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so where does the cd go? Congrats on the install and the new cart

screw you and your warm weather friends too Have a great meet guys

Got the same thing with my GS-X SE vs GS-X Balanced. It's very interesting. I have been thinking about it and there is inherent canceling of the even order harmonics from the balanced setup and I think it's making the whole thing less distorted. Also I totally agree with Grawk about there being a lot of distortion to start with. The issue is not that the two are the same but that which one is distorted for me.

It's interesting: I changed to using my Linn Classik Headphone out fed from my DEQ 2496 DAC and I got a -30 but went back to the GS-X and DAC3 and got -18 again...... odd

Well I'm at -18db with the music. with 650s

I owned your beta IIRC After much upgrading (separating PS transformer, rewiring, clean up etc) it improved a whole lot.

I haven't heard the ZD but I've heard a 2 betas and the luxman and I'd say that the luxman is a very "gentle" amp and has it's own flavor while a beta can be rather revealing of everything upstream.

happy b'day

Yeah I'm interested Like others have said I'd be happy to foot the bill for someone to build one and give to me

That Sony makes me drool every time I see it. It's too bad it makes absolutely no sense for me in because there is no way to apply EQ to it unless I want to either re-digitize (then no advantage to the dac) or use analog eq with all the phase issues that entails. I've played with my EQ enough to know that I'm not going back listening to without it (or a similar unit). Unless of course the HD800s are so transparent that I don't need eq anymore

Actually if you were a resident of the US when you earned it you owe taxes on it. You'll be credited for whatever EU taxes you already paid. If you earned it while you were abroad (and not a US cibring it on in. It's just money moving around not income at that point. I brought a lot of money in that I had before moving to the US and had no issues because it's not income it's money that you already "own". I the end it may be worth it talk to an accountant.

I know someone who has and he said there was a whole lot of empty but that may not be the most pimped out one out there etc. With the level of options he offers it's good to have lots of room. Even if you fill it with crap.

Yeah I ordered on the day the were announced so I think I should be ok but we shall see.

Well I'd be interested in getting one too. Maybe I can convince someone to screw me really bad and get one too I'm just kidding but if there are boards etc out I'm really really interested.

Isn't the dynafet made of pure unobtainium at this point?

What he said about what it said about what he said.

The Chord DAC64 for example just inserts a delay in the signal train and does the reclocking and doesn't require any extra outputs. I don't see much of an issue with this but I can see that it may require another implementation.

Yeah I see your point and they said as much. To be honest though if you have the async USB going why not pass the TOSLINK data to the same ASYNC chip and you're off and running. Anyway they may do that in the future and I hope they do.

Wow that was a fast decision

Are you using a computer as a source? It'd be easy to add equalizer to see if the problem is in the highs or whatever. I use one as a permanent solution for me but for you it might help you figure out what you want done to the upper mid-range etc.

I would tell my doctor though

Really? Or is that a function of the fact that they are really expensive and people that have them more often than not have mammoth amps? They got quite loud very happily out of my GS-X on low gain, and I believe (this is a foggy memory) I had to turn it up when I switched to the 650s to get a volume match.

Awesome

I looked around a bit after posting that and it appears that you are correct that 24/96 seems to be all OS. Makes me wonder what the heck you are doing when you select the upsampling on some DACs, I guess that is the upsampling that the manufacturer controls but once it gets to the actual DAC chip all bets are off? The 1794A seems to allow you to circumvent their digital filter (which is my understanding of what Ayre did) and maybe that will allow you to control the oversampling.