Nanoha Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 All I have to say about Wavelength is that they have amazing engineers. Haha, good luck with the hunt mjg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Yeah the inputs are fairly limited I'm not totally sure why but I think he has some sort of hardcore proprietary processing on the usb that makes it sound the best. Can always look on the used market. There's a used cosecant version 1 for 2150 or so on audiogon last time I looked. I hear version 2 is significantly better though. that review he had a link too was really interesting. The guy was comparing it to the reimyo players, I had no idea there were usb only dacs by design that could compete with 20 grand cd players heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 that review he had a link too was really interesting. The guy was comparing it to the reimyo players, I had no idea there were usb only dacs by design that could compete with 20 grand cd players heh. Take any review like that with a boulder of salt. EG. imod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 im not ready to go buy anything, esp that expensive but I saw he had a dealer in NYC that had them. Wouldn't hurt to go down and check it out one day maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarium Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Yeah I mean I'm skeptical of that too... but I really don't find any flaws with the sound. But 20k Reimyo? that seems pushing it. I still stand by my stance that no matter how good the dac is. dac + cd player > dac + computer and depending on the cd player it could be superior to dac + computer.... Still if any company out of those I've heard could do it it might be Wavelength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philodox Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 My modded Eastsound is better than the Reimyo... or at least that is what Christopher Walken told me in a dream last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 You can pretty much pick any relatively popular source and find some article, somewhere, that says it is the best source ever that beats even $250,000 CD players. For example, from a Positive Feedback review: "The Sony DVP-NS 999ES CD/DVD/SACD player with Signature Truth modifications by ModWright is state of the art. There is no better-performing or more musical digital playback unit available today. More expensive and more flexible digital front ends are available, but the Modwright/Sony 999ES defines its category, and thrills the listener. Highest accuracy plus ultimate musicality equals state of the art in my book. The ModWright/Sony 999ES is that and more, with excellent DVD playback as a bonus. If you already own a 999ES, you are only $1300 away from digital perfection as it currently exists." see, I own digital perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 My modded Eastsound is better than the Reimyo... or at least that is what Christopher Walken told me in a dream last night. did he do a dance afterwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hmm. Where do i get a new one? What are my options? Uh, as far as I know I've built the only one currently in use by jp#'s on head-fi. Not that it's incredibly complex, any DIY'er worth a poo can build a sigma11 set to output 12VDC/1A. FWIW John likes the sigma11 powered mini-dac more than the transporter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Speaking of mini-dac power supply, if you don't want to shell out for getting a sigma11 built, there's an Elpac ps you can buy that reportedly is noticeably better than the stock one. Unfortunately, I didn't get to try that option before I sold my mini-dac a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philodox Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 No dance, unfortnately... He just did the whole creapy Dead Zone act and said, "The Reimyo sucks balls, keep the Eastsound." Then Lawrence Fishbourne came in, they both did a line of coke and left when they spotted that red haired guy from CSI watching them from a parked van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Thanks guys, im 1100 poorer (so far haah). i went and got a demo unit of a North Star m192 dac. I figured at worse I can get all of my money back, or more... and the reviews i read made it sound like worth a try atleast. The really cool thing about it is the is2 interface, I'm thinking of trying that is2 to usb converter thing I was reading about on the empiricle audio website. For now though, i'll see how spdif works out, so i can atleast tell if i like the sound of the dac or not. Since the dac was cheap enough, i can afford to hold on to both and compare them side to side. Pretty psyched about the acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 yea i read alot of the stuff u and jpak said about it. I was wondering what u thought of the deal i got? It's supposed to be a mint demo unit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 hah yea, how'd u guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 cause thats where he bought his Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 cool, grats on the new DAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 thanks guys, having a raise in salary hasn't helped my audio spending one bit I guess. Would u guys say this is a vast upgrade from the minidac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 reks; Did you try out the is2 interface at all? The transport they make looks pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 reks; Did you try out the is2 interface at all? The transport they make looks pretty good too. Ok, you've done that enough that I just have to correct you. It's i2s. Not is2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 whatever you say nad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 reks, what did u use as a transport with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 Thanks guys, im 1100 poorer (so far haah). i went and got a demo unit of a North Star m192 dac. I figured at worse I can get all of my money back, or more... and the reviews i read made it sound like worth a try atleast. The really cool thing about it is the is2 interface, I'm thinking of trying that is2 to usb converter thing I was reading about on the empiricle audio website. For now though, i'll see how spdif works out, so i can atleast tell if i like the sound of the dac or not. Since the dac was cheap enough, i can afford to hold on to both and compare them side to side. Pretty psyched about the acquisition. It is nice DAC, high five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 I compared the DAC1 side by side with the DA10, preferred the DA10. I later compared the DA10 side by side with the M192, and the M192 was better by a looong shot, I sold the DA10 in a week. It was definitely a very big source upgrade. I would only upgrade the Northstar if I really needed a source with a built in preamp, which I might if my K1000/Avantgardes get a nice pair of monoblocks. But more than likely the lowly headphone setup will stay seperate from the speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjg Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 wow so the dac is here already. I'm listening with the meta42 i got my dad for now, my extreme should hopefully be here next week. All i can say is, so far i really like it. Very smooth, yet forward sound that goes great with grados. Very articulate, open sound. I ordered an emu 0404 off ebay that ill use for the transport for now, but right now Im using my motherboards spdif which is decent I suppose. I hope this one is a keeper, gonna let it break in while Im waiting on my amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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