Nonreality;325146 Wrote: > Actually you can do that in the Yamaha's menu which works better. It's > not much and there is no distortion to begin with or I probably would > have told him. He can compare and all it takes is investing in a > connect. As far as borrowing a dac, I've found it's not like borrowing > sugar from a neighbor as most people not only don't have one, they don't > have any idea what one is. Maybe in a big city but then again... knock > knock... may I borrow your DAC for a test. :) Lets be realistic here, > most people seem to notice an improvement with mostly pretty expensive > equipment. Sometimes even then it's not a huge gap. Same with DAC's, > you see pro's and cons even in the upper end equipment. Spend 2 grand > on the transporter or 2 grand on speakers and I'll say every time let's > go listen to some new speakers. Sell the ones he has and maybe 3 grand > in speakers is going to be a much better investment that the > transporter will be. Now if he already had the speakers then it might > be a different story. Then again maybe a different amp. These are > great receivers but not up with quality that it takes to spend 2 grand > to gain something that the receiver can't take advantage of. Spending > more on a DAC than any of his other equipment, I believe, would be > ridiculous which is basically what he would be doing. The same applies > to me. Nonreality, I am speaking with the experience of my own reality ;-) i.e. what I use and what I have heard (not heard...of). I don't have any Yam (or others) receiver of this sort, so I can't tell anything about it.
My kitchen setup is SB3 on a Kenwood K-701 mini system. (I also had HF rigs from that brand). Sort of mini stereo reduction of A/V receiver, however, but without digital input. My main setup : Rega PII, Audiocraft AC-300, V15-V CD deck : 3Dlab CD-master FM tuner by Atoll Amp : Neodio Model 100 MKII Spkr : Jean-Marie Reynaud Studio III (you'll have to surf a while for finding URLs about all this french stuff...) The Transporter was WAF-asked, instead of another SB (finally, I can thank her) and listens to FLAC via Wifi. More, it stands as a pretty decent DAC. I agree that is difficult to borrow a DAC, but it may happen. Via a forum, for instance (I also live in open countryside). IMHO, what I have written should not be understood as suggestions to upgrade anything : these are only my own findings. BTW I have just taken the time to connect my drive to the TP's DAC. I can't hear any differences, so I have concluded they are equally good FMHE (For My Humble Ears). Have a nice musical Sunday, Best Regards -- Fakarava "To nobody, except those who will take pleasure here" (Franz Schubert, 01/31/1797 - 11/19/1828) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fakarava's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14385 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50394 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
