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| Chord DAVE, any lesser Chord DAC come close? I had a 2Qute here, belongs to a buddy (who is sending it back) for a day or two last week. Comparing it to my Yggdrasil with updated analog out, and I was not a fan. Seemed sterile and sucked the fun right out of the music. It could be more accur... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? I bit hard on the vinyl bug for about three years. Had an analog rig that was about 7k all in, and 600+ LPs which were curated in such a way that they are the very best pressings of the music I wanted. Several Mofi One Steps, AP 45 RPMs, original ... | |
| Sticking with CD's for now The Yggdrasil with the latest analog output board is around your range and has AES/EBU, USB, BNC and coax S/PDIF. I've got it paired with a transport that is probably close to what you're using (Jay's CDT2 Mk2) and frankly, I don't even turn on th... | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? It sounds like you have it sorted, but at that budget I'd say a DAC, no question. You can get the non-SE, coax-only Border Patrol for just under your budget and have a very, very musical DAC. Might not be the best measuring, but whatever.I just re... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Megadeath - Rust In Peace, original discHans Zimmer - Live in Prague | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money I swapped out my DH Labs Silversonic BNC for a homebrew/DIY Furutech Rhodium + VH Audio Symmetry balanced AES/EBU cable and I am very much liking the changes, even after just a couple of discs on the new cable. Since I can switch back and forth on... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Born to Run, currently (Hoffman master)Previously, And Justice... for AllUpcoming, Pantera and Van Halen.And football. | |
| Beware of SACD Transports -- they probably will not work with your favorite DAC Maybe a bit of a sidetrack but this isn't surprising - the transports + DACs I've tried can't even do pre-emphasis correctly, so expecting DSD to work is a real long shot. Some really good info and solutions in here though. I would like to be able... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio I'm using the transport teajay mentioned, along with a notoriously poorly-measuring DAC, and it sounds like magic to me. It already sounded very good from a TASCAM player, operating as a transport, but it absolutely took a few steps forward in ima... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? Thank you Steve! | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? @williewonka Unless I'm missing something, TFA doesn't seem to have 10 awg Mil Spec silver plated copper cryo treated (I'm finding the others in that category under the Belden name). Have you ordered that from the recently by chance? I can always ... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? @williewonka Thank you! I visited your site last night but didn't see the Helix instructions, which answered all of my questions. Disregard my last question, you already answered it.So I think I'm going to make the cable with the items I have onha... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? There is no logic, reason, or justifictation for not using spades on power cables and in fact use of such terminations can insure a proper connection, contact, and conduction. Just any old spade connector work? Obviously correct for the gauge o... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio Is it wrong though, to suggest that a sensory "answer" can differ from reality? Cilantro tastes like soap to some, not to others. It's how we're wired to experience that specific stimuli. So you're basically the guy telling someone with that gene ... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? @williewonka Sorry to revive this thread but you mention soldered spades for the internals of the connectors and IMO that makes a lot of sense and, frankly, would give me more piece of mind on my first DIY PC (Furutech Alpha 3 11AWG cable; furu 90... |