Scott Nixon USBTD vs Wavelength Brick

Morris...SACD and DVD-A will die out soon trust me...They have gone virtually nowhere since there introduction...Too few titles etc. Gordon configures his pieces according to the Red Book CD standard. Upsampling sounds silly to me on most systems anyway.

As far as the Crimson goes, I hear it is beyond compare. Only you can make the decision as to how much "better" something sounds. Thats almost impossible to quantify.

Morris:

Here is my comparison of the Cosecant and Crimson:

http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=pcaudio&n=17085&highlight=crimson+dac&r=&session=

The Crimson is a very special product. I find it better sounding than my Esoteric UX-1 playing SACD or DVD-A.

I hope this info is helpful.

Steve

Steve and Jc51373 thanks for the very helpful comments. It sounds like Gordon has developed a real state of the art component. I'll start saving for a Crimson...

Morris, Steve knows his stuff...He has alot of experience with Wavelength. Lucky duck has the Crimson!

Wow! I didn't think this thread would yield this much information. Morris, your right about us being in the same boat, as I did not want to spend too much on a usb dac if the hi-rez formats would out perform it. Nice to know that the Crimson can compare to sacd/dvda.