Anyone that has experience of th MhdtLab Paradisea?
What can you tell about this?
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gsrai;184952 Wrote:
Another DAC you might try is the Musical Fidelity Trivista DAC (I have
one and will be trying it out this weekend with the Squeezebox - if I
can find a cable!!!)
Or the MF X-Dac v3 + x10 Tube Buffer+ X-PSU (the triple threat
DAC)... or the new X-Dac V8 which is an all in
Hamlet;186343 Wrote:
Are you saying that you prefer the SB2 over the more expensive sexy
Sonos, if so on which qualities is this based, and do you find any
utility in having both of them?
Yes I do prefer the SB2 over the Sonos personally. Surprisingly it is
the much maligned SB remote that
I have been using Inguz's room correction / equaliser. It appears that
on some tracks it can insert a small gap between tracks, or even miss a
little at the end of a track. Am using FLACs encoded by EAC. If I
disable Inguz in File Settings then the gap problem goes away, so the
FLACs themselves
crooner;186364 Wrote:
I read the thread on DIYhifi.org's forums. It seems the Lavry is plagued
with problems. Even the much hyped Crystalock feature is subpar!
Judging by the internal photos shown of the Lavry on the aformentioned
thread, it appears to use a very cheap (and noisy)
Ben Diss;186391 Wrote:
If it's such a piece of crap, why does it sound so good?
Probably because:
1) It is perfectly possible to design a switching PSU that outperforms
a linear one (see Linn and Chord for examples)
2) NE55xx's were/are used in many top-end mixing desks and outboard
gear so a
GaryB;186354 Wrote:
Well it has been a long time since I poked around inside my SB3 but the
way you figure these things out is to check the chip datasheets and
then visually trace the wiring on the circuit board. Using a
multimeter to verify things are wired up the way one expects is
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Anyone that has experience of the DAC´s from MhdtLab?
Especially Paradisea, but all of them are interesting.
Quality, sound, overall opinion?
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parrydave;186397 Wrote:
Maybe U8 is the 3.3V reg and is fed from U5 as in the DAC datasheet
application notes. Although U6 looks better positioned for pin 5
(3.3V). Need to look at the board properly.
Thanks for looking into this further, and I'm glad you found the
schematic. Let me know
Ben Diss;186391 Wrote:
If it's such a piece of crap, why does it sound so good?
Having read the thread on DIYHifi forum, I don't think anyone is saying
it's a piece of crap. Just that it doesn't work the way that Lavry
claims.
Phil Leigh;186424 Wrote:
Probably because:
1) It is perfectly
I have the MHDT Lab Constantine, which if I understand correctly, is
basically a Paradisea dac without the tube. I've had it for about 4
weeks and I've had my SB3 for about a week now. It's a great
combination and probably the best digital playback I've ever had in my
system. I've never had
cliveb;186453 Wrote:
Yes, but one of the points made in that thread was that the switching
PSU inside the DA10 is a cheap off-the-shelf one, and it has stacks of
noise on the power rails.
Hmmm - this noise would appear not to trouble the many Lavry fans so I
wonder why not? Maybe it is
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mlsstl;186331 Wrote:
I would not want to do business with an entity with such low
integrity.
I think you are rushing to judgment. I own a DA-10 and think it sounds
marvelous. I've also followed the discussion over at diyhifi.org and at
lavry.com. Several points to consider.
1. The
OK, people - now, after everybody finally believed in jitter existence,
can we return to the original subject? :)
To summarise the overwhelming response - Toslink works according to
specification, which no inherent production flaws, so there's no reason
to avoid it, or even better, use coax only
325xi;186512 Wrote:
OK, people - now, after everybody finally believed in jitter existence,
can we return to the original subject? :)
To summarise the overwhelming response - Toslink works according to
specification, which no inherent production flaws, so there's no reason
to avoid it, or
Skunk,
Sorry, I missed your kind offer of the SuperReg board. If you still
have it, i could definitely put it to good use. I'm in UK though.
Good job confirming U5=Vcc and U8=Vdd. As you say though, it'd be nice
to see where they get their feeds. I remember an old post where Sean
reported
Pat Farrell;186352 Wrote:
P Floding wrote:
In addition I don't think cranking out DACs is such an impressive
thing
compared to a lot of electronics engineering. It's a bunch of
standard
parts, after all.
Isn't that where we were in the late 70s, all amplifiers sound alike
because
Phil Leigh;186516 Wrote:
You could try listening to it...
Phil, cable with flimsy connectors is to-be-defected cable, and not
every defect can be revealed from the very first test. It may work OK
first day, a week, a month... and then show me an intermittent problem,
for which I won't know
I currently have SB3 in my 2 channel system. What is everyone's opinion
on how this sounds as compared to running the optical out of a mac mini
into a good DAC (Benchmark/Lavry)? Both would feed into a Bel Canto
S300i - BW 705 setup. This would allow me to move the SB3 into system
in my den.
From what I've read, most think a coax link to a dac is better than an
optical link. Therefore the sb3 is probably better than a mac with
optical link to a dac.
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parrydave;186517 Wrote:
Sorry, I missed your kind offer of the SuperReg board. If you still
have it, i could definitely put it to good use. I'm in UK though.
I'm afraid that would mostly just be doing the postal service a favor,
by shipping it back across. I only got 4, and plan to use
One of the few things that we seem to agree on is that all the
squeezebox's are good at jitter control. So my bet is that the
squeezebox will sound better no matter what cable you use.
Tom
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SB3, Rotel RC-1070/RB-1070, dynaBel Exact, Kimber Kable 4TC and Timbre.
There is a divergance of opinion on this. It looks like you have an
excellent system. Try it and tell us what YOU think. Really!
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I am using a Paradisea dac with stock tube. SB with upgraded
transformer. The Paradisea brings a musicality that the SB dac does
not have, which could be attributed to the tube. On the other hand it
does lack some detail, which is more an error of omission, and not
missed due to it's
I just got the SB3 last week and so far I love it!
I'd like to slowly move up to some of the mods, but I don't have the
cash right now. Is there a linear power supply that I could purchase
(maybe online) that would be an upgrade to the stock power supply that
came with the SB3. I've looked
thats fine about the superReg board. I wasn't sure where you were.
The 3.3Vdd is the digital side of the DAC.
My understanding is that the only change from SB2-SB3 was that the
regulator in question was changed from a switcher to linear reg. So
exactly as shown in that diagram
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I'll give it a try this weekend. Thanks for the input, i'll let you
know how it turns out. Or let me restate that, i'll let you know how I
think it turns out.
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Kevin Hedspeth
Squeezebox 3.0 =
Bel Canto e.One S300i =
BW 705
I also have the Constantine DAC, for the price excellent value, but to
me is very laid back sound and not very dynamic.
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I have not read this whole thread but since I sell the Benchmark, Lavry
DA10 and Transporter, and having previously owned a the Trivista 21 I
feel I am in a better place to comment than most.
My pick of the bunch, if connected directly to a power amp, the
Transporter by a long shot, connect via
I've seen the same problem since upgrading to the 6.5.1 server, but
chalked it up to a server transcode gap-skipping bug (with various
manifestations reported on the forums here; my writeup bug #4742). The
DSP itself does handle gapless properly, for all I can tell. I'll check
with the 6.5.2
dlite;186586 Wrote:
Definitely use the TP direct to a power amp if you can, at the price
there is next to nothing that can beat it. The transparancy and
immediacy is just amazing.
Seconded. Not using TP, but DAC3 into ref1000's. Stunning.
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Try looking here
Goto
http://www.hosfelt.com/
click on 'adapters' in the left scroll area
click on
'3-5VDC
Adapters' in upper left
I bought one from these folks, although they no longer list the one I
have. What you want is a 5VDC supply with at least 1 amp, regulated.
You may end up having
An upgraded power supply to the SB... and then you want to connect it to
your power conditioner, which offers different isolation for analog and
digital devices due to the noise they may inject back. It's an easy
choice with devices that use AC directly - the amplifier's analog, CD
player digital
DrRasta;186563 Wrote:
I am using a Paradisea dac with stock tube. SB with upgraded
transformer. The Paradisea brings a musicality that the SB dac does
not have, which could be attributed to the tube. On the other hand it
does lack some detail, which is more an error of omission, and not
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