Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC

Jaspert,

Correct. It was wiped! First it was wiped from the daily listing, but I was able to find it with the search function. Then that didn't work anymore. Someone found it through Google. later I tried the same and couldn't find it. Another member who was posting in detail his experience started digging and he claims some manufacturer complained and the thread was taken out. See the computer audio forum here for the SB Touch thread where this was mentioned. Kind of enfuriating!

Glad you are enjoying the Octave. It's a the top of my list, but need to wait a while longer. Thanks for posting your experience!

I've seen posts commenting on how good the Audiophileo is paired to the Octave. Better than Stello, but worse than Off-Ramp (but quite less expensive too).

cheers!

Jasper,
When I had the Octave I also found the standard Redbook performance top notch. It could be even better when upsampled(according to some). 16/44.1 was excellent.
Charles

Lewinskih01,

Not the first time and won't be the last. Seen it too many times already.
A pity a thread about Yamamoto Dac is becoming the thread to find out info on the Metrum. I won't be surprised if this one disappears too. I'm well aware of the reported nice pairing with Audiophilieo 2 and even better with the more costly Off-Ramp thanks to one enthusiastic Aussie user.nSomething to chew over.

Charles,
I was a little concerned about the potential performance of the RBCD as most of the good report is about the hi-res playback but i am glad it is working out well as it is.

I find enormous positive effects every time again when replacing the (good) standard clock in a cd player or transport of DAC with a "super clock" The best Quality/price ratio to my findings is The DEXA Neutron Star clock (200 femto seconds) accuracy but also with good phase characteristics and ditto pws. It made my DEQX "sing" and before that my TEAC transport. I have the Metrun Octave which does not ( to my surprise)degrades the DEQX but with super clock installed. I know the Octave is a follow up form the quad/dual Metrum models, which are really cheap ( 300 dollars for the dual which is obsolete by now) The better models since then heave a better pws and more DAC chips in parallel, but I truly expect the same clock. Now I suppose the Dual or the Quad Metrun to have a nice clock but not to be compared to the better (much) more expensive "super clocks" So in a way it MUST be advantageous for owners of both the Yamamoto or the Metrum to replace their default clock? Even the M2Tech HiFace bettered by John Kenny has at its best "nice" metal encapsulated crystals of probably 30-50ps. The Off-Ramp ( I suppose it is a M2Tech design as it needs M2Tech drivers) is intelligently nodded by Steven and he has replaced the clocks for the best he could find. The audiophilleo 1 and 2, the Burson DAcs publish a clock of <10 ps. Which is probably 5 times more accurate than mainstream modern Dacs. Most manufacturer's do not (dare) to publish the specs of their clocks which may run into the hundreds of ps. It is not only the accuracy of clocks which is important but it is an indication (being the most popular property of a clock) of the seriousness of the manufacturer how to handle digital processes. It becomes mainstream knowledge by now that the clock IS the major reason next to power of digital beauty or lack of it. I would not be surprised at all the Yamamoto or Metrum with a super clock to be the last DAC you need sound wise for the coming 10 or 30 years if the 44.1-192khz format does not disappear.

Kyrill1,
I have no idea what standard clock is placed in my Yamamoto but it sounds so good. If a clock upgrade improves the sound I`d be extremely impressed.