Have on order a dac for mine, a Digital Storm DO2, my system is for
headphones only. Check out the links. Highly rated over on the Head-Fi
forums, even over the DAC-1. Can't wait to get it.
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168113
holmsn wrote:
tomsi42 Wrote:
50GPB a day! Do you get a refund if you buy it ?
Well actually I suggested a 3 day rent for 100GBP +VAT less 50 if I
bought ( a separate brand-new item from them)
Most good Hifi shops will let you return stuff if you're not happy, i.e.
buy it and return it if you
ModelCitizen Wrote:
The difference between the Dac1 and the SB2 analogue outputs is easy to
discern on my system, the Dac1 is crystal clear, needle sharp, punchy
and the detail and precision is exceptional (I can see how people may
think it is thin though). The SB2 DAC is slightly mushy and
I'm taking the optical out of an SB2, into a DAC1, then balanced cables
in a Pathos Logos (all balanced tube preamp, SS power section) into
Magnepan 1.6QRs.
It sounds excellent to me. I've never tried blind A/Bing it with the
SB2 analog outs, but I bet I could tell the difference.
I also like
holmsn Wrote:
Wow !, what a year !, after initially purchasing a SB to evaluate it
for possible in vehicle use ( with MP3's etc) I tried a FLAC rip quite
casually on my old home system , including an Audiolab 8000A amp which
you folks in the US might have heard of :) and was immediately
holmsn Wrote:
Yes, all very interesting and thought provoking.
I have found a UK company who would rent a DAC1 for 50GBP/day so maybe
I will try this, also the old Marantz CD65-DX has a coax digital output
so it would be fun to try this in circuit as well.
50GPB a day! Do you get a refund
tomsi42 Wrote:
50GPB a day! Do you get a refund if you buy it ?
Well actually I suggested a 3 day rent for 100GBP +VAT less 50 if I
bought ( a separate brand-new item from them)
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holmsn
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Then you doubtless understand that most Naim gear is designed to give of
its best in a synergistic all-Naim system...
Personally I find the (all) Naim sound rather tiring and I've never
liked Naim gear in mix match system...but that is purely my personal
subjective impression which I wouldn't
Phil Leigh Wrote:
OK - and here's the REALLY controversial bit: for me the difference
between being happy listening for an hour or so vs. deep relaxed
listening all night was room correction - regardless of source. Once
the room correction is engaged, the difference is night and day -
way
cliveb Wrote:
Phil, when you talk about room correction, are you referring to
acoustic treatment (bass traps and the like), or digital EQ (eg. TacT,
etc)?
TACT (in my case) with Good Vibrations software. My room doesn't lend
itself to physical treatments with any degree of WAF.
--
Phil
The amp is not the most important component in the system. Garbage in -
louder garbage out...
Also, it's the speakers and the room they are in that ultimately
influence what you hear (or not), no matter how good the upstream
components.
In any system, all components make a contribution. I would
Each component does a different job in the system and needs to be judged
in appropriate terms. An amplifier is required simply to increase
voltage and supply current to drive the loudspeakers: whether the
amplifier will be good or bad in the system depends a great deal on how
difficult the
Tagore Wrote:
Have recently been trialling the Benchmark DAC with the SB3 and was
disappointed by the lack of apparent stepup in performance.
This is not just to my ears but also many friends that I have asked to
listen for improvements. If there is an improvement I and they fail to
hear
(no offence to anyone whom owns or plans to own a Benchmark)
I demo'd a benchmark in my system for a week or so about a year back,
during the initial craze they drove up.
I was not to fond at all of the sound it produced, found it thin and
lacking in many areas. It had decent PRaT (there is a
I have an SB3 and a DAC1 going into Naim 52/250/briks.
I find I can't hear any difference between the SB3 analog and the DAC1.
I can toggle between the two as separate inputs on my amp and if it
wasn't for the occasional slight pop you couldn't hear that you
switched over. Admittedly I don't use
I'm feeding my SB2 to a Benchmark DAC-1, then DIRECT to my Amp.
Stepping up to the Benchmark brought SUBTLE improvement, evident only
on some recordings. Actually, bypassing my Pre, and feeding the
Benchmark DIRECT to my Amp brought MUCH greater improvement. Whether
the Benchmark offers $975
Didn't mean to be inflammatory , only quoting what to me was a
surprising statement, that the amp was the key component to the sound
rather than the source or the speakers. In my case changing the source
to the SB3 ( from an old Marantz CDP) was immediately reveletory ,
following that with the
Have recently been trialling the Benchmark DAC with the SB3 and was
disappointed by the lack of apparent stepup in performance.
This is not just to my ears but also many friends that I have asked to
listen for improvements. If there is an improvement I and they fail to
hear it.
Am running the
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