bhaagensen;543339 Wrote: > OP, I appreciate your writeup on the matter. As true as the judgements > may be to you, it is however suffering from not including very much > information in terms of point(s) of reference. I.e. the relevant > "conditions" under which your subjective judgements are made. IMO.
Sorry, forgot to give you a bit of a context: I am streaming my lossless files (mostly AIFF peppered with some hi-rez FLAC) wirelessly into Logitech Squeezebox Duet DS player. From there, I am sending the signal via digital coax connector (4 meters long) into Beresford Caiman DAC. From there, I am connecting, via fixed outputs, into DSP 200s pre amp. From there, straight into DPA 200s power amp, and finally feeding a pair of kick ass MG1 IMP planar speakers (a.k.a. Maggies, proudly standing 5 feet tall, 22 inches wide). I am comparing that audio chain with my previous one, where everything else remained the same, except the Caiman DAC was missing and I was using the internal Logitech Squeezebox DAC. The difference in the sound between the two systems described above is nothing short of astounding. Beresford Caiman DAC introduced so many changes to the sound, that it's not even funny. To my ears, the biggest change occurs in the low end of the spectrum (much stronger, much warmer, more muscular bass without any traces of muddiness). The next biggest improvement is in the mid-range resolution, which now brings 300% more details than before. On the down side, the higher range sounds overly muffled. For example, metal chimes now sound more like bamboo chimes, if you know what I mean. This bothers me right now to no end. My question to the elders in this community is: will this muffling of the high end eventually go away with proper burn in, or am I stuck with it? The rest of the improvements that Caiman brings are simply to die for, so I'd really be loathe to have to give it all up just because this DAC is ham fisted on the high end. In case the muffled high ends stay after the proper burn in, should I experiment with changing the interconnects? Should I bypass the DSP 200s preamp and go straight into the power amp (via the variable outputs on the DAC)? -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78291 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
