@yyzsantabarbara Once I take my acoustic panels down (and fix the walls) I was thinking about using the YouTube guy on Pursuit of Perfection who offer a Dirac service, but I'd much rather keep it closer to home. Maybe I'll check it out sometime, thanks.
Back to the DAC
Just a bit of an update. When I inquired about a DAC upgrade in a recent post, it was suggested that I look at upgrading my cables first. Since then, I have done so (see my virtual system for that). Not over the top stuff, but a definite improvement over the mostly stock, generic cables I originally had.
System is sounding pretty darn good, but like most of us, you always wonder what a more expensive DAC will offer in the way of sound quality improvements.
Many of the recommended, higher priced DACs seem to include streamers and/or offer pre-amp capabilities. I have a good streamer and pre-amp and really don’t want all those components in one box.
Have any of you experienced a DAC which offers the sound qualities of highly praised units like the Mola Mola Tambaqui, DCS Lina, T&A 200, Weiss DAC501, etc. which their only function is a DAC?
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Blanket statement? I’ll bet only 2% of these posters are able to test an Ethernet interface or an i2s interface. I got rid of all that crap, got 1 of the best dacs available, used Ethernet, and the sound was much better, much much better. Then a couple months ago bought the streamer with only an i2s and coax output so I can use i2s, another big improvement. There is a reason the best dacs don’t have usb or have i2s and Ethernet interfaces. |
Mitch is from Vancouver area, and he remotely did genius level work on my room in California. We needed to fix my Thiel CS3.7 first. I could hear 1 issue, but he identified so many others. I tried to do the DSP myself after starting to read his book. I was smart enough to realize how dumb I am in that realm. Luckily, he started offering the remote service. I no longer use his filters in my office. I have ugly acoustic panels and I moved things around. I also have different speakers in the room so a new set of measurements would have been needed. Accurate Sound Reproduction Using DSP: Barnett, Mitch: 9781520977904: Amazon.com: Books The headphone folks are also big fans for Mitch. I am curious as to how my Livingroom system would sound with Mitches fitters. I am going to try it out once I have taken care of other matters.
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@yyzsantabarbara lol, ya, I did the same thing, purchased the mic from Amazon and downloaded the free program. 3 minutes into I packed the mic back up and sent it back to Amazon, yes, I felt dumb! (Van BC, that’s where I originate from as well) @rbstehno ok, have at ’er, wish I had a DAC as good as yours!
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