eugene81
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| Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC Devilboy, I am using a Wavelink HS with the Havana and a Weiss INT203 with the Octave. Also had an Audiophilleo 2 and John Kenny Mk3 modded HiFace (v1, not Hiface 2). Buffer size does matter. What software are you using?Greg, you may want to hold ... | |
| Bel Canto DAC 3 vs. 3.5 You might get away with $800 but I think it's pretty rare, though maybe not so much these days with so much newer competition in the price range. I think closer to $1k sounds about right.It is an excellent DAC, though. I enjoyed mine very much and... | |
| Bel Canto DAC 3 vs. 3.5 Depends on the sound you are looking for. I had the Dac3 and 2.5. They are very similar but I slightly preferred the 3, which I found to be a little warmer. They are very clean and detailed sounding Dacs while not bright or edgy but maybe lacking ... | |
| Recommended USB- SPDIF converter for Metrum Octave After some limited testing I have found that the Wavelink HS is again better than both the AP and JKSPDIF, but I prefer the Weiss over it. Compared to the INT203, the Wavelink is more like the AP -- more direct, very clear, transparent, and resolv... | |
| Recommended USB- SPDIF converter for Metrum Octave I just got a Weiss INT203 and it is clearly superior to both the Audiophilleo 2 and JKSPDIF Mk3. It plays on the strengths of both but on a higher level with great detail, transparency, and openness, but very natural and balanced, never strident o... | |
| Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC Greg, I was in the same boat as you and if you are a big fan of the Havana, as I am, then the Octave is right up your alley. I've had the Bel Canto DAC2.5 and DAC3, Calyx 24/192, and Berkeley Alpha DAC 1 and 2 since moving my Havana out of my main... | |
| Where to buy Metrum Octave? Bought one from Hifi Heaven's website last week and it shipped out the next day. After only a couple hours I am impressed! At first I was rather cheesed about the dealer mark up, but even at $1100 this thing appears to be an incredible bargain. I ... | |
| Speakers and air-conditioning Maybe connection problems/inadvertent multiple clicks. Not *that* annoying. | |
| Good optical cable Wireworld Supernova 5+ or 6. | |
| Sonus Faver Grand Piano kruipen.com | |
| Which used speakers in the 5K range? I am very happy with my Tannoy Turnberry SE. The Prestige series dual concentrics produce a unique and very realistic tone and timbre that I've not heard matched by any other speakers, period, along with fantastic coherence and a huge, deep sound.... | |
| Mini Monitors under $500 used ACI Sapphire III or Anniversary if you can find a good deal. I thought my old Sonus Faber Concertinos sounded good but the Sapphire III were much better. | |
| USB DAC/Preamp Suggestions $1k to $2k Ah, missed the part about the analong inputs. The Bel Canto DAC2.5 has those. Analog volume control will be very difficult to find, though. To me there's nothing wrong with a good digital attenuator. Bel Canto and Berkeley do it well from my exper... | |
| Recommended USB- SPDIF converter for Metrum Octave Oddly enough I had the opposite experience as Elberoth2...I had the AP2 for about 3 days before I sold it. It sounded hard and fatiguing in the upper midrange/lower treble with slightly compressed imaging, though it did offer noticeably more detai... | |
| USB DAC/Preamp Suggestions $1k to $2k Bel Canto DAC3 is full featured and sounds fantastic IMO. Very detailed, precise, and incisive, yet liquid and very musical with a touch of warmth. |