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| Monoblock Suggestion? "Does anyone have any first hand experience with the Parasound Halo JC 1 ?"Sure, I have owned a pair for 2 years. Initially they were my reference until I modded some older Adcom GFA-585's. They gathered dust for about a year until I finally modde... | |
| I Don't know JAC about DAC.... help please DAC's are for CD's only. You might consider getting one that you can add a USB interface to later when you move your music to your laptop or PC. And dont be reluctanct to buy a used one. They dont wear out. | |
| DAC Help for Rock, you need dynamics, not warm, soft sound. Try the Birdland Odeon-lite. Great right out of the box. One of the few DAC's that sounds good even without mods. The others like this are too expensive for your budget: Electrocompaniet ECD-1 and... | |
| Some digital comparisons: cables,transports&jitter The article I wrote for PFOnline explains some of this:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm | |
| Learned about DACs, need help to take next steps You can get a lot of guidance about digital receivers, amps and DAC's at:http://www.audiocircle.comand PC audio at:http://www5.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=59 | |
| DAC for Linn Gear You could easily get the transport modded to add a S/PDIF coax out. The DAC's you mention are mid-line, but inexpensive and pretty good values. You should also consider using a laptop with a USB interface to drive your system. This will be superio... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Spluta wrote:"From what ive seen there is a major flaw in the spec itself The #1 contributer of EMI is the rise time. The quicker it is, the more EMI emitted. A common misconception is the Freq is the culprit not true. Its seems to me that the ris... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? ading - What engineering school did you go to????? Ive never heard such drivel.... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Red - I think you're mad actually, just kidding....I have no explanation other than the usual parametrics, R,L,C and dielectric absorption. Also, dont forget metallurgy.One thing that I didn't mention before was the length/speed effect that I expl... | |
| I'm new to this looking for a little help You may get more responses in this forum:http://www5.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=59 | |
| CD's for auditioning I do this for a business, so I need the best. I like to use the following jazz track because of the intense piano passages. If your system does these well, without halos, echoes, reverberation or sibilance, then you have arrived:Gene Harris - the ... | |
| Comparing Bel Canto DAC2 and Birdland Odeon AG "I believe Audioengr is talking about a modification to the DAC to bypass the volume control. Correct?"Yes, I have done this before. Makes a BIG improvement if you bypass the volume control. | |
| Any superb balanced dacs up to $2,500 used?? I've had Electro ECD-1, Bel Canto DAC2, Perpetual Tech P-3A, Birdland Odeon-lite, Audionote DAC4, Classe' DAC1, MSB Gold and others I wont mention in my system. IMO, the only ones that sound good stock are: ECD-1 and Birdland. Even of these, the E... | |
| Great tube DAC's with volume control? You have to be careful as to how they implement the volume control. The Birdlands just put a resistor divider in series with the output. This is bad if you have any cable capacitance. I usually bypass this pot. | |
| make-over for amp. The 105's are great speakers. I would replace all of the parts in the 105 crossovers - this will make them superb speakers. Inductors from Jensen, Capacitors from Multicap and power resistors from Caddock. The difficulty is that you will need test... |