Verdant,
Where in the US are you doing this DAC Event?
This is the most exciting post I have read in months! Congrats!!
We did one back in 2019 and it was fun. The Chord people came
and provided a lot of support. We did learn a couple things:
What is the High-Low price range of your products?
If they vary too widely the comparisons may not be as useful.
We used an audience of about 20 people with scorecards.
Yes they were more audiophile types than off the street types.
Obviously you can not compare 10 pieces to each other
unless you have a memory that is pretty amazing.
Will you do two at a time, choose a winner which then moves to another
bracket?
Or do you intend to write up a review-like article with various comparisons such as-’DAC A plays acoustics or piano better than DAC B’ ?
I applaud the effort it takes to get these makers to send you their
burned in? products at the same time.
I would recommend plugging in all the DACS 7 days prior to the comparison and not turning them off until the event ends.
Controlling or rather equalizing the volume at which they are heard
is perhaps the biggest challenge. Some monitoring maybe required
as some models have volume controls and others may not.
To do all these using five songs you mention sounds like it might take a
while just to get through it all but that is your choice naturally.
Since each DAC may play different levels of resolution, will you choose
the lowest common denominator of sound-Red Book perhaps- to make an even comparison or is that really your goal? If so I suggest you consider a JVC recorded XRCD.
To manage all this on your own is a big task. Perhaps you may want
to get some assistance?
I look forward to the results!!!
Where in the US are you doing this DAC Event?
This is the most exciting post I have read in months! Congrats!!
We did one back in 2019 and it was fun. The Chord people came
and provided a lot of support. We did learn a couple things:
What is the High-Low price range of your products?
If they vary too widely the comparisons may not be as useful.
We used an audience of about 20 people with scorecards.
Yes they were more audiophile types than off the street types.
Obviously you can not compare 10 pieces to each other
unless you have a memory that is pretty amazing.
Will you do two at a time, choose a winner which then moves to another
bracket?
Or do you intend to write up a review-like article with various comparisons such as-’DAC A plays acoustics or piano better than DAC B’ ?
I applaud the effort it takes to get these makers to send you their
burned in? products at the same time.
I would recommend plugging in all the DACS 7 days prior to the comparison and not turning them off until the event ends.
Controlling or rather equalizing the volume at which they are heard
is perhaps the biggest challenge. Some monitoring maybe required
as some models have volume controls and others may not.
To do all these using five songs you mention sounds like it might take a
while just to get through it all but that is your choice naturally.
Since each DAC may play different levels of resolution, will you choose
the lowest common denominator of sound-Red Book perhaps- to make an even comparison or is that really your goal? If so I suggest you consider a JVC recorded XRCD.
To manage all this on your own is a big task. Perhaps you may want
to get some assistance?
I look forward to the results!!!