djones51
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| Bits Are Bits, Right? Here is a link to a list of drives tested for accuracy and using gold hospital archive grade CD- R media is the best bet. https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?43786-CD-Drive-Accuracy-2019 | |
| Streamer recommendation under $3000 Foobar and some others works with Auralic.https://support.auralic.com/hc/en-us/articles/206083308-Other-UPnP-OpenHome-Control-Point | |
| Buddy can you spare a dime for a $12,000 Ethernet cable? +1 delkal Once the the information gets to any competent DAC it is isolated, noise filtered which would remove (noise/flavor) a cable might have had, reclocked converted and sent on. | |
| Higher End DACs The subjective review of the Metronome was nice but the measurements were not very impressive. The tube section had excessive noise and harmonic distortion and the solid state was competent but didn’t do any better than a Benchmark DAC3. I guess b... | |
| Expert Advise Needed on Streamer - DAC combos. I like the interface of the Node2i, bluOS but I found the dac lacking so I paired it to a Benchmark DAC3B since I had no need for volume control or headphone Jack in the DAC. The Benchmark is made in America as well. | |
| Higher End DACs What do we win? | |
| Comparison of latest DAC chips If I hadn't just bought a new streamer/ dac I would buy one for comparison to the ESS it looks like a great deal. | |
| Comparison of latest DAC chips A lot depends on how the chip is implemented there are 6 filters on the 4499. I have read the Topping D90 is very transparent. | |
| Comparison of latest DAC chips The dCS Bartok is a great DAC. It measures well , has digital filters, up samples is not NOS and costs $13,500. | |
| Comparison of latest DAC chips I've seen the same type of discussions over cartridges and tone arms etc.. in analog. I think the Topping with the AK4499 chip will work well for you. I liked their older chip the 4490 I had in an integrated amp and I like the ESS 9028 Pro I ha... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Probably the same, MA 252 tubes on the pre section SS on the power, though they have a new integrated out MA 352 200W. Kind of why I was wondering if I needed a little more power it's like the amp doesn't grab hold of them where they bounce along ... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Thanks, I am using a McIntosh integrated with only 100W, low level listening at night is constrained was curious if a little more power would open them up a bit without having to turn them up. | |
| Higher End DACs Oh, and I highly doubt your modified switch does anything at all. To prove it does send one to ASR and have an independent test on the thing. | |
| Higher End DACs You said that music downloaded is 70% better than streaming, and streaming is for children in the real world where the rest of us live that equates to saying streaming sucks. You also said you buy 90% of your music from this same streaming service... | |
| Higher End DACs Bo is rambling nonsense, he claims only losers stream music yet sells modified network switch which supposedly brings streaming to a new level. What a new level for losers who stream? He also claims streaming High Resolution files from Qobuz sucks... |