elberoth2
Responses from elberoth2
| PS Audio DLIII vs. Wyred4Sound Dac1/2 For similar price ($1095 shipped) you cen get a Metrum Octave, which is quite a bit better. | |
| Krell KAV 400xi Yes, it is a great unit. Puts out a lot of heat though, so keep that in mind. | |
| earlier Musical Fideltiy V-LInk to new V-Linkll You mean the regulation inside the V-Link ? The unit is bus powered and does not come with PSU. | |
| WARNING Counterfiet cables BTW - there is a good story about Johnny:http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq255/jdandy_photos/Joey.jpg | |
| WARNING Counterfiet cables Here we go again. John Boey aka Audio Pimp aka MSS HiFi. The biggest scam artist in audio industry. There's 87 pages about this crook on audio aficionado. | |
| Inexpensive Transport Stello CDT is small, inexpensive and sounds great. | |
| earlier Musical Fideltiy V-LInk to new V-Linkll AFAIK the only difference between V-Link and V-Link ll is the box.BTW - V-Link II doesn't support 24/192. $399 V-Link 192 (the more expensive model) does. | |
| USB cables How important for the sound quality is the USB cable when using a USB/SPDIF converter like Audiophileo or JK HiFace?I think you should go with the best USB/SPDIF converter you can afford (V-Link -> Audiophileo 2 / JK SPDIF mk 3 -> HiFace Evo... | |
| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC Vicdamone, Lewinskih01 - I have been using my PC server, running Win 7 64-bit with JRMC 17 and Jplay, exclusively. It is true, Metrum needs a low jitter source to show it's true potential. Out of a few dozens of USB/SPDIF converters I have tested,... | |
| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC I've been playing with my Metrum Octave DAC for the past 4 weeks, and I have to say, that it sounds spectacular. Super transparent, fast, detailed, smooth, with excellent front to back layering and soundstaging in general. It is indeed a game chan... | |
| Teddy Pardo DAC John - glad you like it ! Sorry I haven't noticed your post earlier. | |
| Onkyo ND-S1 vs Wadia 171 Get the new Arcam DrDock. Better specs (lower jitter spdif transciver - Wolfson 8804), better finish and cheaper. | |
| Owners of the Krell S300i - Volume knob question? Yes, aluminum. | |
| Metrum Octave Dac experiences As I previously mentioned, I got mine a couple of weeks ago. I have left it connected to my SAT box for the last 3 weeks, and it was only today I put it into my hi-man rig.All I can say, that I have been listening to this dac the whole evening in ... | |
| Metrum Octave Mod and cable suggestion Just got myself a proper 75 Ohm BNC connector. My plan is to do some initial listening with the standard RCA connector, and then change to BNC and see is there is any change. Both USB/SPDIF converters I currently use (Halide and JKSPDIF3) have BNC... |