itzhak1969
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| Oppo 105 and Hegel H160 DACs The Hegel H160 is an excellent integrated amp and do deserve better CD transport than the Oppo to perform at its best and I agreer with @bstehno the OP need to take his amp to nearest dealer and to compare different cd transports I do recommend th... | |
| Need Recommendations on a CD Player Cambridge Audio Azur 851C if you can strech your budget. | |
| Oppo 105 and Hegel H160 DACs CD transport itself doesn’t have sound signature however there are very important things that determining how good the CD transport is : level of jitter, the quality of the laser lens, inner cabling , inner clock,the mechanical drive and so on ,so... | |
| Oppo 105 and Hegel H160 DACs Nobody said that the Oppo is not good gear it's a fine blu ray and if you have descent system without dac and CDP it can be a good cd player too but if you have more serious system and good DAC you need more serious dedicated CD transport becuse... | |
| Oppo 105 and Hegel H160 DACs To claim that the Oppo can be excellent pre amplifier is nonsense, It is very good blu ray that can be a decent CD transport but certainly not great one .Pure CD transport with quality coax cable will upgrade the the dound by far. | |
| Need Recommendations on a CD Player Do you have standalone dac or you are using only CD player ? | |
| Oppo 105 and Hegel H160 DACs Your Oppo dac becomes passive once connected to your Heggel dac however from my experience bluray/dvd/cdp are lousy transports their inner dac and complex electronic circuits add noise and jitter. it’s better to use pure cd transport and good co... | |
| looking for the best cd transport only, without dac The Mark Levinson is a beast but it’s about 20 years old . | |
| Lens for Esoteric SA-50 https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/esoteric-support-nonexistent | |
| Blu-ray Audio 2.0 LPCM vs. 5.1 DTS-HD If your hi fi system especially the speekers are good enough 2.0LPCM is much better. I found 5.1DTS-HD sound synthetic, artificial and over mixed. | |
| looking for the best cd transport only, without dac CD transport itself doesn’t have sound signature however there are very important things that determining how good the CD transport is : level of jitter, the quality of the laser lens, inner cabling , inner clock,the mechanical drive and so on ,so... | |
| looking for the best cd transport only, without dac Belief me I do own McIntosh system and hi end cables that cost many times more than the CXC I ordered this transprt from my dealer without listening because at that time I couldn't afford to spend more and I was overwhelmed from it great capabil... | |
| Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio In our hobby the only factor that is matter is our hearing and no 'scientific' neither 'science' theory will tell me what is good or bad for my hi fi system, Of course there are many brands that are selling ridiculous price cables that not justify... | |
| looking for the best cd transport only, without dac Don’t consider regular CDP players as transport ! they are lousy as transport because their inner DAC adding jitter and noise. since you already have DAC you need pure CD transport without inner DAC uder $1000 the best option I can think of is the... | |
| Proac D48R I recommend you to change the stock metal jumpers for better quality ones as soon as the speakers arrive to you because they do degrade the sound severely also Proac speakers are known for their very long burn-in period allow about 500 hours befor... |