Your Esoteric should sound better on its own than the PS audio modified by "Richard" (whoever he is) and his electronics...Sounds like a unnecessary downgrade for the sake of tinkering pleasure.
external DAC
Hey, I have an Esoteric k-01x sacd /cd player that I'm thinking of running through an external PS audio direct stream mk1 that has been modified by richards electronics, I have been informed to make sure that the esoteric passes the sacd digital out to the XLR (AES/EBU), does anyone know if this does happen. On their website there is a schematic which from what I can tell would pass it through, but would like confirmation. Thanks for the input, Neil
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Well that's kind of what I think too, but man everywhere you read and hear everybody sure seems to think external dac's are the way to go regardless. Thanks for your response, I mean I had already pretty much decided against it even prior to posting that question. I just wanted to see if anybody had an answer. Thanks again! |
I don't know, but I've always thought (maybe mistakenly) that DSD could only be output through an HDMI connection. There is a d.bob, digital break out box, GeerFab Audio - GeerFab but that requires DSD to be input by HDMI. I don't think you can output DSD from your Esoteric but it can't hurt to connect it to your PS Audio DAC and see how it sounds. |
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