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| suggestions for top quality CDP running direct The only CDP that I have found that delivers the same magic as my reference separates is a Shanling T200 with the full Parts Connexion mods and the EA Turbomod. Really superb from both the SS and tubed outputs. Cost is really high at around $6500 ... | |
| Looking for a DAC change The Electrocompaniet does not make a good transport. You can do much better. The internal DAC is fed by the same signal as the S/PDIF jack - not a good design. I have modded these and made them the best transports I can (perfect waveform, perfect ... | |
| Best sounding op-amp S23Chang wrote:"After done much research, I found the AD8620 has the best spec."Specs don't tell all. The on-die power delivery is what makes a great op-amp. | |
| Would an external DAC improve the sound of my SONY Medium to high-cost Sonys make great transports once they are modded properly, particularly the DVP-S7700. My personal DAC favorites are modded Perpetual P-3A and modded Birdland Odeon-lite. | |
| Best sounding op-amp Op-amps do vary a lot in sound, particularly because of the power delivery on-die and on-package. Some parts are power starved from the get-go and need a lot of decoupling capacitance very close. Others are designed well for power delivery and nee... | |
| Question about Burr Brown DACs There is no guarantee that a better chip will sound better in a particular design. A poor board layout and parts choice can easily make a better DAC sound worse than an older generation DAC. | |
| Details don't mean a thing Often detail (and high-frequency extension) comes at the expense of sibilance. I have had a number of customers that extended the frequency response of their systems, only to find that some other component or cable was causeing sibilance that was ... | |
| Purpose of triangular placement of cones/spikes? It's simply to insure that the feet or supports for the component all make contact with the shelf. If there are 4 feet and one is not making good contact, this can cause the chassis to vibrate, resonate. I think it's stupid to make these out of tu... | |
| Smooth sounding DAC? "Would you comment on why nonoversanpling DAC's suffer from diminished dynamics and softened transients."Sure. Every CDP and DAC that I have examined (a lot of them) that is non-upsampler has either:1) Filters on the analog stages that roll-off th... | |
| Interconnect to tame bright sounding CDP Why dont you just fix the sound of the CDP? Get it modded. | |
| Smooth sounding DAC? I'll quote some specifics:1) Perpetual Technologies P-3A with Turbomod - very analog-like2) Birdland Odeon-lite with mods - very close to P-3A in performanceNothing I have tried comes close to these, including Audio Aero, AN, Electrocompaniet and ... | |
| Other problems with Sony SCD1 besides TOC Read The thing is SLUG-slow.... take a coffee break. That's why I avoid it. | |
| Smooth sounding DAC? Audio Note is a good bet. Be aware that with non-upsampling DAC's, you generally get smoothness at the expense of dynamics. The AN can be modded to improve dynamics to some extent as well as HF extension and clarity.With upsamplers, you can have b... | |
| DAC's with Word Clock Input? The word clock will reduce jitter when compared to a non-clocked data stream. However, if the risetimes are slow, there will still be jitter generated at the DAC. The transmission-lines must be well-matched to prevent reflections.It will eliminate... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening Two things:1) your Transport is the weakest link - get it modded2) THe ML360S is very good, but also can be better once modded |