gdhal
Responses from gdhal
| How Is MQA Fareing? Bottom line though is regardless of how good it sounds (or potentially can sound given the original master), MQA is a "lossy compression". For those such as myself who primarily listen to bands - such as but not limited to the Grateful Dead - whos... | |
| What's the best (or is there a "best") DAC input to use? @audioman58 perhaps then I should ask if in this case *theory* translates into any real perceivable audible advantage. And @mofimadness , I wouldn't have the luxury of trying 100 DACs. I'm trying to get a potential purchase right the first time. ... | |
| What's the best (or is there a "best") DAC input to use? Very enlightening responses by all. Sincerely appreciated. Besides the fact that the DAC itself often wouldn't have every conceivable input, the transport also wouldn't have every conceivable output. Amazing how this hobby's possibilities and the ... | |
| What's the best (or is there a "best") DAC input to use? @kijanki Thanks for your rather informative response. From literature I read from DAC manufacturers, it would substantiate your claim that USB should theoretically be better. For instance, the Schiit Yggdrasil manual indicates "USB is great for au... | |
| What does a bad tweeter sound like? Whenever I "question" a drivers performance or simply want to conduct my own "test", I find that a 20 - 20Khz audio sweep is useful.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAsMlDptjx8 | |
| Price No Object Amps gdhal: Just for curiosity, which one will you end-up buying? ;)I remain hopeful to be able to comfortably afford any one of them. It is a possibility, because I do play lotto regularly. At face value, just going by physical appearance and various ... | |
| Which dac or other suggestions @kalali I'm reading favorable things regarding the Blue Sound Node 2. In fact, even my dealer recommends it. Claims he sells it to folks buying 20K+ systems. He didn't say, however, whether or not those folks are using it as transport or the total... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 @dlcockrum Thanks for that recommendation. Upon a cursory review of http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products I note clicking the comet plus dac image produces a page not found error. http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products/comet-plus-dac Granted ... | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers I doubt there is much better at the price. And I doubt there is any better at the price. :) | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 Don't need a $10k+ DAC to substantially better the 205 sonically for two-channel listening. Many fine DACs in the $2-4k range (and less used) will get you there.@dlcockrum Point well taken. Hence the reason I have my antenna out in an attempt to u... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 @gdhal , it is hard to believe that we cannot get a serious high end DAC under $10k.@milpai I'm basing that on the 3,400 + comments in this thread, starting from the beginning.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/absolute-top-tier-dac-for-standa... | |
| Which dac or other suggestions @randy-11Do you have a suggestion/recommendation for a (best) music server that can play from a USB A flash memory stick? For some reason I can't stand the fact that all the high-end (>3K) DACs must have some kind of transport to deliver the mu... | |
| Which dac or other suggestions @williewonka Great to read your favorable comments about the Node 2, because I too (no pun intended) am interested in it. Question for you (or others on thread).... I have an Oppo UDP-205. I’m very happy with the sound. So too are many others. Tha... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 @milpai I dare say that if you are able to justify the cost of a truly high end DAC and purchase same, you or anyone else should be in a financial position to then purchase the Oppo on the top of it. The Oppo would then serve as transport.Keep in ... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 Thank you @mahler123 and @bondmanp I already have the UDP-205 and am quite happy with it. I'm just curious as to the Node 2 as it may sound different, given that it has a different DAC. The UDP205 uses an ESS Sabre 9038 pro dac and I believe the... |