vthokie83
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| Time For a CD Player Upgrade OP I've never heard a Rega Saturn CD player, but my assumption is it does a great job at playing CDs. Get a high quality DAC, and run the Rega into the DAC.....there are dozens of threads here on good DACs at multiple price points. Denafrips Pont... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC moonwatcher I'd have to say it's a combination of both. But over the past couple of years, I have the Pontus driven by a Denafrips Iris DDC via I2S; and that has a lot to do with the way they sound in my system. I find the Pontus/Iris bass to be ... | |
| Best streamer, don't want Roon, don't want a screen, A DAC is OK but not necessary Used Aurender N200 $4,000 | |
| Battle of the Older DAC incoming I'm with the crowd suggesting a newer (even used) DAC, too many updates in technology for me. Hard to say what your tastes would be, but here are some great recommendations for new. They can be found used for less as well, except the Ha... | |
| LAIV Harmony I have no dog in this fight, as I own a Denafrips Pontus II with I2S from a Denafrips Iris DDC. I know quality seems to be an issue right now for the Laiv, but if anyone will help get it corrected; it is Alvin Chee at Vinshine Audio (importer for... | |
| Use of Denafrips Iris 12th DDC with computer Mesch Dump the PC please. I know that PCs can be set up to provide great streaming quality, but it involves quite a bit of knowledge, software, and hardware. (1) Buy a inexpensive streamer. A BlueSound Node 130 (not the Node 2 or 2i as they do n... | |
| Six DAC Comparison no_regrets You're welcome, lot's of really smart people on these threads have helped me for the last bunch of years as well | |
| Six DAC Comparison All of that said, there is no substitution for your ears. In almost all of my tests with different gear (many DACs, DDCs, CD transports, and streamers), I have preferred the I2S connection almost every time (if the units have that I2S connection).... | |
| Six DAC Comparison no_regrets Using the Jay's Audio CD transport as the example, here is the preferred order of connections (IMO). In each case the clock from the Jay's will be used, it's just how the clock is received (separate or imbedded, see my previous post): ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Yes it would, you'd want to keep the oven controlled crystal oscillator in the Jay's transport as the master clock | |
| Six DAC Comparison stuartk The Jay's CD transports do have an excellent OCXO clockl, their transports are excellent in my experience. The Jay's CD transports have 4 different connections: RCA unbalanced SPDIF, BNC unbalanced SPDIF, AES/EBU balanced connections, and... | |
| Six DAC Comparison That last part "PSAudio/HiFi Rose/Silent Angel/Matrix/Pi2/Holo Audio all have I2S outputs." I should have noted are streamers or music servers | |
| Six DAC Comparison brbrock Electrical engineers, forgive me if I misspeak anywhere below I cannot comment on the DACs in mitch2's comparison, but I can comment on the benefits of a DDC with most (not all) streamers or CD transports.....and specifically the Denafri... | |
| PS Audio IRSV selling Infinity Reference series of speakers are a different animal (well most of them), and yes it's easy to dismiss 35 year old speakers if you've never owned them. I am just about finished updating my Infinity RS Kappa 7s, after having the woofers re... | |
| CEC Belt Drive CD Transports vs Jay's Audio CD Transports no_regrets I've never heard a CEC transport, so I'm no help there. I have however compared the Jay's CDT-2 MKIII to the CDT-3 MKIII in an extended comparison with a couple of friends. I personally would not spend double the price for the CDT-3, ... |