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| Point to point wiring. Russ_l - Based on my experience, it does not take much trace on a circuit board to muck-up the signal, particularly if the traces are wide, so it's hard to make this comparison. I would rather have 1 foot of good silver in a loose Teflon tube or c... | |
| Point to point wiring. Like all design methodologies, there are good point-to-point designs and bad ones. If all the wiring is done correctly, to control the current and current-return paths, the performance can easily exceed that of printed circuit boards. The dielectr... | |
| Bryston 3bsst Vs. Coda 11 The primary difference is that the CODA has zero negative global feedback, so it may have difficulty driving the bass speaker and providing tight bass. I have 3 CODA's that all have this problem. The Bryston has negative global feedback, so its ou... | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? I try not to duck in and out. I'm just really busy doing mods, so I cannot always follow-up.Modders have the opportunity to compare lots of different DAC's and players, much more than the average person, so I just wanted to share that this is a gr... | |
| upgrade rec. for a cd player, preamp Speakers first and then mod or replace the CDP. The outboard DAC is a good idea. Perpetual Tech, MSB or Birdland are all good, and can be modded to make them better. | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? Birdland DAC's are very good stock, but can approach world-class when modded. | |
| Could you name a list of best redbook transport ? Turbomodded Sony DVP-S7700. Very low jitter and perfect impedance match. Beats everything else I have tried at trade shows. | |
| Question to Levinson DAC Owners Believe it or not, one of the best transports is a Sony DVP-S7700 DVD player, with the right mods, of course. The clock in this unit is so stable that even adding a Superclock2 makes very little improvement. I take some of these to trade shows wit... | |
| Neuance & Zoethecus,EMC-1UP & First Sound Preamp? The EMC-1 is colored and compressed in stock form. Rather "warm" and unnatural sounding. Not very engaging and certainly not very dynamic. Mods can fix this and make the analog outs extremely good. The digital output is not very good and probably ... | |
| most analog sounding CDP Turbomodded Shanling T200. Best CDP I have heard with redbook, and I've heard the Meitner, Audio Aero and lots of others. The Turbomodded MSB Gold with 24/12 gets close... | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? It is difficult to beat an old Sony DVP-S7700 transport with the right mods. The clock in this one is virtually jitter-free. Better than most new CDP's. | |
| Best transport under 2 grand for bryston bp25 da Turbomodded Sony DVP-S7700. Hands-down. About $250 used and $830 for mods. | |
| Getting more from my DAC I agree with Dne - the cabling between the PS and DAC must be upgraded.As far as modding the XE500, the issue is: no one knows whether it will turn out good as a transport or not. Perhaps with a $450 Superclock2 upgrade. You might be better off to... | |
| Getting more from my DAC Tarsando - this is the impression one gets when listening to stock components, particularly mid-priced such as those you have, although some do sound a bit better than others. Modifications however make a HUGE difference. This makes these sound li... | |
| Getting more from my DAC The transport is the primary problem. It can definitely benefit from mods, but you will probably need to put a Superclock2 in it at considerable expense. A digital cable is also recommended, and a good one. You can come really close to the digital... |