Fair enough then!Originally Posted by Jimbo
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I'm Martin.
Fair enough then!
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Location: Glasgowshire
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I'm Gary.
Lottery win Dacs would be Chord Dave or Metrum Pavane.
Very different technologies and a lot of moolah so would need a long audition of both.
Considered upgrading my modded Young dac in the past, but resisted as theres something to be said for being happy with what you have, and really its 'good enough'.
Next step dac wise is one of the two heavy hitters above, just as and when.
Now, wheres my lottery numbers again...?
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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Location: Birmingham
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I'm James.
Your right Gary they are expensive but certainly not the most expensive out there? I have listened to DACs for a number of years now and they are now getting very good indeed.Lottery win Dacs would be Chord Dave or Metrum Pavane.
Very different technologies and a lot of moolah so would need a long audition of both.
Considered upgrading my modded Young dac in the past, but resisted as theres something to be said for being happy with what you have, and really its 'good enough'.
Next step dac wise is one of the two heavy hitters above, just as and when.
Now, wheres my lottery numbers again...?
A lottery win would help
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
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I'm Geoff.
This sounds sublime.
Monarchy Audio M22B
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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