IMO Ron, you can get really close to top vinyl replay with a good DAC now, and I would heartily recommend the Aries Cerat Kassandra. R2R DACs can (finally) play music with correct timbre, body and weight & do transparency without the cringy digital treble thing. And of course, it is nice to say goodbye to record noise. You can stream 2 million titles at 192K at up to resolution for 20 USD PM.Thank you!
I do think it makes sense for me to have some digital playback capability, if only to repeat easily a certain track to aid with set-up and speaker positioning. That is why I have a Musical Fidelity kW CD/SACD player.
. . . I think you go too far when you say you are baffled when digital could be his true sonic preference. Why not?
Also, as others have pointed out, you simply don't know enough digital to know its true potential. Thus, certainly also from that background, your statement was far too strong, and unwarranted. Also I, while being a digiphile, have not heard the best digital yet, but I am learning. You said digital is not as transparent as great analog.
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IMO Ron, you can get really close to top vinyl replay with a good DAC now, and I would heartily recommend the Aries Cerat Kassandra. R2R DACs can (finally) play music with correct timbre, body and weight & do transparency without the cringy digital treble thing. And of course, it is nice to say goodbye to record noise. You can stream 2 million titles at 192K at up to resolution for 20 USD PM.
Top respect to TT fans, things have progressed a lot in the last few years, and oddly on non oversampling DACs which are harking back to pre DS technology is where the really good sound is at.
. . . You will only go as far as Spotify to actually find music. As far from the ethos of this forum as you can get.
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Thank you!
I do think it makes sense for me to have some digital playback capability, if only to repeat easily a certain track to aid with set-up and speaker positioning. That is why I have a Musical Fidelity kW CD/SACD player.
No doubt Paul is right. that each type of source setup is much different. A digital system is much simpler to set up IMHO.A DAC, cable,and transport or a server. Nothing but electronics, processor,laser pick up in my case. Once the hash is removed, speaker placement is the critical part.Yep, Ron playing digital 100X over setting up his system, and as the 100th time comes around, he says "You know, that Paul could be right..."
That's what most vinylphiles do and then wonder why digital sounds inferior. A funny story - a few years back over a friend's house a few guys were comparing the digital to the record and were commenting how much better the record was. I then informed them that the owner's cartridge cost as much as his DAC putting things in perspective...Ron would make a Hell of a statement w $150k spent on all his analog, and...$25 spent on his digital.
Convenience and sound quality are two completely separate and different variables.
People will probably dismiss this out of hand. I use a Monarchy NM24 DAC with Mindorf Supreme coupling caps and NOS tubes and a Sony DVP NS 55P...total cost about $1500. I have talked about what really effects digital performance, so I’ll leave it there.
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