1953

Responses from 1953

Passive Preamps
I too own a Reference Line passive unit, the preemminance 2 to be exact. There ARE substantial differences between passive units. Before the Reference Line unit, I owned a McCormack TLC and was quite happy with it. Then on a whim, I picked up a Re... 
Upsamplers and 24bit/96kHz DACs
See my comparisons from the other topic on 24/96 upsampling. I own the D2D-1, DAC 3.0, Muse5/2+ combo & Muse 8/296 combo. The D2D-1 & DAC 3.0 are wonderful units. 
24/96 Upsampling
Oops. You are right. I should have said the Parts Connection Assemblage DAC 3.0 not to be confused with the Processor 3. A couple more observations : 1. I consistantly prefered upsampling on HDCD discs to HDCD decoding...sorry Pacific Microsonics.... 
24/96 Upsampling
OK, I'll wade into this as I now have my Sonic Frontiers (SF) D2D-1 installed as well as the 24/96 filter chip for my SF DAC 3.0 (which has 24/96 processing capability ONCE you replace the HDCD filter chip). Both have been broken in with about 50-... 
Vote for best US made solid state amp
Some interesting leads. But I've been thru a LOT of solid state amps (Krell, Rowland, Levison, Pass, Bryston...) but the ones that I keep coming back to on a musical basis are : For the money : The humble little Forte 4a and Money be damned : Refe...