blubliss Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 bitchin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pars Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Naamanf gives Steve wood with metal? Hehe. Great job Naaman! And congrats Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Dreamer Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Nice work Naaman! Your builds never disappoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Very nice build, congrat Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Very relieved you like it, hopefully it sounds great and adds the icing to your cake. I'm also very pleased to announce the start of my new commercial endeavor, Cheesè Dhik Audio, in collaboration with Bellatone Audio. Look for us winter solstice 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Will you be selling magic cryoed cables with with the Bjer's picture on the connectors? Knowing the OP, I first thought this was going to be a Brokeback Mountain sequel thread. Edited February 9, 2012 by Augsburger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecclesand Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Jeebus...I wish I had an ounce of that kind of talent...spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Super big congrat to both the giver and the receiver. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Very relieved you like it, hopefully it sounds great and adds the icing to your cake. I'm also very pleased to announce the start of my new commercial endeavor, Cheesè Dhik Audio, in collaboration with Bellatone Audio. Look for us winter solstice 2020. Awesome... awaiting the unveiling of your first headphone amp... the Dhik Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaman Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Great work! I've built quite a few of those babies (been herding buffalos since their first generation - Buffalo 24). I'd recommend you try them with Salas shunts. You'll be surprised with the difference to the Placids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Very relieved you like it, hopefully it sounds great and adds the icing to your cake. I'm also very pleased to announce the start of my new commercial endeavor, Cheesè Dhik Audio, in collaboration with Bellatone Audio. Look for us winter solstice 2020. Awesome... awaiting the unveiling of your first headphone amp... the Dhik Head Will you be buying that with the upgraded Smegma PS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 I spent most of yesterday evening comparing the Buffalo II to my Adcom GDA-700. While the Buffalo did outperform the Adcom in just about every aspect, it certainly did not embarrass it. I think I paid in the $150.00 range for the Adcom a couple of years ago, and that was, and still is a bargain price. Whenever I get a new piece of equipment that outperforms the exiting piece, I almost feel like I get new headphones in the bargain, because they simply rise to the new level of gear. One day I'd like to see just how far these K1Ks will scale. Detail, prat and soundstage improved via the Buffalo, and I think I hear tighter bass notes. I'm always careful about what I really hear vs, placebo until I have some time in though. It definitely is a bit more forward where the Adcom is a little more layed back. A good match to the very neutral β22. I'm waiting to get more familiar with this DAC before comparing the β22 to the F5. In fact I have not listened to the F5 via the Buffalo yet. OK, everybody come over and listen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MASantos Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Great work! I've built quite a few of those babies (been herding buffalos since their first generation - Buffalo 24). I'd recommend you try them with Salas shunts. You'll be surprised with the difference to the Placids. Shouldn't the new trident regulators remove much of the need for super high quality power supply? This might be more of a change with older versions of the buffalo though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Remember I'm electronically impaired. Do the Salas shunt regulators work in addition to the Placids, or do they take the place of the placid PS? MASantos, are the new Trident regulators an addition to the Placids or the Ivy III? Sorry if my questions are sophomoric, but I'm just starting to understand just a little bit of this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Shouldn't the new trident regulators remove much of the need for super high quality power supply? This might be more of a change with older versions of the buffalo though! This looks like a Buffalo 2, not the newer Buffalo 3 that comes with the Tridents by default. But in regards to different power supplies on the digital side making that much difference...... I seem to have misplaced my massive rolleyes smiley, but I'm sure you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Steve, have you tried the K1000 driven by the Marantz receiver and using the new dac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Holy digits Batman! That is one fine looking DAC! Hats off to both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Steve, have you tried the K1000 driven by the Marantz receiver and using the new dac? No I haven't Miguel. The Marantz gave up the ghost some time back, but with the Adcom the Marantz didn't hold a candle to the β22 IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 naamanf she's a real beauty. Steve glad you enjoying your new toy, the Buffalo DAC and β22 is a superb pairing, congrats. Have you tried LCD’s with your β22? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 naamanf she's a real beauty. Steve glad you enjoying your new toy, the Buffalo DAC and β22 is a superb pairing, congrats. Have you tried LCD’s with your β22? No I haven't John, but have wanted to for some time. I'm now hoping the LCD-3 brings the price of a used LCD-2 even lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaman Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Shouldn't the new trident regulators remove much of the need for super high quality power supply? This might be more of a change with older versions of the buffalo though! Haven't tried with Tridents on any of my Buffalos tbh. Some people have been replacing Tridents with low voltage Salas shunts with good results (allegedly). I wouldn't go that far. But in regards to different power supplies on the digital side making that much difference...... I seem to have misplaced my massive rolleyes smiley, but I'm sure you get the idea. A DAC has an analog and a digital side. In practice a PS that might be good for the analog side is probably not appropriate to power, say, an oscillator. Power supply differences are evident both objectively and subjectively. I'm not sure how much is that much but surely the threshold at which we stop to bother about it is for each one to decide for himself. Btw, when you do find that massive rolleyes smiley do let me know (hope you don't mind if I borrow it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 A DAC has an analog and a digital side. In practice a PS that might be good for the analog side is probably not appropriate to power, say, an oscillator. Oh, analogue side certainly. Btw, when you do find that massive rolleyes smiley do let me know (hope you don't mind if I borrow it). Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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