Going to school on the above Posts about Thetas Analog Direct mode by-passing the Extreme dacs on my Casablanca II, I switched things around so I'd have one of the front buttons configured to play CD's in the Analog Direct mode (single ended analog connection). Sooooooo... now I've got buttons configured to play CD's in Analog Direct mode, Stereo mode via AES/EBU digital, and Stereo mode via single ended analog.
Before I went through the riggers of reconfiguring one of the buttons, I played around by just switching the mode on the single ended analog connection from Stereo to Analog Direct. What I heard intrigued me enough to take the next step.
After setting all the levels to match, I was really surprised to hear that there was a substantial improvement with the dictated Analog Direct configuration compared against what I hear when I just change modes from Stereo to Analog Direct.
The dedicated Analog Direct configuration was night and day better. Ive had this itch to upgrade my Usher BE 718s, and the itch didnt get any better after hearing the Focal BE 1007s. I walked out of the showroom wondering if it was the room the mega money front end or the Focals. I had myself pretty convinced the Focals were the way to go, until today. Bottom-line, Thetas Analog Direct mode made cymbals sound much better tightened the base and produced smack you in the face dynamics. The moral of this saga is to suggest that anyone that hasnt tried Thetas Analog Direct mode for 2 channel, should give it a try.
Before I went through the riggers of reconfiguring one of the buttons, I played around by just switching the mode on the single ended analog connection from Stereo to Analog Direct. What I heard intrigued me enough to take the next step.
After setting all the levels to match, I was really surprised to hear that there was a substantial improvement with the dictated Analog Direct configuration compared against what I hear when I just change modes from Stereo to Analog Direct.
The dedicated Analog Direct configuration was night and day better. Ive had this itch to upgrade my Usher BE 718s, and the itch didnt get any better after hearing the Focal BE 1007s. I walked out of the showroom wondering if it was the room the mega money front end or the Focals. I had myself pretty convinced the Focals were the way to go, until today. Bottom-line, Thetas Analog Direct mode made cymbals sound much better tightened the base and produced smack you in the face dynamics. The moral of this saga is to suggest that anyone that hasnt tried Thetas Analog Direct mode for 2 channel, should give it a try.