System sounding too "digital" - would one of these be a good upgrade??

[leo]

Looks like a better dac is called for.

It could be any other part of the chain, digital sounding can be caused from a lot of things , I've heard some vinyl set ups I thought gave a digital sort of signature

[Gazjam]

Actually the titles a wee bit misleadingl my systems sounding OK actually...its just that someone had mentioned this thing as a solution to HIS system sounding too digital and he found it better than the Wolfsen Dac upgrade....

wasnt sure about THAT one...which is why I posted.

[leo]

I'd imagine it would add much more signature than say the dac chip, it would be down to personal taste if this would actually be better or worse

[Themis]

Well, as it specs, it definitely adds much more distortion... so it's quite possible it adds more signature.

[leo]

Well, as it specs, it definitely adds much more distortion... so it's quite possible it adds more signature.

[Themis]

[Gazjam]

Think I have my answer.....

[DSJR]

Another opinion... Why do you think it's the front end?

Unless you've tweaked or changed them, I'd look at the WTF 5* AE109's, which were pretty horrible technically and in sound too - treble set 5db down in a shelf (not smoothly rolling off), giving a hard and slightly squawky mid and "dead" treble performance to balance out the harshness of the fave A400 and PM66 KI Sig with CD63KI CD player...

A don't want to suggest more at this point, but I, like many of my clients, have sometimes looked at the wrong end of a system to be at fault and I very much doubt the 640 A/C pair are the main problem. I mean, it appears that you've added a DAC to "improve" things when it has actually made things worse perhaps???

If I'm totally off the track here, I apologise, but if you do have standard AE109's, take Uncle Dave's advice and sell em pronto. Some cheap Rega Jura's will answer most if not all of your probs for a couple of hundred quid on the used market..... and I can advise on sensible and not wanky tweaks for them as well...

[Gazjam]

Thanks Dave,
no just the Stock AE109s...love to change 'em for a set of Rega R3's...or Juras!

I REALLY need to update my Sig...Im running the Squeezebox playing FLAC through a Beresford Dac into my 640A and AE109's...

Funnily enough..when I bought them I paired them with the A400!
Still have that WTF review clipping somewhere....

[Rare Bird]

I used to have 'AE109' at one point.I though they were ok with the right amp, i did rebuild the crossovers tho....