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| How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey The Shindo Arome CD muching Trans is quite interesting. For some reason I don't yet understand my Prismsound Callia is now very very listenable. It was hard to find any literature on this lil green box, so posting here. It's worth a gander if you... | |
| How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey Finally wrote the part two of my DAC journey. Sorry it took so long, but lots of stuff happened in the meanwhile. Hope you like it. Cheers! https://audiofool.substack.com/p/how-not-to-buy-a-dac-part-two | |
| How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey @alfa100 Thank you for your suggestion, I respect MSB a lot, but these days, they have lost my respect with their over-the-top pricing and their luxury-audio PR and seem to have lost their the sheen of their salt-of-the-earth audio engineering va... | |
| How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey @rikkipuu That is a brilliant insight on the GG3. Thank you for (courageously, LOL) putting it out there. I think I would be on the same boat as you -- preferring GG3 to Aphrodite, although haven't heard either. I love the Pacific DHT, heard at a... | |
| How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey @ghasley @jrareform Thank you so much for your kind words. Working on the part-two as we speak, will post soon. @alexopth1512 Thanks for justifying my craziness. You are lucky, I had that option twenty years ago, Computer Science or Electronic... | |
| How not to buy a DAC -- an audiofool journey Thanks @zlone @mulveling . I didn't want people to go all TL;DR (too long; didn't read) on me so broke it into two parts. Might be better to read the sequel than for me to post it, but that's where I curse the audiophile in me, for jumping to th... | |
| Why I sold my $50,000 DAC ... @liquidsound Couldn't have said it better! @kirk9 I really wish that was the case. | |
| Why I sold my $50,000 DAC ... Sorry, no idea. @richardbrand | |
| Why I sold my $50,000 DAC ... I am realising, it’s more important. @wsrrsw @deep_333 A very experienced audiophile friend of mine, said the same, pro audio speakers serious kick butt. I briefly did consider going pro (Kii Audio was friend’s suggestion), after my epiphanic... | |
| Streamer vs. Cart upgrade (here we go again…) You post on a digital forum, you will get votes on streamer, you post on the analog forum, you will get votes on cart upgrade. It did seem like you had made up your mind and hence posted on the digital forum :) That's how most people make decisio... | |
| 8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC lol @llg98ljk @hk_fan Yes I did enjoy the bling factor. It does give me the warm fuzzy glow of good jewelry, and I enjoyed it for 4+ years. But in the end I ended up selling it. Not just cause it was not VFM, that it wasn't. But because of r... | |
| 8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC @onhwy61 It was an investment in pleasure (not returns) lol @larryi @mahgister I completely agree with you. I am writing my next to next post about that experience. My friend has a professional recording studio, a room on which more $100000 was... | |
| Air Tight amps -- changing voltage to 120V or 230V These are all good points. But I do not want to use an external transformer at this point, so I am looking to hear from folks that have imported the 100V version of Air Tight gear. And I want to ask them if easy voltage conversion (internal tra... | |
| Devore 093 compared to o96 I have owned both, and compared them side by side. I prefer the O/96 and now in my 7th year with these speakers. However 0/93 speakers are much easier to get right, easier to place, easier to find amp match etc, easier with room sizes. O/96 is mo... | |
| The pull of separates - Luxman M-10x vs. Accuphase A-48 power amps I have owned an Verity (Parsifal), I love the Verity Amadis, its one of my dream speakers. I have heard a lot of Luxman, but I believe for my tastes the Accuphase will work better with Verity. In face some day an A-48 with a Shindo Pre and Verity... |