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Has anyone tried the Benchmark DAC Pre?
These guys seem to have an interesting approach to dealing with jitter by effectively (or not so effectively?) ignoring input data clocks. Their methodology seems to be cloaked but the basic premise is that...
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I've been playing around with High Def Files for a few years.I use an M-Audio recorder to capture concerts, and now that HiDef files are becoming available I have been buying them online.For playback I have been burning DVDs which I play back on a Me...
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Scooter wrote :"...Has anyone tried the Benchmark DAC Pre?..." You might have a look at this post from the Computer Audiophile site (if I've done things right, the link will take you directly to the correct place on the page) :htt...
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Jessie,I just managed to snag a used Wavelength Brick version 1 for a very good price. The Brick and Cosecant v2 use the same DAC section, unless you purchase a newer Cosecant v3 that is offered with an upgrade to a multi-bit 24/96 DAC chip. I listen...
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Has anyone tried the Benchmark DAC Pre?
These guys seem to have an interesting approach to dealing with jitter by effectively (or not so effectively?) ignoring input data clocks. Their methodology seems to be cloaked but the basic premise is that...
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Surprised no one's mentioned the Vaclav Talich, certainly a benchmark performance. Actually he made two recordings and I've never had the opportunity to compare.As for Kertesz, the first recording (VPO) way outclasses his second.As for the best I've ...
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[quote user="item"]Let's just be grateful things have moved on from those nasty plastic discs . . . in an ideal world I like to call the future, we would download our files from the mixing desk direct to our highly optimised audio computers/streamers...
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fair enough- you're absolutely right, i didn't!it's difficult to get that perspective on sonics without legitimate guideposts-- even with a lifetime of playing and recording music, it's difficult to know what the parameters of recorded sound ar...
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Let's just be grateful things have moved on from those nasty plastic discs . . . in an ideal world I like to call the future, we would download our files from the mixing desk direct to our highly optimised audio computers/streamers/digital transports...
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By virtue of the internet facilitated 'brain merging' technique; the world has now witnessed a speaker born of the joined brain wave efforts of 97,3% of the registered users of DIYaudio.com. Behold! : http://www.danielhertz.com/products/m1http://www....
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Hi guysI just spotted something breathtaking yesterday:http://www.esdacoustics.com/ Ive been actually listening to it this weekend on the exhibition.Trying to sort my thoughts.I had many many hours of intense listening.Also plenty of time with the en...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
manisandher wrote: I'm asking because I'd like to know how closely I'm hearing your vinyl rig. Do you have Macondo and Milqs? :-)[/quote]Not yet!But I'm wondering how close the sound I'm currently getting from your dig...
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This is one of my favorite posts on your site.My daily playback system uses Tannoy 15" Gold drivers in large back-loaded Autograph cabinets. It isn't used for critical listening, rather it's mostly on in the background playing my local NPR radio sta...
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Before treating my room, I want to benchmark the performance. Seeking a credible and contemporary resource (not Everest) where I can learn PC-based measurement and post-processing. Emphasis on test and measurement over modeling.
It is a bonus if th...
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While it is rare that any component under "review" will be panned outright, it is not uncommon for the "reviewer" to refer obliquely to the component's flaws. In some cases, the flaws may even be presented or offered up as "features", or it may...
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RomyYour first question was "Does it do bass"... Yes, and it does it full frequency with great tonality. I am a ribbon panel owner as you may remember and also have modified Tannoys as monitors so I know easily when I am lacking in the bass departmen...
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It sounds like a lot of the circling has to do with which 2A3 "sounds better", outright. In any case, I'm guessing everyone would agree that it is specious to argue about which 2A3 sounds most like some internally-estab...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
That is why what I refer to “transport” I refer to the very primary duty – to read an optical disk and the ability to create more advanced sound out of it. As a persons who am familiar with the best optical disk rea...
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[quote user="drdna"]I think it has already been stated. Batteries in audio are inherently of limited utility. It is a tendency of audiophiles to dedicate themselves to a single "silver bullet" instead of building the system based on the particular ne...
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Looking at the pictures of CES I came across a new Seoul-based company Silbatone Acoustics that show off a new speaker “APORIA” in Vegas. It is a back-loaded Manger.
What I read the company philosophy I was not pleased.
http://silbatoneacoustics.co...
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I wonder if people could play the Bruckner’s Ninth during peace-time or the universal misery of this work do requires some presents of some war-like external non-resolvable tragedy?
The WWII started in end of 1944 when a first “Liberty” ship was try...
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Dear Romy,K-Stereo receives a digital data feed, performs a bit-rate conversion in preparation for internal processing, then as a last step optionally performs dither for the reduced word length digital output. The machine contains an internal ...
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[quote user="item"] If you want to spin a CD during playback, for nostalgic reasons, then a CD player is fine. The only reason to do so, however, is to extract stored data. Computers have better ways to do this that don't invoke all the mechanica...
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Thanks, Tommy it might be very interesting. The player looks like it has 3-tube output stage and I wonder it is possible to run unit this all time on but to shut down juts the tube section?
Also, beside all typical curiosity regarding sound of that...
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Dear Romy,
Thank you for the commentary and the advice with regards to the need to have a COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION and to test with another speaker in situ first.
Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITI...
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[quote user="Tax"] Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION there will be differences in between how the plumber Vs a brain surgeon handles COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION. I guess on some things...
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As the writer of the above-referenced propaganda, I am pleased to once again tweak the whiskers of the cat.
First off, this is promotional material so what the heck do you expect? Every brochure offers a new benchmark in performance or it is not doi...
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After 13 year of using of
my active Placette my preamp now is undergoing a modification. My knew listening
room is rather on larger side (acoustically) and I am driving the whole system from
super Milq, no help of SS amplification at the lower kne...
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I asked John F. Berky if the Bamberg cycle was released.
He said that his has B5 from July 22, 2017:
DISC # COR-2487: BRUCKNER: Symphony # 5 / Blomstedt /
2017
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ANTON BRUCKNE...
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Jorge,
You're quite welcome to visit any time you are in the SF Bay Area.
There's a photo attached to this post of my Blokhorn system ( modified Edgarhorn System 80 ).
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