Diversity is still strong. Not many doubles, and some very smart equipment
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Diversity is still strong. Not many doubles, and some very smart equipment
Currently using a Focusrite Saffire mixer - originally bought to transfer vinyl to digital via the inbuilt ADC but lately find the DAC section as good to my ears as my Quad Vena (and the Audiolab Q-Dac that the Vena replaced)
The various in/out mixer options on the Focusrite also give me a versatility I haven't encountered in other set ups.
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I'm still enjoying my Topping D30.
Cost 90 quid but sounds like a lot more!
Using an Audial Model S, which is TDA1541A based, non-oversampling (unless I want to do it in DSP). It just gets out of the way. No haze or grain or fatigue. Transport is the Allo DigiOne Player, running Moode, with a BNC cable. To be honest, the DigiOne made a much bigger difference than I expected, in a good way...
Also have a Theta DS Pro Progeny that needs a minor repair to an RCA socket. Lovely musical DAC.
Marantz CDA-94.
It makes some subtle improvements to the CD-94 on its own but, more importantly, they look good stacked together!
Yamamoto YDA-01 up and running and sounding very sweet
I have got a Naim V1 DAC, pre & headphone amp as well. Like it a lot. Goes to DSD 128. I use Audirvana+. These combination is very good for my ears.
For the HT system I use Apple TV - not so good in sound but convenient.
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