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| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? With respect to the talk on old and new violins, I'm surprised no one has mentioned these two studies:Is A Stradivarius Violin Easier To Hear? Science Says NopeDouble-Blind Violin Test: Can You Pick The Strad? | |
| Bryston Bit 15 I don't think you can fault the Bryston as the second 'table also developed problems after the Bryston was sold (if I'm reading the post correctly).I've had a BIT 15 in my system for over four years now and it's managed to protect my gear through ... | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Yes, @aardvarkbark has made this complaint plenty of times on another forum. Sigh. | |
| Should I update Ayre QB9 dac I've heard both as well and actually prefer the QB-9 DSD to the Codex. I thought the older DAC sounded a bit more refined. One of these days I'll get around to comparing it to the new QX-5 Twenty, but I don't really need multiple digital inputs ri... | |
| 1st speaker considerations: Odyssey Lorelei, Meadowlark Shearwater, Spatial M3 Turbo S I owned a pair of Shearwater Hot Rod's a long time ago. I liked them, but if you like to turn up your stereo they have a tendency to sound a little 'compressed' at high volumes. I own a pair of Vandersteen 3A Sig's now, so I also vote for a used p... | |
| Rotel RA-1570 to Ayre AX-7e The tape out is a fixed line-level output, so the downstream amp will have to be an integrated or you'll need a pre.Biwired from the Ayre terminals to Vandersteen is a bit tricky (I have the AX-5 Twenty / 3A Sigs) but doable. It's actually recomme... | |
| On board or outboard DAC? I believe the interfaces are compatible, so all you need is a balanced to single-ended converter on the Ayre and a digital coax cable in order to send data to the Simaudio DAC. That being said, I also own a C-5xeMP and I haven't heard a DAC best i... | |
| Question about DSD DACs Normally HDMI is needed to output DSD from a transport to an outboard DAC since it has copy protection built into the protocol. If you use other means (such as coaxial SPDIF or Toslink), then DSD is usually downsampled to PCM. Unfortunately, I thi... | |
| Ayre Codex I agree - you should ask Ayre for the real answer. My guess is that it'll be ok since there’s a way for the heat to escape. I’d be concerned if it were going into a rack with all sides closed off and no fan to draw out the hot air. | |
| Ayre Codex I like the Codex a lot. I think its performance is just a hair behind the QB-9 DSD / C-5xeMP (I have both) but others have come to the opposite conclusion. One thing to keep in mind is that the Codex gets pretty hot when left on for a few hours, s... | |
| Reclocking device for the Schiit Gungnir? If that's the case, it's probably just not meshing with your system. The only other suggestion I have is to pair it with a tube amp if it isn't already. The best sounding combination with the Yggdrasil in the chain at a recent meet involved a SET ... | |
| Reclocking device for the Schiit Gungnir? I thought that a multi-bit ladder DAC is supposed to interpolate the data on the frequency curve more accurately and smoother than delta-sigma. Interpolation has nothing to do with the DAC architecture - this is the domain of the digital filter. S... | |
| RMAF 2016 "No Schiit?" @naimfan At every local headphone meet I attend, I try to listen to some Schiit gear. I always think to myself that this will be the time when I hear something that makes me understand why their stuff is so popular. Sadly, I never do. Different st... | |
| HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner. I see - dual differential. Still, I don't think it makes much sense to claim that. The input register doesn't even accept more than 20 bits for data. But what do I know? I'm just a regular schmoe... And not that it matters all that much anyway sin... | |
| HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner. The Schiit Yaggs is much more technically advanced in its actual 21 net bits... patented AD -Bruz technologyHuh? Not sure where you're getting 21 net bits from since the Analog Devices AD5791BRUZ DAC they use is a precision 20 bit DAC. Feed it 24 ... |