Slimwhit33
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Red book CD playback is really excellent on the SACD 30n. Listening to one of my wife’s favorite albums, 10,000 Maniacs- In My Tribe… detail galore.. Natalie sounds perfect. Very pleased thus far.
There were a couple of things that sounded better with filter 2 on my CD60 but the need for my line in and the fact that I thought coax through the internal on the 3050 sounded a millimeter better than the dac on the marantz means I just get filter one all the time. I would assume the DAC in the 30n is far superior.Trying To Replace My D-03x- Act 4
The Marantz 30n arrived this morning. I really dig the way it looks in person. The subtle backlight is cool. Looking forward to seeing it in a dark room. Sounds great out of the box.. no switching sounds on the Roon playlists. No complaints. I prefer Filter 1 in my setup so far.
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I meant to post this here. My final thoughts on the PS Audio DirectStream DAC mk1, but wrote it up in the 'Incoming' thread. Anyway it's in 2 place now.I've been evaluating a PS Audio DirectStream DAC MK1 (DSD) for the past week or so. I posted about it in the Incoming! thread. I plan to offer some more thoughts on it this weekend.
I've been comparing the DSD to the DAC in my EverSolo A8 and my Geshelli Labs J2S which both have AKM 4499 chips. TLDR: I prefer the 4499 sound over the DSD. I prefer the J2S w/ Sparkos 3602 over the A8. The DSD will be returned.
While in the DAC rabbit hole I started looking at other Op Amp options for the J2S and ordered a Sparkos 2590 Dual for the SE socket and a couple of Burson V7 Vivids for the Balanced sockets.
If feel like I'm going to have 3x - 4x my spend to better the J2S. I'm going to play with the Op Amps and decide whether to stay in the Geshelli Labs family and get something like the Dayzee DAC or check out the latest hotness from Schiit, Denafrips, or Laiv.
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i might look into the J2S or the Eversolo when I need to add a third simple rig to my porch....i'll shift some of my older gear into there and then get a new DAC most likely for my office.I meant to post this here. My final thoughts on the PS Audio DirectStream DAC mk1, but wrote it up in the 'Incoming' thread. Anyway it's in 2 place now.
What’s the sale? Same as over the holidays?have been acquiring a bunch of the HDTT DSD downloads and man.....some of these are really excellent. the Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come DSD is excellent. I think they still have a sale going on right now.
20% DISCOUNT ON ALL MUSICWhat’s the sale? Same as over the holidays?
The manuals state that if you are streaming it will convert it to PCM. You have to have the source hardwired.Although I am still getting PCM reading on the DAC...
I guess the Node is not staying native DSD.
Still happy to see the update and keep my 2021 N130 streamer going for the foreseeable future.
It's Cat 5 from the PC.The manuals state that if you are streaming it will convert it to PCM. You have to have the source hardwired.
I have no idea what this means.It's Cat 5 from the PC.
It's hardwired.I have no idea what this means.
He's saying that categorizing a hurricane as a 5 is politically correct, I think.I have no idea what this means.
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