aldenberry
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| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Thanks mribob, will look into eMats. Otherwise we have very similar configurations. Mine sounds like crap right now, so I have to remind myself that break-in is still happening while I also double check my dCS settings. So it is reassuring the ... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 That's quite a change, good for you! I may eventually reintroduce tubes. I've become a fan of Nagra products, for one. Galen Carol has been helpful to me as well and it's hard to disagree with his belief that a preamp imposes a signature of it... | |
| dCS Dealer recommendations and dCS Network Bridge impressions One year later, what did you choose? I have a dCS Network Bridge arriving tomorrow. | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Dear info2rdw,You have found yourself in a common quandary, I can relate. I have not tried Vivaldi with vs. without preamp, but I have done that experiment many times in the past with other gear and always preferred having a pre in the chain. Opin... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Thanks imgoodwithtools and amg56. AMG56, I'm going with the Network Bridge as well, building a Roon Server around that (maybe Nucleus) to replace my Aurender server. Hopefully a Clock when the piggy bank refills. But I could live very happily ... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Well I may as well re-enter this old post of mine to see if there is any life left in it, and to close by reporting my decision- i bought a Vivaldi DAC. I never got to hear any of the dCS products compared to the Berkeley Ref. Series 2. For that m... | |
| Gryphon vs. D'Agostino Well, Imgoodwithtools, have you heard the vaunted Gryphons? I have enjoyed following a few of your threads, especially as an Ayre owner (twenty series) who previously owned a D'Ag integrated. I agree with your comparisons between the two. I wou... | |
| Rockport Technologies addresses cabinet vibration? No arguments here, I'm a happy Rockport Avior owner BUT what does the Lyra sound like? I guess few can pay the price to answer, but brilliant design aside, the focus should remain on sound quality. | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Hi Bobvin,i haven't been up Seattle for that audition yet but I am intent on doing it. If you beat me to it, please report back. Thanks | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Allen, thanks for weighing in. And I’m sorry to abandon my own post but the question I raised has become somewhat irrelevant to me personally. Berkeley’s ongoing delays- now both the paused update process and the late MQA software- are the final s... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 oops, I meant the Vivaldi took it several flights up! | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Thanks khrys,Heresy indeed! Another vote against the preamp. I will have to revisit this. I just ordered two pairs of Transparent Audio Ref. interconnects and a pair of Ref. speaker cables, which arrive tomorrow. I will break them in and list... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 My pleasure, happy listening! | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 And to ptss,I compared AC cord effects between my Aurender source and Berkeley Ref Dac 1. Going up the price/ quality continuum, I found that the Aurender was more responsive to cord changes than the Berkeley. For what it's worth! Boy are we of... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 The D'Ag will be fun to compare with Nagra. I've owned both; though I owned a D'Ag Integrated, I've heard the separates. It's hard to say one is better than the other, but they are different. Since you're playing with top-end gear and since our... |