2 integrated amplifier which is a Class D with a tube input stage. This is the German company AVM and has nothing to do with and is not affiliated with Anthem in any way... | |
| Should a high end system be flexible, or demanding? This is philosophy and how we approach systems. There are folks here who are happy to alter their musical tastes to just audiophile recordings and relegate other music to the car. These folks are criticized for listening to their system rather t... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Weiss will be back this week. I am very curious how it will perform vs. the M1 SE. I will likely connect both via Ethernet as this will show both off at their very best. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend tvad - let's call it poor phrasing. A good reminder that I need to be more exact in my language. I checked my notes and Duende did not distort on the M3 (it did on others) but it is a bit muddy relative to the M1 SE and Rockna Wavedream. This I... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I have worked my way through a bunch of these courtesy of a wedding shower my wife and daughter had to go through. The differences were not subtle and these DACs are very different. The track Duende in particular proved extremely difficult for ma... | |
| 300b INTEGRATED AMP Suggestions See if you can find a used Art Audio Diavolo with built in volume control. It will shine like the sun when paired with axis. You can find them commonly in the $3-$4k range. | |
| Full range speaker for rogue 90 or 100 wpc amp. Monitor Audio Silver speakers will be on budget and sound great with Rogue. That would be my first choice. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Listening tests start today. Few other notes for those of you who care:I am using Audioquest Robinhood Speaker Cables, Audioquest Water XLRs between the DACs and integrated amp, Audioquest Diamond USB between 2Yu/2Go and DAC and Audioquest Cinnam... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Playback Designs is FPGA and made in America. It is a line I am planning to take on at some point. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend It will not be blind.yes, these are products I carry. If something comes in on trade that makes sense to add, I will. At the moment I don’t have any used DACs/CD players or I would include. What I am not prepared to do is buy, new competitive g... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend So…the M3 is currently burning in. The M1 SE arrived. The Weiss will be back from a customers home next week. My plan is to get started with one review by Sunday night. I have a house guest until then.few notes:if you want a DAC included, I wi... | |
| What is wrong with my system? Coiled vs uncoiled speaker matters depending on whether the cable is shielded. Unshielded cable can’t be coiled. Shielded cable can. This is easily testable and is not subtle with ribbon type cable and kills bass. Traditional wire will sound s... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I have a LOT of money tied up in DACs at the moment. Adding more would be…unappealing if I have to buy them. That being said, if someone want to send a DAC for inclusion, I will be happy too. PM Me. I would love to add in a Holo May, Denafrips... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend one note - I am using FPGA in the marketing sense. That is, DACs that are not using a traditional DAC Chip (ESS, Burr Brown, Etc…) or an R2R but are exclusively using FPGA chips and therefore are firmware based. This is generally how Chord, Audi... |