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| Question About DACs I have a Soekris dac1541 R-2r ladder DAC with internal differential signal paths. The output stage is fully balanced and is a zero feedback design. Its reproduction of redbook audio and high resolution PCM is fantastic.While I have minimal experie... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Sorry for the double-post, but it did occur to me that there is a benefit to DRM-free high resolution lossless audio. Namely, it has the flexibility to allow compensatory equalization made to it (to nullify deficits in any given transducer) withou... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. I agree 100% My setup is comprised of a Soekris dac1541 (fully balanced R2R ladder DAC) feeding a Mjölnir Audio Pure BiPolar differential headphone amp over an XLR connection. The results with redbook audio are simply astounding and I have friends... | |
| Trouble with 20-bit HDCD erik_squires! You said earlier:For convenience, I have ripped all my CD’s and then wrote some scripts to scan for HDCD and decode them. Now all my HDCD’s are stored as 24 bit FLAC. I would absolutely love to hear more in-depth detail about this pr... | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? If you’re looking for an excuse to spend money, you have been given many. But my immediate instinct without a second’s hesitation is, “Oh! Well, just toe them out!”If you are receiving too much energy from the mids and the energy increases with fr... | |
| Trumpeteer Roy Hargrove passes at 49. I never got to see him in Detroit, even when I lived in a loft behind Burt’s Jazz Marketplace. A friend who DJ’d at the Rochester Institute of Technology NPR station in NY introduced me to Roy Hargrove’s Crisol back in the 90s. Habana is still one... | |
| Krell Owners: Is XLR really superior to RCA? All of my gear is balaced differential internal and interconnected with balanced XLR cables. I will never go back. | |
| Beware of new material claims - the case of graphene I agree with teo_audio. Graphene is a terribly difficult material to make into products outside the lab. One group that is close to bringing a headphone to market with driver diaphragms made of graphene is Oro. You can search for them over on Kick... | |
| Why do people buy preamps if they can directly connect amp to stereo source/phone/PC/tv? Gain structure, and the Janus faces of impedence/resistance. Also known as, the rwo most oft misunderstood concepts in consumer audio! See the excellent Stereophile article linked earlier in the comments. -cheers | |
| How do you store and catalog your vinyl? Discogs to catalog, hands down the best. Plus, when you go to sell one, it’s ready to list! (Sorry Audiogon!)MoFi inner sleeves are hands down the best. | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? I adore my Soekris dac1541 DAC/amp combo.While it is integrated and has a very decent built in amplifier, I do feed its differential balanced output into a Mjölnir Audio’s Pure BiPolar* balanced headphone amp.The only other amp that approaches the... | |
| Valve phono stage I’m too am looking specifically for a phono pre with a proper balanced output for use with a *differential* bipolar headphone amp/pre-amp. I have the digital end covered with a fully internally balanced R-2R ladder DAC that has a wonderful output ... | |
| Furman solves ground loop issue? I had a vicious ground loop in a system that used a residential cable modem with an incoming coaxial connection. The cable modem was connected to the same circuit as my home theater preamp and self powered speakers. I tried disconnecting one signa... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions I wish I could A/B a Yggdrasil Vs. a Dave. It would be fun to see what kind of an audible difference US$10000 buys you... | |
| Are you getting ridiculous offers from new members I think the problem is that like many things in social life these days, Audiogon relies on the honor system for people to govern their behavior. This is obvious because this thread pops up every year or so and people bemoan the state of things and... |