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| High end Class D amps? So....I think I'll buy a VTV Purifi. I suspect I'm heading for disappointment again, but there's a 30-day trial so why not? Maybe I'll be wrong this time and I can convert over to class D. I have an all-tube preamp currently. I assume the tube buf... | |
| Control volume with DAC or Preamp? @unsound DAC chips can control volume in the digital domain and many DACs use this feature of the chip to do so. In my own experience this leads to clearly inferior results compared to a pre. I would never consider using a DAC for volume control u... | |
| High end Class D amps? It was the SU-G30. I bought one used for $2500 if I recall. I meant cheap in relation to the other Technics GaNFETs. The Stratos was picked up as a "filler" amp until I get get something better like a Mark Levinson, Esoteric, etc., but they worked... | |
| High end Class D amps? Here are the class D I tried.Old ICEPower: Unlistenable junk. To be fair I didn't burn it in much (didn't know about burn-in back then).DriveCore 2: Very poor.Pascal (newer version forget the designation): Very tight control good imaging but also ... | |
| Control volume with DAC or Preamp? Only if the DAC has an a proper analog line pre stage. Volume control via DAC chip is to be avoided period. In generally a high quality separate pre will always be better. | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Hmm, very interesting. I have Fostex TH900 modded for a balanced cable. I wonder how well these cheap units stack up to my Mjolnir 2 with NOS tubes. I think I'll read what this guy has to say... | |
| High end Class D amps? @audio2design Okay what class D amp today can beat my Stratos? I can’t have fatiguing sound. Does the little Cherry just lack juice? My speakers are ProAc D30R.Edit: it's a Stereo Maraschino with an external power brick, less than the 48V listed o... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? I'm about at the end of trying to bridge the large quality gap between my record system and my digital. I built a custom audio PC with linear power supply, isolated SSD power rail, and Paul Pang v3 USB controller. I've went through a a bunch of DA... | |
| High end Class D amps? George is correct. Lack of switching bandwidth is the problem. I know Bruno Putzeys claimed differently in an old interview, but he's mostly a self-promotor so no one should take what he says as gospel truth.I tried the low-end Technics integrated... | |
| Noise heard in left channel - Onkyo TX-8270 - Where is the problem? I just listened to this track played from Tidal in my listening room using my main system: custom audio PC, Yggdrasil DAC, all-tube preamp and Odyssey Stratos feeding a pair of ProAc D30Rs. I was not able to detect anything like noise.Since it hap... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Well the Topping does look intriguing. When are you getting it in? | |
| High end Class D amps? I don't know it seems to me that George is coming from a position of a lot of experience and the fact that he's holding his ground here suggests to me that he's on the right side while you guys are just compensating with confirmation bias and grou... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? @yyzsantabarbara Wow this reviewer actually tells the truth about class D (his review of the Keces S300):If you are currently using a class-D amplifier and enjoy the hell out of it, then please stop here and go read some of my latest DAC reviews. ... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? My new favorite reviewer is Soundnews.com from Hungary (headphone related). This site seems to be missing? | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Yes that is exactly the sort of lying by omission and also being breathlessly positive over everything being reviewed which makes professional reviews useless. We shouldn't HAVE to read between the lines and pick apart what's not being said.How di... |