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| Analyzing DACs Back to the original question- this is an important topic for those with a single source trying to decide between going DAC-pre straight into a power amp versus adding a separate preamp or integrated. It is difficult to find reliable information a... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Flat earther? No- academic physician, lead a large research group, teach, and have hundreds of published papers. Afraid I have drank the Kool Aid of reality. I agree completely with sns - tiny differences in signal to noise ratio or jitter are un... | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? | I am new to digital, but the last millennium CD player always worked fine. Oh - so you want to also be able to play your physical CDs, rather than rip them to the computer? You have a nice network setup already with a Mac in one room and the s... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I don't see how that analogy applies. In audio, the finished recoding is all we get - a product of the musicians and engineers who put the thing together. If they were highly capable and a good match then we get lucky. If an inexperienced tech boo... | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? What about just purchasing software for your Mac - Roon and HQ player? You can then either go straight into a network ready DAC or purchase an endpoint - like Sonore - to "convert" the ethernet into USB for a USB DAC. Roon and HQ player will cost ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Yes, but I think a little more because it is an engineered device rather than a painting. It has to produce an analog signal that bears resemblance to its input in terms of frequency, phase, linearity, timing... even if the source material is not ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC | my friend, why do you insist on wanting to see the measurements too? don't you trust your ears? We've been through this - I do research for a living. Case reports are the lowest form of evidence - they often provide false information about cau... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I spoke with Bobby a few times about his speakers - super nice guy. Apparently, massed choir was his passion. Which brings me to your point about voicing. I recently decided to learn some basics about audio, purchased a UMIK, and started making me... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC You are taking me away from listening to music - I will respond to you but not americanspirit as he/she makes no logical sense. I have listened to enough gear to know that I like sources and speakers that are "straight up" but amplifiers that add ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Trying so hard to ignore this thread and the urge to replace a room heating EL34 integrated that takes 20 minutes to hit its stride and will never come with a remote based on principle with a pair of these and a preamp. What is that last 5-10% tha... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC | I didn't talk about brands that produce serious DACs, which in fact are not reviewed by poor Amir, just in order not to generalize about Chinese production. False - he has reviewed DACs from Mola Mola, Holo Audio, Chord... | Measurements are b... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC | Chinese manufacturers produce DACs that respond perfectly to poor Amir's tests By "Amir's tests", are you referring to fundamental tests of linearity, noise, and distortion that are staples of audio engineering? Do you think Mola Mola and Holo ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC | you seem to be wasting this time writing when you could be listening… That was a very long post - you could have been listening to your musetec… I compared the topping d90 to my previous DAC - an Eximus DP1 - and liked the d90 more. It is going... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC True. This one bugs me because it does not appear to be a purposeful design strategy, such as when Nelson Pass or Ralph Karsten add a little more second order distortion, describe their rationale, and could re-design the component any way they wan... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC My Topping D90 (original with AKM chip) sounds fantastic receiving upsampled DSD256 data from HQ player. It also sounds really good receiving upsampled 768hz data, which I believe disables the internal filter of the DAC. |