Tonight
EndersShadow
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I am in audio Heaven!
MrBirons DacMagic w/ Pangea PSU arrived. He included a set of Aural Thrills RCA's which I will try out later. I quickly hooked up the BlackCat Coaxial cable I got from Pearsall01 to the DacMagic from my computer, selected a 96hz playback rate and connected Dougs IC's to the DAC and my Sunfire.
Pulled out my Harmony One, hit FLAC to select the right input, opened up XBMC, ran down to Simon and Garfunkle and queued up Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson, Bridge over Troubled Water & Scarborough Fair..
The music started, my jaw hit the floor and I splooged all over myself and my gear.
Excuse me while I go get a towel.
MrBirons DacMagic w/ Pangea PSU arrived. He included a set of Aural Thrills RCA's which I will try out later. I quickly hooked up the BlackCat Coaxial cable I got from Pearsall01 to the DacMagic from my computer, selected a 96hz playback rate and connected Dougs IC's to the DAC and my Sunfire.
Pulled out my Harmony One, hit FLAC to select the right input, opened up XBMC, ran down to Simon and Garfunkle and queued up Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson, Bridge over Troubled Water & Scarborough Fair..
The music started, my jaw hit the floor and I splooged all over myself and my gear.
Excuse me while I go get a towel.
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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Rofl, splooged myself....
ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables -
Well I hope you enjoy your new gear because the value just bottomed out because...2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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Nice! What component made the big impact?
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This has me rethinking buying that audio gd off you....
LOL. Skip, I used that at work. No splooging there....."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
So more folks are concerned about Dan splooging than what he's listening too? I mean, yeah, I grew up with and like S & G, but Dan...... lol j/k
Kewl! Glad you are enjoying the new stuff!Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
SCompRacer wrote: »So more folks are concerned about Dan splooging than what he's listening too? I mean, yeah, I grew up with and like S & G, but Dan...... lol j/k
Yeah, I know its not Gagasta Rap (dont tell Dave)"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Glad it's working well for you. Speaking of splooging where the hell has Rick88 been and the redhead pics? Somebody needs to do a welfare check on him, lol.2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.
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Dan might be selling some speakers later...The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
For God's sake man, clean yourself up. Don't let the kids see you like that, may damage them for life. LOL
Glad your digging it, I'm a big fan of that Black cat digital cable btw. You did good.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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And you were giving me grief for blowing my wad on tubes....
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Enjoy your new goods,but you gotta quit telling folks what happens in private.
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Someone remind me to never shake Dan's hand....ever !HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
So you're using SPDIF out of your PC, not USB?2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's
Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses
Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's -
falconcry72 wrote: »So you're using SPDIF out of your PC, not USB?
Yes for right now. The USB device only showed a setting of 16/48.0 as an export option. The Coaxial allows for a 16/96hz incoming sample rate, and I figured higher was better. I know the DAC upsamples, but I figured if the signal was better coming in, it would be better coming out.
Also the USB had some noise in it somehow it sounded like. I didn't mess with it much, I like the coaxial cable quite a bit, so I used it."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
SMFH, No more Simon and Garfunkel for you. "Jesus loves you more than you will know..whoa..whoa..whoa...eww.eww..eww".Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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EndersShadow wrote: »
Also the USB had some noise in it somehow it sounded like. I didn't mess with it much, I like the coaxial cable quite a bit, so I used it.
If there is no isolation between device and computer, you can get noise from 'putie using USB. I've had it go both ways with non-isolated USB devices. That is quiet and some noise added.
Mrs. Robinson, great song.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
SCompRacer wrote: »If there is no isolation between device and computer, you can get noise from 'putie using USB.
How would I know if its isolated or not? I am drawing a blank today."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
That's the great thing about audio, that we can all listen and hear or prefer different things. I didn't really like the DacMagic very much when I tested it in the DAC shootout. In fact, I've never really liked the Wolfson chips that much (yeah I know the chip isn't everything), as they tend to be a little too laid back and not detailed enough for my taste.
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EndersShadow wrote: »How would I know if its isolated or not? I am drawing a blank today.
It should appear in the specs. Isolation can be in form of 1:1 transformer or a chip.
The idea being that you use the DAC's power supply to power the USB input (not the computers power supply through USB cable) and no ground connection exists between the DAC and external device occurs.
When you were here, if I played music from my laptop to my diy DAC, that USB to I2S adapter had no isolation and had zero noise. I did nip the USB power wire and do power my USB module via a power supply in the DAC. However a ground connection does exist with the 'putie via the signal side with my current module.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
^ yeah what he said....jeez Dan get some coffee or something and use that noggin.
Yes the above is well beyond my knowledge. Understand the intent but the implementation forget about it.2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.
