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| Zanden DAC owners You can have a world-class transport with a good Sony DVD player, such as the DVP-S7700 (~$200 used) with mods ~$500. | |
| Best Inexpensive DAC A used Birdland Odeon-lite should be around $500 and mods for it can be had for around $700. World-class performance for $1200. | |
| severe limiting factor The CD player is the problem. If you want an excellent front-end, you should consider separate Transport and upsampling DAC, both modded. | |
| Birdland DAC Very nice DAC right out of the box, but really stellar once modded (Odeon-lite). | |
| Classe DAC-1 or Musical Fidelity A 324 The Classe DAC-1 is a fine unit, but there are much better DAC's available now for the same money, even less, including the Birdland Odeon-lite and the Perpetual Technologies (properly modded), not to mention the popular Ack dAck and the I owned a... | |
| best sounding DVD transport? Nothing that is stock compares to modded DVD players, even the extremely expensive ones. | |
| Sony S7700, S7000, or ??? best low cost transport? Reubent - you just didn't select the right modder. The Sonys make superb transports: 7000, 7700 and 9000es. I prefer the simplicity, low power usage and size of the 7700. Mods focused on the digital output electronics by an experienced digital des... | |
| Old used high end transport vs new same price ? Dont waste your money on old technology. Get a good recent DVD player and get it modded. The Sony's or Philips with dual-laser are superb tranports. The mechanisms and control systems are far superior to any CD-only transport. you ge tthe best of ... | |
| Is my 1988 Nakamichi OMS-1 worth repairing? Dopogue is right. Older technology CD players are junk for transports. Get yourself a Sony or Philips DVD player with dual-laser, such as the DVP-S7700 or 9000es and get it modded. A superb transport once modded. | |
| What cable to use with KRELL Why don't you mod your Krell equipment so it sounds good instead of bandaiding with power or speaker cables?If it has Mosfet output devices, just sell it and get bipolars unless you are willing to immerse it in LN02... | |
| What cable to use with KRELL I've made this comment before, so I'll make it again. It makes no sense whatsoever to ask what cord sounds right with a particular equipment. Now, if you had asked what cord works well with a preamp or pre-pro, this might make some sense. If a par... | |
| Scott Nixon outboard DAC's, any good? One audiocircle shootout:http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=6727 | |
| Is this a deal or what .... Tireguy - The only DACs that I have heard that sound analog without HF rolloff are:1) EMM labs2) PT P-3A with Turbomod and superclock2 | |
| Does good DAC improve sonics of low end transport Jazzdude - you should consider getting the jukebox transport modded. Most Sony players make excellent transports once modded. | |
| CD Transport recommandation DVD players make excellent transports once modded. They typically beat CD-only players hands-down. They have the advantage of high-precision mechanisms and servo control systems for DVD's and with some players, like Sony and Philips, there are two... |