zimmerma
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| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. To celander: I take your point about "compensating input jitter reclocking circuits." No marketeer of a stand-alone transport should rely on that point. "Stand-alone" means stands-alone, after all. I gather that your "back and forth" with Mr Lim w... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Thank you for retrieving that datum, celander. Helpful.Did you inadvertently reverse the "greater than" symbol in your second to last sentence, since 120 is larger than 5-10?I suppose that Mr Lim would argue that any good DAC [perhaps his DAC-9 or... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. A question for celander:Where can I find the jitter rate of 190 psec that you quoted for the Nuprime CDT-8?Thanks.... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. To celander:Thank you for the datum on the Supreme CDT-8 jitter. I'll look into this aspect of my signal chain. Possibly changing transports or adding re-clocking would be in order. To jond: Both DACs in the comparison have the same output voltage... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Hi simna...Your English is fine....I must say that I do consider a tube[s] in the output of a DAC a "kind of cheating," since tubes do tend to cause a second-order harmonic distortion of the original acoustic signal. I do think that this is no lon... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Very interesting, wtf. Thanks.May I ask what the four DACs are?Re your point about detecting differences via a "lengthier listen," I find that I have virtually no real "auditory memory" of the kind that would permit me to make any meaningful compa... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. To gosta:You are so right about the importance of maintaining the same volume control across the comparison---This is pretty easy to do by... keeping XLR/XLR and RCA/RCA input switching constant from the preamp during the A/B comparison, and leavi... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. To jaybe again....No offence taken re your comments on my PS Audio PCA-2 preamp [though I think that Paul Gowan really would bristle at the "mid-fi".... and I note that the other preamp employed, the Wyred4Sound STP SE, is a current design], nor o... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Hi simna... .I did not take you to be a smart arse.... Not at all.I just do not know the two DACs you mention, except to note that the LAB12 has a tube in the output section and the Hegel does not, so maybe that makes for the noticeable difference... | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Thanks, jaybe.... What makes for the right conditions? | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. To to jaybe again...on a less defensive note: What sort of "supporting equipment" should we base a comparison of DACs upon?And when you heard "plenty of differences between DACs," what precisely did you hear?Thanks.....OP | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Hi jaybe. What makes you "question the capability of the supporting equipment"? | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. I thank the Forum members who have responded to my “Comparison of DACs” post. Here are some comments:Janehamble aptly suggests that I should specify the music, file quality and equipment I used with a possible word about my “music listening skills... | |
| SS preamps with two XLR inputs and at least four outputs [two of them XLR] timlub, thanks..... it is very attractive. The Music Room and US Audio Mart had it used awhile back. I'll keep an eye out | |
| SS preamps with two XLR inputs and at least four outputs [two of them XLR] Right, timlub.... Sorry for the reaction. And you are correct.... several of the other responders also recommended preamps with only one set of XLR inputs. I am sure that the Ambrosia is a fine preamp. The Mac C47 does meet the criteria, however i... |