joessportster Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 . Thats not right a more accurate depiction would be Calvin pissing on the dac and a Big stack of cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 . Thats not right a more accurate depiction would be Calvin pissing on the dac and a Big stack of cash lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Sometimes we call what we don't understand "magic." Or FM The M stands for magic, I'll let you determine what the F stands for An old recording engineer I knew said that microphone placement (for orchestral recordings) was largely FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Yeah, wait a second!! And what about amps?! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubo Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Every product begins as a set of engineering design goals and a budget. The Engineers get to work and the trade offs begin. An inexpensive product can crush far more expensive products with a clever design. DAC tech and the wrap around tech is well understood at this point and the off shelf chip sets are all pretty good. I purchased a Sony DVD player last year to use the basement with various amps and was surprised how good it sounds. I think there are a lot of good DACs at all price points and above $500 you get into rapidly diminishing marginal returns. aka it's difficult to explain the added cost or quantify the "better performance" CDs have low noise and are not as dynamic as vinyl, DTS Master Audio seems to be the best of both worlds. A lot of the problem with CDs is psycho-acoustics and loudness wars, vinyl doesn't allow for loudness wars unless you want one song per side and even then it probably wouldn't work. It's the mastering that ruins so many CDs that otherwise would sound perfectly good. My two cents... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 wait.... does this mean different songs sound different from each other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) 100022000010020000000...w.w...-0020129302890138902190 Sent from my $5000 DAC using Tapatalk Edited September 12, 2015 by jacksonbart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 I was reading the sales material at several OEMS making high priced DACs. Not a one has a rational objective explanation of why their expensive unit sounds better than lower cost units. Sent from my ALCATEL A564C using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Sent from my $5000 DAC... Gen V. the seven- family: Big 7 DSD DAC, Lite 7 DSD DAC Golden Gate Premium DSD DAC What is standard: USB input, DSD engine 64x and 128x. Rca S/PDIF input, Jupiter premium capacitors. 2a3, 300B, 45, 6A3, 245, 345 and 101D triode compatibility with a selector switch. It comes with 101D tubes as standard. Lite 7 has no chokes. Big 7 has two standard chokes. GG has 2 premium chokes Lite 7 has AM Jupiter caps, Big 7 has Copper/Wax jupiter caps. GG has Jupiter Copper Wax plus Siver Duelund bypass. Lite 7 and Big 7 have 64x and 128x DSD engines. GG has 256x DSD engine Lite 7 and Big 7 have 101D Psvane tubes. GG has 101D Western Electric Replica or 45 EML MESH triodes. Each DAC can have one more digital input of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Totaldac beat that to keep looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Beat it... that doesnt even make any sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Okay the totaldac won / beat / smoked that DAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Okay the totaldac won / beat / smoked that DAC Devils Advocate here According to whom, was the total dac the victor ?? I believe in this crazy hobby all hearing is considered subjective so though I have no doubt the Total Dac sounds great I may prefer the modi more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 There is not 1 shootout posted anywhere that any other DAC bested the Totaldac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hey it's all about what one likes , if they are happy then it's all good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 There is not 1 shootout posted anywhere that any other DAC bested the Totaldac Schu, Write on up please Honestly I would love to hear one I am sure they are great But I have to remember IGNORANCE IS BLISS, Then I wont go around wanting the thing The DAC does alot do you think I could put wheels on it and drive it around ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Looking at the TotalDac site, sounds very good but the prices on some of the stuff like the SSD is way out in left field. I guess it's any easy way for them and others to separate money from an audiophile, which from too many magazine articles, think that for the average person, a 10k set of speakers is relatively inexpensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I use a SSD NAS with 1TB drives , all these things do add to the overall sound Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I use a SSD NAS with 1TB drives They deliver the signal to the gear that creates the sound, and other than Latency not sure they would sound any different than say any pc Have you used different delivery systems for the files ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) Oh its a big difference with my setup " not sure they would sound any different than say any pc" I use (2) Paul Hynes SR5 Linear PSU units one power the dedicated NAS other the Router , my NAS plugs into the Router and then out of the Router to a Total Dac D1 Server which then feeds into my D1 Dual totaldac AES/EBU Cable . The sound is better than a PC , its all about a clean signal normal power supply create allot of noise along with a hard drive with a platter Edited September 14, 2015 by A1UC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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