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| Sending pre in for service, need volume controller Luminous audio axiom | |
| Will I improve HT audio with an external DAC? It will, but you will not be able to reap the benefits from TrueHD and DTS-HD, hence the sound from the player´s analog out might rival the dac on HD recordings. | |
| Which dac with this system? Not sure $300-500 will get you where you need to go with this. In the light of Mapman's comments, you might want to consider a tube preamp and use the analog output of the Touch. The only DAC with volume control and balanced out at this price rang... | |
| Will I improve HT audio with an external DAC? If you are doing blue ray only, a regular dac does not seem to make sense. If you are doing a lot of music cds, then yes, absolutely. Erikt, the Creek Destiny is an integrated amp, so a preamp is irrelevant. | |
| How long it take before your system/amps sound Dracule1,I don't believe a tube DAC is going to suck up a lot of electricity, and as Tbg pointed out, turning the tubes off and on may actually shorten tube life. Tube power amps are a totally different matter. | |
| iMac + what DAC to exceed my Rotel CD player? I second the PS Audio DL-III and the V-Dac. However, if you will only be connecting the iMac to the DAC, I recommend that you strongly consider USB only DACs, such as the HRT Music Streamer II+ ($350) and the Centrance DACport LX ($300) which will... | |
| Which makes more sense? - CD player vs SACD check out oppo bdp 95; best of both, even three worlds if you would integrate blueray/ | |
| Headphones for a Laptop noble 100; do not underestimate the improvement of a digital to analog converter when taking the sound directly out of a computer. The offset of roughly $100 (fubar, nuforce and more DACs with headphone amps) will definitively make a big difference. | |
| Headphones for a Laptop I second the Nuforce uDac considering your budget. Also, the less expensive Grado headphones are a great value, such as the sr60 or sr80, and mate well with the uDac. | |
| Audioengine 2's vs. Bose Dock for cube farm audio No, I have not compared the two. I have the audioengine 2 at work, and even at low volume in nearfield listening, it continues to amaze me, particularly bass at low volume...I have compared the audioengine 2 and 5, and much prefer the 2 at lower v... | |
| Need Some DAC + Headphone Advice peachtree audio nova (dac/integrated w/ a decent headphone amp) | |
| New DAC or new cable? Yes, I have read that too, that the AX7e doesn't reach its potential with the RCA inputs. That has to do, in part, with the fact it is a balanced design. Using rca to xlr cable from the Minimax will not change anything-as the Minmax DAC is NOT a b... | |
| $1000 player or dac recommendation If you are just into the good old CDs and don't plan on computer audio, I would look into the now discontinued Oppo BDP83 SE, which can now often be found on audiogon for very reasonable $500-700. Better yet, a modified versions from Modwright, EV... | |
| Bedroom system: want 50w integrated w/ XLR inputs Price? | |
| Best AV receiver if I also want very good music? As you only have two speakers for the time being, and music is your #1 love, why not consider an integrated amplifier? A good integrated will outperform receivers and many separates, and will work fine with your blueray players analog outputs. Che... |