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| Best used transport for CD, SACD, DVDA It seems that most DVDAs are not copy protected so they can output full resolution stereo over SPDIF. I am feeding the optical output from my Oppo 95 Universal player to my EMM Labs XDS1 optical input to get the benefit of the XDS1 DAC.Pretty nift... | |
| Ripping SACD vs regular CD BlueCoast and 2L for now. But I remember reading in the dCS event that they are trying to get more to support native DSD. I think HDTracks has access to DSD masters. Linn too I would expect since they have a large catalog of SACDs. | |
| Ayon Audio CD-5 versus CD-5s There's no doubt analog has that je ne sais quoi quality :)But I listen to music so I end up buying whatever format that music I like is on.. and choose the best devices I can afford to play them. | |
| Ayon Audio CD-5 versus CD-5s I have used a Weiss INT202 and a Wavelink HS to get SPDIF to the Ayon CD5S.Been using PureMusic and am trying Amarra next ;) | |
| Ripping SACD vs regular CD Just some random thoughts:DCS has proposed a new DSD over USB standard which they have demonstrated but not released to public. Mytek has a DSD DAC already shipping based on this proposal. EMM Labs are also demonstrating their implementations. Pla... | |
| Best tube dac available? Also worth checking out the Ayon Skylla. I have been using the CD5S which is the Skylla + CDPro2MJust announced at CES: Audio Research Reference DAC which has the analog stages from a Reference 5 SE (itself using parts derived from the 40th Annive... | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE Yes Mitch4t, it looks like it has the analog sections of the Ref5SE Pre.It does lack analog inputs or HT bypass, so looks like you will still need a Ref5SE for those bits. | |
| is ayre qb-9 dac better than cx7e mp? But the QA9 is an ADC. Meant to convert vinyl to digital formats for archiving and playback, like with PureVinyl. | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE I use ASI Liveline through a Sound Application RLS240. Awesome. | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE Saw some pics of it at this site:http://www.my-hiend.com/vbb/showthread.php?5132-2012年-CES-and-T-H-E-SHOW-實況報導&p=164194#post164194Is that a Media Bridge or DAC? | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE Where's all the 5SE loving gone? :) | |
| is ayre qb-9 dac better than cx7e mp? @TmsoroskShouldn't that be the DX5 and not the C5exMP?The C5 doesn't have USB input.I understand the DX5 actually has a better analog stage than the QB9. | |
| How to connect emmLabs XDS1 CD/SACD Player to ...? Some options:a. if you have an optical output on the laptop/PC, you can use the optical inputb. use a USB-AES/SPDIF or Firewire-AES/SPDIF deviceI use a Wavelink HS and it's pretty good hooked to my other DACs, and I suppose you can use a XLR-coax ... | |
| CD player closest to vinyl? @Rampage60You can use a FW-SPDIF or USB-SPDIF box.I have used a Weiss INT202 and it's a good combo. I have also used an optical cable | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE Less than a week and 55 hours later, it's already obvious they've done something special with the SE. The noise floor seems lowered a fair bit. Where it took me to 50-55 on my old 5 to get some semblance of dynamics, I can now tap happily to the b... |