Very odd. Not a lot of magazine reviews out there, either. But as you say, the little feedback and few reviews are largely quite positive.
Opinions on the SimAudio Moon 260D CD player/transport?
Yes, yes, I still use CDs! I have been using an Electrocompaniet EMC-1UP player for many years, and have been very happy with it. It has, however, begun to show some signs of its age, and there is a mint, supposedly lightly used Moon Neo 260D available locally (no DAC; just the transport).
I would be using it with my Hegel H160 and Harbeth 30.1
If anyone has any opinions on that machine, and especially in comparison to the EMC-1UP, I'd be grateful.
Thanks,
Tony
I would be using it with my Hegel H160 and Harbeth 30.1
If anyone has any opinions on that machine, and especially in comparison to the EMC-1UP, I'd be grateful.
Thanks,
Tony
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whipsaw Your Electrocompaniet EMC-1UP uses a VAU1254 laser, which are getting very hard and expensive to get original Philips ones. It also uses a CS4397 Delta Sigma converter, which is not one of the better dac chips for PCM CD’s conversion. Your SimAudio Moon 260D uses a SF-HD65 laser cheap and available almost still at any corner store. It also uses a Burr Brown (Texas Instruments) PCM1793 which is a hybrid, Delta Sigma/Multibit to me the better performing one. I prefer full R2R Multibit, no Delta Sigma at all for converting PCM RedBook CD’s 16/44 25/96 or DXD. Cheers George |
Thanks George! I have learned from your views on various topics in the past. While I have been in the game a long time, I have, as suggested in my initial post, been quite slow to focus on DAC technology. So...having begun to digest some of the information found through a simple search of R2R vs DS/Multibit, I see that you have sent me down quite a rabbit hole! Cheers, Tony |
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