vthokie83
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| 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, ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison mitch2 It'll be interesting to see your findings, and what you hear in your system Trivema & Soix I still find the Denafrips Pontus II DAC with an Iris DDC via I2S to be the most musical, enjoyable, and fun DAC combo out there. I have upgra... | |
| Power amplifier longevity… thoughts? audiofilo123 I personally would not buy a 20 year old amplifier, for various reasons that I do not know the provenance, and would expect some repair expenses......but I must admit that I've never owned any planar speaker. I am not against used b... | |
| Integrated Amps I also must agree that Hegel integrated amplifiers are excellent, but from the H190 and up. I've not particularly liked the H120 (which is more expensive than the Billie amp), but the H190 (now H190V) is excellent and offers a ton of value....but ... | |
| Integrated Amps bipod72 It really depends on the price you want to spend (I didn't see any listed in the thread), but the Heaven11 Billie Mk2 is an excellent integrated for it's $2,000 price point. I helped a friend of mine on a budget set up a system, and used ... | |
| critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve? mathjis You post a request for help, and then disappear from your own thread for 3 days. You have questions that need answers, most specifically what is your budget? Recommendations cannot properly be given unless we know what you can afford | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Once I added the preamp, I'd look at: Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphene, Volti Luceras, Sonus Faber, Revel Salon 2s, Rockports, Vivid Kaya 45, | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Some smart people on here. If this were me (and I've owned 5 pairs of Thiels), I would first install a top end tube preamp. My first 2 choices would be the Aric Audio Motherlode XL, and the Don Sachs/Lynn Olson Raven preamp (built and sold by Spa... |