djones51
Responses from djones51
| seeking ‘HORN’ ideas apart from Klipshc Lascalla JBL 4367 | |
| Cambridge CXN vs Bluesoune Node? I never cared for Volumio in the SHD Studio but I think they have upgraded it since I used it and I read it’s a lot better. The BluOs app is easy to use as far as SQ they are comparable using the same DAC. Not sure if it matters but the SHD can be... | |
| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation Look at the measurements on the $199 Schiit Modius. Jitter measures better on USB than coax or toslink. Nothing is perfect but DAC designers are doing a good job with USB. | |
| What is Happening? There's nothing wrong your original cables were well made don't sweat it and sell the new ones. | |
| Just installed a bluesound node 2i , quality not so good Try connecting the Node2i with digital, toslink or coax instead of analog to the Marantz. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? That's where REW comes in to help with the room. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Those discrete R2R DACs are expensive even back in the day when they ruled. Yes and there’s circuit board layout, earthing , filtering, output stages it all adds up. IMO though it’s not relevant to how it sounds unless it’s been purposely designed... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Don't really know anything about it. Looks like it could be handy for 1 input to multiple DACs. | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Jitter isn't a problem for well designed DACs. Take the little Schiit Modius at $199 on the USB input, even for all the talk about problems with USB, Jitter comes in at -150 dB much better than it's toslink and coax inputs where it hovers around... | |
| Convert USB to SPDIF You can get low cost options like a Behringer UCA222 for part time duty. | |
| Purifi Based Amps - Any Opinions? I'm not sure what your budget is but if you want to stay with a main stream company the NAD M33 is a purifi based amp. Others that offer good performance are Nord, Apollon and March. IMO you should avoid modifictions that are suspect at best and v... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? I think you would get a better understanding of how DACs work by asking that question on ASR. My understanding is rudimentary. | |
| Convert USB to SPDIF This should work.https://apos.audio/collections/brand-spotlight-matrix/products/matrix-x-spdif-2-usb-interface | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? Noone ever claimed any DAC was 100% transparent. I said audibly transparent. I never claimed transparent is what everyone wanted I was trying to answer specific questions about audible distortion and power supply noise. | |
| 50’ Connection Between Mac and DAC If you’re going to run 50 feet use AES3 it’s good up to about 100 meters. Get a Schiit Modius it will take AES3 input and balanced output. Get a USB to AES3 converter and place close to your computer try to make the 50 foot run with one cable. |