Popular Post EuroDriver Posted April 10, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi miguelito, I have e-mailed you regarding our revised DAC rankings. HQP 3.16 has changed the SQ competive landscape quite considerably Best Ed Jim Hench and miguelito 2 Sound Test, Monaco Consultant to Sound Galleries Monaco, and Taiko Audio Holland e-mail [email protected] Link to comment
Popular Post EuroDriver Posted April 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2017 3 hours ago, mevdinc said: Hi @miguelito, It looks like Ed is unable to respond to our excitement, hope all is well with him! In his absence maybe you'd be kind enough to share the info, if it's not a secret of course. Thanks. Mev I have been on the road for 2 weeks, and just got back from visiting and DAC testing on some superb systems with Magico Q7 and Evolution Acoustics MM7. Here are my take aways. 1) HQ Player's new XTR filters deliver a major improvement in sound quality that can heard on mid fi systems and better 2) The XTR filters help both PCM DAC's and DSD DAC's. In ultra transparent systems where you can hear everything, the DSD DACS's are getting an even bigger uplift than the PCM DAC's 3) There are quite a few DAC's which have their format / sample rate sweet spot at a fairly low sample rates, and these DAC's do not benefit very much from HQ Player's digital filtering prowess. All of the DAC's below take good advantage of HQ Players out board filtering and will sound better with each significant HQ Player release 4) The best / optimal DAC for the listener depends very much on his system and how the listener enjoys his music The PCM DAC's which I highly recommend for an audition are Aqua Formula - Bass definition outstanding Metrum Adagio and Pavane Level 3 - very sweet highs Total DAC D1-6 and D1-12 - excellent tonal density but some may miss the additional detail that 352 / 384 KHz brings The DSD DAC's which I would recommend for auditioning Nagra HD - pricey, max DSD 128, and you need the optional output transformers, but oh what a sound, simply superb Lampi GG DSD 512 - the emotional heart string pulling diva. When fitted with the output tube and rectifier tube that matches the system and the listener's sonic taste, this will float the emotional listeners boat. T+A PDP-3000 HV - the XTR filters makes this DAC very sonically competitive once more. T+A DAC 8 DSD - the price performance champ. Some easy to fit upgrades will be offered by Taiko Audio soon On the interesting list, but I have not heard them Bryston BDP-3 Gryphon Calliope Solstice380, sb6, miguelito and 1 other 3 1 Sound Test, Monaco Consultant to Sound Galleries Monaco, and Taiko Audio Holland e-mail [email protected] Link to comment
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