whipsaw
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| Would you spend you money on modest brand new car or rather buy top notch vintage one? A couple of years ago I purchased a very low-miles 2010 Audi A3. Not only was the value exceptional relative to a new version, but I actually prefer that cars were not yet so wildly over-engineered at that time. The comparison to audio gear is la... | |
| DAC diminishing returns Enjoy your brand new DAC. This is most important than anything else. Not true! It's more important that we approve the choice. 🤣 | |
| Joseph Audio Perspective2 vs Harbeth SHL5+ @prof could be very helpful, and will likely chime in. | |
| DAC diminishing returns @in_shore You find it amusing that I heard some similar characteristics in the Merason that some reviewers have also mentioned? I understand that you may have different impressions, but that was precisely the point of my post. Variables such as... | |
| DAC diminishing returns VerdantAudio’s comments are true having experienced it myself with my own system having recently owned FPGA , dac chip and R2R dacs from the likes of AudioByte Vox , PS Audio , Rockna , Denafrips Terminator 2 , Holo Audio May currently I am abso... | |
| DAC diminishing returns I read nothing but good things about the Pontus. You should do more reading... | |
| What is the best 2 channel listening chair? I have, for over 20 years now, been listening in a lounge chair made by the Norwegian company Hjellegjerde. Outstanding support, etc. It is similar to this one. | |
| Kudos to Millersound whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatt???? It's a bot. | |
| DAC diminishing returns Whipsaw I use USB... @audioman58 That explains why you have not experienced the issue. It is related to CD transports, and the (different) inputs employed. That the Pontus (and presumably other Denafrips DACs) sounds very good is irrelevant.... | |
| DAC diminishing returns With Denafrips dacs I own 2 currently and in the mk2 version there is no micro skipping issue ,idont even know what that means. @audioman58 I'm glad to hear that you haven't had any issues, but it is wrong to imply that the mk2 is immune to ... | |
| DAC diminishing returns Having owned one, I agree with others that you will likely experience a worthwhile difference with an upgrade to a Denafrips Pontus. However, note that there is a related, yet to be resolved micro-skipping issue which affects at least some users. ... | |
| Jays CD2- Mk3 CDT vrs CEC-TL5 CDT Also the CEC's are belt driven. Not sure if that's good or bad, or makes little difference? I now use a CEC-TL5, and previously used a SimAudio Moon 260t. I really don't know if the belt drive makes a difference, but the CEC also employs a wei... | |
| Top 10 vintage cassette decks I owned a Nakamichi 600, and it was exceptionally well-designed. Not the highest performance of the Nak line, but a beautiful piece of gear. | |
| What are we objectivists missing? As is often suggested on these type of threads, measurements don't tell the whole story. This should be obvious, as if they did, every designer would base their designs on the best possible measurements, yet many don't. That's not to say that the... | |
| Opportunity to buy Demo Magico M2? Why not simply request a home audition? Tell the dealer that you will purchase the speakers if you are happy with them, and return them if not. For that kind of money, if the dealer were to refuse such a request, I'd walk away, and briskly. |