ketcham
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I am very familiar with allnic and the D5000. To be clear. In order to test the digital realm the signal passed through the dht tubes. I had mine sent off to So Ca for independent testing. It too tested poorly but sounded excellent. Even the engin... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,Yes. Empirical is still my reference. I have been given on loan for review gear from a somewhat new company out of South Korea that is very innovative. I hope they find a honest distributor that will treat both the company and consumer well a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,I wanted to report my findings on another dac that has both ethernet and USB input. Although I have taken great strides improving my computer server, the ethernet input improves everything by a wide margin. Considering I have invested over 10... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Usb is asynchronous so I thought there is no clock from usb card. Word clock is only for spdif. there was a great article from 2010 demonstrating external clocks performed worse than dac clocks. I will email the article to matt. Steve. Eta on the ... | |
| How is EMM DAC 2X? I have written a few consumer reviews regarding dacs and these are for the interest of the consumer like myself. I use my experience with the DAC2x as a reference point because of its popularity. Anyone interested in it should look at the Empirica... | |
| How is EMM DAC 2X? I have written a few consumer reviews regarding dacs and these are for the interest of the consumer like myself. I use my experience with the DAC2x as a reference point because of its popularity. Anyone interested in it should look at the Empirica... | |
| Digital PCM TOSLINK out from a TV to a DAC Yes, I run to any of my 5 dacs without issue. Stable. 48 kHz sampling. Anyone have 96 kHz from their TV? | |
| How is EMM DAC 2X? I had it and sold it. Detailed, but sterile and un-involving. The new firmware update improves things. I had it for 18 months, had a hard time selling it in mint condition. Sold it for less than half value. I paid 11K for it originally. One buyer ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt. If you could arrange a lampizator seven, ModWright's Elyse tube dac alone with the allnic, this would give readers a good base comparison regarding tube dacs to empirical. | |
| Allnic 5000DAC I sent my personal D5000 south for some bench tests which tested with similar results to John Atkinson. Interestingly the person who was kind enough to take the time study the dac also auditioned the dac and found it quite musical and enjoyable. H... | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs After a somewhat long delay, I wish to report my thoughts on the D5000. Since this is a DHT tube dac, I was not able to burn the dac in 24/7 and rapidly achieve what I believe close to its optimal sounding potential. Instead this dac was burned in... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I too think Diamond SX would be good branding, reflecting a stellar audio product. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I fear I take my dac to a jeweler for some mods and they switch to a less quality cap...er. I mean diamond. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I have been consistently impressed with Empirical over the last many years. As new designs are discovered he offers mods at a nominal price. His most recent mod made the SPDIF converter obsolete with the odse. Matt, I agree that quality trumps pri... | |
| Allnic 5000DAC Waversa who designed and manufactured the digital components for Allnic has investigated Bryston's implementation. This has been an ongoing issue before Allnic was designed and built.I have not heard from Allnic or Waversa of any issues from other... |