Marco enjoy it mate:thumbsup::)
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Marco enjoy it mate:thumbsup::)
jon
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Marco has joined the 21st century :lol: WELL DONE SIR!!!
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Originally Posted by Marco
You see, that's where you are going wrong, wasting money on the transport- what you need is an impervious dac not a bodged and bootstraped transport that mollycoddles a less than technically excellent digital stage.
Truth is you can bolt any output stage that finds your favour to almost any dac chip and receiver these days, there's very little point spending big money on a transport unless you simply have to survive with some arcane DAC.
Knowing you it's probably the latter.... ;-)
Not quite sure how to take that, Simon, or what you're *really* trying to say? :scratch:
First of all, the Sony X-777ES CDP features one of the finest transport mechanisms ever built. Testament to that is the fact that it's still working after 25 years of continual use!
Secondly, my highly-modified Sony DAS-R1 DAC is far from being "arcane", in a sonic sense, otherwise it wouldn't significantly outperform the (very good) modern DAC built into the TFS.
Fancy sometime comparing the Sony to your Weiss? I'm more than up for that! ;)
Marco.
arcane
Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkeɪn/
adjective
understood by few; mysterious or secret:
Indeed, that's the dictionary definition, but given what Simon wrote prior to that, I'm not sure that's necessarily what he meant....
Marco.
Nice one Marco - welcome to the world of File Based Audio. :)
I think this is a great product for those that don't want to build their own, or want something to put in the rack to compliment a proper hifi - and as you know, I'm already sold on the sonic benefits of eliminating an optical drive from the replay chain...
Enjoy!
Cheers, dude. It's getting even better as it's being used more! Let's make the difference 3% now between the TFS/Sony and the Techy :eek:
Marco.
Don't be too hasty. For serious listening I still prefer to spin a CD. Music is ripped from a CD at a far higher speed than the disc would normally be played at. I am not convinced that the ripped data is always the same as the slowly played data. The Reed-Solomon error correction employed in a CDP during playback is lacking in documentation as far as its operation is concerned during the CD ripping process. So I am not satisfied that the R-S truth table is adhered to during a rip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Awwww, comon Marco, what's 3% between enthusiasts. ;)