Patrick Dixon a écrit : >>No I can't. But one of my friend has a Denon 3805, which is not an >>audiophile amplifier but is surely much better than mine. So I have to >>convince him to bring it to my place so that we can test my speakers >>and >>also compare the internal DAC of the Denon with the SB2 one. Denon >>uses >>Burr Brown DACs and the specifications of the one in the 3805 are >>theoretically better than the ones of the SB2. Interesting comparison >>therefore.
> I tried that (in a very ad-hoc way) and I couldn't hear any significant > difference. It wasn't a very well controlled experiment though! It does not surprise me. I once thought the 3805 was using the best Burr Brown, but in fact it relies on very good one but the top end. Denon uses the top end BB DAC in one of their DVD player but I don't remember which. > The 3805 packs a lot in for the money (~£800), but if music is mainly > what you want, you can spend a lot less and get a lot more. Yes and there are many things I won't use in the 3805 (Denon link for instance). > You could actually do a lot worse than a second hand Rotel RA-820 from > ebay. I've got one here and it's not bad at all. I think the A and > the B versions are better still, but Robin probably knows more about > that than I do. Speaking about Rotel, the RA-03 had very good reviews in What Hi-fi and I find it beautiful. I do not trust What Hi-Fi a lot (only sighted test, no measurement) but they are really in love with this amplifier. The price is reasonnable (around 750 €, that's £500) so I was wondering if any of you had managed to listen to it. Ditto for the Cambridge Azur 640C (cheaper, around £300). Fabrice _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
