randy-11I am not likely to let big kidz anywhere near my system. I like this!
czarivey If there's a $35k budget for DAC, why not try $250 DAC and see what changes positive or negative rite?
I have been repairing, building, modifying components for 25 years. Built almost everything out there, tired caps, resistors, tubes, cables, etc. I am lucky to be in an area where I can hear many many systems and components, also when repairing something, I can hear it in my system. It cost over $3K in parts for my DAC, why because having a partner who is has a masters in EE, we can build anything we want and that is what it takes to make our DAC. If I could build something cheaper that sounded as god as my DAC, boy I sure would! I could send the design to China, send it to dealers and retire. When I bring my DAC over to someones home to hear in their system, it takes 30 seconds before they say, i want one, they tell me that they have been audio people for 20-30-40 years and have owned many components, then they ask how we did it. I am not saying that I am the only one who can do this but I am one of the few who understands how to make a Direct Heated Triode DAC and preamp (no caps in the signal path). Recently I had a gentlemen who worked in the industry for 35 years, retired now. He has seen everything in his system and most people who compared theirs to his, never made it. When he heard my DAC in his system he bent down on one knee and ordered one. 30 seconds is all it took. It took a few years to make this sound the way it does. Send me the DAC you have and and I will set up a meeting to compare the two so it won't be just my opinion. I will make an exception and do this. It will be fun for 30 seconds!
Happy Listening.
czarivey If there's a $35k budget for DAC, why not try $250 DAC and see what changes positive or negative rite?
I have been repairing, building, modifying components for 25 years. Built almost everything out there, tired caps, resistors, tubes, cables, etc. I am lucky to be in an area where I can hear many many systems and components, also when repairing something, I can hear it in my system. It cost over $3K in parts for my DAC, why because having a partner who is has a masters in EE, we can build anything we want and that is what it takes to make our DAC. If I could build something cheaper that sounded as god as my DAC, boy I sure would! I could send the design to China, send it to dealers and retire. When I bring my DAC over to someones home to hear in their system, it takes 30 seconds before they say, i want one, they tell me that they have been audio people for 20-30-40 years and have owned many components, then they ask how we did it. I am not saying that I am the only one who can do this but I am one of the few who understands how to make a Direct Heated Triode DAC and preamp (no caps in the signal path). Recently I had a gentlemen who worked in the industry for 35 years, retired now. He has seen everything in his system and most people who compared theirs to his, never made it. When he heard my DAC in his system he bent down on one knee and ordered one. 30 seconds is all it took. It took a few years to make this sound the way it does. Send me the DAC you have and and I will set up a meeting to compare the two so it won't be just my opinion. I will make an exception and do this. It will be fun for 30 seconds!
Happy Listening.