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| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point You said nothing about budget. If you're buying new, the best values are the direct import Asian DACs. | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? I agree that setting SRA should not be used as a tone control. There is just one correct setting. It’s like adjusting the play-back head of a tape recorder. The purists are correct, though, that it could be different for different record labels. A... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara First, I don’t know what you mean by the 007. If you mean the Musetec 005 we would all be happy to see a review. However, a comparative review with the Gustard X26 Pro would probably not be a fair comparison. The direct import Chi... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara I didn't know very much about the Giscard, but it looks like a fine unit and a good value. After reading a bit about it, I think a closer comparison would be to the LKS MH-DA004 which I had and liked very much. In fact I start... | |
| Hans likes Cary 700 IMO he spends much too much time extolling the bells and whistles. The interior of this unit looks kind of simple, given the functions and price. His description of the sound is extremely short and much less detailed than on comparably priced DA... | |
| The Importance of the Digital Cable You write: "After all, it is transporting a digital binary signal?"Actually that's incorrect. Like all wires, it is transporting an analog signal consisting of imperfect square waves. Imperfect because it doesn't have unlimited bandwidth. How i... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @georgehifiI have no idea what you are talking about. Don't know how you can find sibilance distortion without sibilance. I have 4 or 5 Scheherazades on my hard disk, so not looking for a new one. Beautiful violin sounds can be found in a great... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudioPerhaps there's something I do not understand. I recall sibilance distortion, that is distortion of the "s" and "sh" sound in speaking and singing, in the analog realm. It arose principally from cartridge mistracking or worn LPs. H... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I appreciate this informative thread. I wonder if I could seek just a bit of clarification. You've used the term "sibilance" a number of times in your descriptions. Sibilance is a natural "s" or "sh" sound that I would expect to hear in anyone'... | |
| Does Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ need USB power I believe the DAC requires the 5V from the USB cable. But you don’t have to take my opinion, or anyone else’s. Just block pin 1 on the plug of your current USB cable into the Aurelic and see if it works. Use a thin strip cut from a business card t... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Thanks for your post.Those of us who have and enjoy this Musetec DAC would love to see a professional review of it, but, unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen. There are just too few units out there, and though there’s a distributer in Europe... | |
| Balls..... Re: the job done on my TNT, the sapphire crystal may very well have been a watch crystal. I didn’t know very much about this stuff then and I placed my trust in the guy who did it. He had some very favorable reviews and certainly knew what he was ... | |
| Balls..... I had the thrust plate and ball on my TNT V bearing replaced a few years ago by a fellow at the Asylum called tubesforever and trading as Applied Fidelity. Unfortunately he passed soon after.The thrust plate was replaced with a sapphire crystal a... | |
| Alternate screw down clamp for VPI Aries The record weight alone does not do the job of the clamp. It is not a substitute. There are alternate clamps out there if that's what you want to do. Do a search.The very best solution for SQ is a ring weight + center weight. There are alterna... | |
| What makes for a “proper” soundstage for Symphonic music? More specifically,Front: First violins, second violins, cellos, violas, bass (could be slightly back), cellos and violas can be exchanged ORFirst violins, cellos violas second violins, bass.Then Woodwinds L to R: Piccolo, flutes, oboes, English ho... |