I'm liking that little frog, Jerry.
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I'm liking that little frog, Jerry.
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Which one?Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
There's actually two frogs there. :)
The other one is one shelf up, slightly to the right.
Yes, I know it's a mess - but I actually tidied up a bit before I took the photo. :eyebrows:
The one almost next to the valve amp.
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Cue the Eagles ... there's a new DAC in town.
On a temporary table while I suss it out and decide whether it is deemed worthy to take its place on the rack.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...pspvyrileo.jpg
Arrived today and being played for the past few hours.
The Rega DAC comes with 2 reputations as far as I am concerned - warm, bloomy and over fullsome in the bass - or naturally musical and full toned.
I have to confess I was expecting to hear the former, but no, the latter view is definitely in the ascendant at the moment. -- which will be a disappointment for the person who has asked for 1st refusal after I pipped him to the post in buying it. :lol:
Excellent rez (no other word for it). Tonally quite rich and vibrant. Imaging is spot-on, very naturally focused in depth as well as laterally.
Slight feeling of closed-in-ness at the top? - a lack of air. Hmm, I'll see how that goes. Might just be in comparison to the fullsomely rich midband. Also, I've been using the Claymore amp which tends a bit in that direction itself. I'll have to try other amps (like the valve job in the pic) to see what happens with a somewhat leaner amp.
Vocals are very natural.
Mostly quiet music so far, but I'll let her rip tomorrow. :)
Yep, impressed so far.
Note the Wyred4Sound DAC1 behind it, peering round from behind the wooden shelving leg, wondering if its time has come. :eyebrows:
Which input are you using Jerry . The USB sounds different to the coax input .
Oh.. and have you tried the different filters . Subtle differences in each :)
USB at the moment - but I have a cunning plan to enable use of the co-ax for streaming tomorrow.
How does the sound differ?
The USB sounds a little more '' pipe and slippers '' compared to the coax ( which might be more to your taste )
Hmm. Interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by brian2957
My main source is USB streaming from my laptop.
Problem -- how to convert USB to coax?
I have an expensive way to do it - is there a cheap option?
Stans Asynch 1 is pretty good http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S/usb.htm
Or drop this guy a PM and see if he'll accept an offer http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...lity-VLink-192