wisnon
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD ALI spend the day listining to a pre-production version of the darTZeel LHC-208 (Danlogue). It is a 200wpc ethernet streaming Dac/integrated amp….and it kicks butt! VERY smooth Dac that soundly beat my Chord Qute EX with Hynes LPSU. Its has a love... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD No...I am working on getting an experienced person to do it. This needs pro tools. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD AL:I forgot...a local pal of mine has lent me his Bryston BDP2 for a couple months.I will let you know how that pans out when I set it up and put it thru the paces.For me though, anything that cant do DSD128 is a non-starter. | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC My advice would be to upgrade the Transport before looking to change Dacs.Perhaps the Sonore Sig Rendu doing i2s to the DS Dac...or a CAPs server with Win2012 Audiophile Optimiser with HQ Player upsampling to high rate DSD....or using a SoTM-100 a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt: do search on ebay for "display tubes"AL,I use modded SqBox Duet, MacMini, MB Air, CD transports, SACD player, SqBox Touch.I will likely get an Aries and mod that heavily, and perhaps a Caps server to do HQP DSD upsampling. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, THEY are all computers and from what I recall Aurender was not even a prticularly good mobo.Some like Antipodes are (Vortex box) Linux based, others are windows/OSX based. Not sure if any are Android or iOS based...good as they are "light" O... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD HChil,You can PM me at Audiocircle, Compaudiophile or Audioshark dot org to follow up. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD For the DSD-heads out there, Linux does not yet have a driver that can handle DSD256 and above. That means that for the HQ Player upsampling crowd, this is a no-no for now. Windows is the only way to go.Windows 2012 with Audiophile Optimiser is Co... | |
| Auralic Aries w NOS DAC Femto only on the upgraded one. Low phase noise clock on the LE. They claimn the upgrade also brings unti jitter circuitry.As femto clock is just marketing buzz, that may not be worth it. Separate clocks is the real advantage, as USB works off a d... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, A-L wants the Lumin with ANALOG volume control.I agree that Devialet with AIR streaming built in is the most "one box" solution out there as it even has power amps at the end. Streamer/Dac/Integrated amp all in one box. Very attractive bling... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,The Aries will also play from a connected USB HDD, so its can be a complete Server!!! The app is great and there are several tweaks that can can done. I will let you know how the modders get on. I am expecting one to be a slam dunk! | |
| Auralic Aries w NOS DAC If not the Regen, you should consider Empirical's Shortblock for $200 that will also help to shield the Dac's USB input from the Aries. (common mode noise rejection, etc)The Regen is still vaporware, but close to production. The SBlock is tangible... | |
| Auralic Aries w NOS DAC Get the Aries not the LE if you plan to use USB. Apart from the LPSU, you get separate Femto clocks for the USB and the other inputs, plus some jitter reducing circuits. This has nothing to do with hi-rez or RBCD, its the quality of USB output tha... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Sorry to hear about the paternal losses.I lost mine last year and have not been the same since. You really lose a part of you…Best wishes to both of you, even you Matt after all these years…the pain never fully goes away.CStooner, treasure the rem... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Also, to do a proper streamer Dac, analog preamp, one would need an army of programmers and support staff to maintain, support and inprove the control point software...those neat apps that everyone loves.Lumin and Auralic have like 20+ such people... |