June 1, 20188 yr comment_790794 Flavor Of The Month. You see a lot of that over at that "other" headphone site. Something is the hot new thing that everybody wants. A month later, nobody cares. Time for a Head-case dictionary? Report
June 1, 20188 yr comment_790803 FOTM = Flavor Of The Month, i.e. whatever is the latest internet favorite, generally replaced as soon as something new comes along. Report
June 7, 20188 yr comment_791072 Speaking of the devil... https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac Edited June 7, 20188 yr by spritzer Report
June 7, 20188 yr comment_791076 And regarding this new Dac, there is a pretty serious discussion regarding stealing someone´s implementation/design/whole board, https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac/talk/2098625?utm_source=linkshare&referer=BW5T38 And the usual forums has the usual discussion about it. Me, I´m just Report
September 10, 20187 yr comment_795145 I just had the Denafrips terminator for acouple weeks for a good listen , borrowed from a friend , Pretty good but I won’t be getting rid of my Rockna dac anytime soon . Report
September 10, 20187 yr comment_795192 11 hours ago, wink said: Get the new YGGY...... I bought the new Yggdrasil analog 2 this past January , Anyway it’s a decent dac for the asking price . Report
October 8, 20187 yr comment_796295 Have any one compared the Denafrip Ares with one of the soekris Dacs? I'm tempted by the Ares, but the other being in Europe makes it easier with customs. Report
October 8, 20187 yr comment_796296 Didn't have them at the same time, but I had the Ares, then later got the Soekris 1541 DAC/Amp (still have that). About twice as much, but definitely more refined, a bit more transparent, and I THINK a bit better extension at both frequency extremes. Twice as good? No....but better overall. I also owned the USB-powered 1101....not as good as the desktop unit, but better than several other DAC/amp units I had tried at work. BTW, the amp sections on the 1541 is just good, not great. A fair bit lost compared to putting the line outs to a nicer external amp. I'm using mine with an ECP DSHA-3F (custom output for the Focal phones). Report
October 21, 20187 yr comment_796894 Not a fan of the Denafrips Venus personally. Too soft sounding with slow decay and blurry attack, too laid back (reduced treble extension), bass loses clarity and impact, everything loses weight and transparency... and this is all compared to the Chord Hugo 2. Report
October 21, 20187 yr comment_796907 the other place must be closed. Edited October 21, 20187 yr by Torpedo Report
October 22, 20187 yr Author comment_796925 Bring back the Anyone had time with a RME ADI 2 DAC? Report
October 22, 20187 yr comment_796926 1 hour ago, johnwmclean said: Bring back the Anyone had time with a RME ADI 2 DAC? I've owned the ADI-2 Pro AE since it's inception (got the 3rd unit off the line) and for almost a year used an ADI-2 DAC in the office. Also I've been discussing both of them with their designer Matthias Carstens. What can I do for you? Report
October 22, 20187 yr comment_796927 2 hours ago, johnwmclean said: Anyone had time with a RME ADI 2 DAC? Got it a few months back. Will not be selling it. Sound is great, parametric eq is really handy for some hp’s/recordings, and it gets reassuringly warm Archimago has all the numbers: http://archimago.blogspot.com/2018/10/measurements-rme-adi-2-pro-fs-as-dac.html?m=1 Report
October 24, 20187 yr comment_797042 Anyways, here's my 2 eurocents. It's really all about the features and wether you care to benefit from them. It comes with a 100 page manual and it's worth to actually go through it. Almost every aspect of it makes the purist stuff from most audiophile mfg's look stone age. You get one of the best digital volume controls out there, 5 band stereo PEQ, unique loudness compensation, dicking around with DAC filters, all kinds of X-feed and much more. It measures impeccably. I'm half sure that my Pro can give lab grade measurement stuff from AP a run for their money. As for the sound, I enjoy it. If you're used to THD, then it might feel too naked. I've heard people say that. Simple music like strings with solo vocals can sound richer on dirtier sources, the problem is that this richness gets in way of spectrally busier records like metal and such. And I personally like to feel that what I'm hearing is the truth, even if there's no direct way to know that. Report
November 2, 20187 yr Author comment_797392 Thanks Rudewolf and MLA, I’m probably going to go for this, it does seem like a good choice amongst current DACs. Report
November 2, 20187 yr comment_797395 If you can make do with just the DAC, then this is a nice choice, if a tad ugly - http://www.rme-audio.de/en/products/adi_2_fs.php Comes around 30% cheaper that the ADI-2 DAC, but the DAC and headamp circuit is the same. I really enjoy the fact that the ADI-2 Pro is a 4 channel DAC, so I can run my subs digitally crossed over and room corrected. Report
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