Popular Post Norton Posted January 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 6:37 PM, Doak said: If there is anything out there that even roughly resembles the above description I would love to know about i in spirit if not letter of request: https://www.ecdesigns.nl/en/info/upl16 I use one with companion DAC - best RBCD replay I’ve heard for detail retrieval. <€800 the pair. Alternatively, you can get good s/h deals on the Resonessence Mirus (factory upgradeable to signature pro spec) Doak and Monge 1 1 Link to comment
Norton Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 18 hours ago, Doak said: Thanks for your post, Norton. Your latter suggestion is one I am pursuing, not w/o trepidation however. I do kind of Love my Lampizator. 🤓 I have the Resonessence Mirus too, but if you are prepared to gamble €800, I’d still suggest trying the EC designs player and DAC. My wholly subjective opinion is that it’s a remarkable combination. But only for 16/44 WAV (24/96 for more €) and navigation by numbered folders and tracks. Link to comment
Norton Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 9 hours ago, Doak said: Being a vinylphile who has, at last, fallen for digital I liken such an SD transport to a turntable of sorts Too bad you can’t learn to love RBCD...the more you post, the more I think the ECD combo could be what you are looking for. I too am a vinyl fan, with c 4K lps, plus a decent hires/DSD library too, but I’ve been bowled over by this kit. The combination of simplicity with super detail and unfatiguing, airy presentation is addictive. I have no relationship with ECD other than as a satisfied recent customer. I’ll shut up about it now. Doak 1 Link to comment
Norton Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Well there’s always this https://www.lessloss.com/laminar-streamer-sd-player-p-207.html might be worth buying two to get the 5% discount... Link to comment
Norton Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Doak said: tired of "dicking with" and wasting time with the "technology." Most of my listening lately has been via SD Card or thumbdrive on the Mirus and UPL. I really don’t find it a hardship to load up and navigate a card or stick. By contrast I lost several hours of my life the other day trying to work out (unsuccessfully so far) why a network share had stopped working. Doak 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Norton Posted February 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2019 4 hours ago, barrows said: I have listened to the Mirus Pro DACs via SD card, and it the SD card was no revelation in comparison to the USB input using an excellent USB source. And navigating the card was tedious and tiresome at best. To compare and contrast, a Mirus Signature Pro has been my main DAC for the last year and I disagree in spirit if not the letter with all of the above. No, SD card is not a “revelation” vs. USB but it is certainly better SQ wise. I also found it easy, enjoyable and reliable to use. As I understand it, neither the UPL16 nor MOS16 applies any form of over/upsampling. Having been through the gamut of software players and DACs that do, plus a decent hires and DSD library, what I would describe as a revelation is how much better the ECD Kit sounds with plain old 16/44, sans upsampling, transcoding, LPS, networks, servers, renderers, NAAs, audiophile cables, power conditioners, USB toys etc etc etc etc. Doak and gstew 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Norton Posted February 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2019 8 hours ago, Doak said: If this little gizmo handled WAV files up to 24-192 my quest would likely be done - though it is a bit on the "hair shirt" side of things. I expect there are some really good reasons why it does not. Wonder what the tradeoffs might be to accommodate higher resolution files? There’s a 24/96 version too at extra cost , although still very reasonably priced. My recommendation though would be to get the matching DAC as well (also comes in 16 and 24 bit versions) Doak and gstew 2 Link to comment
Norton Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 18 minutes ago, sligolad said: The best value you will get for an SLC card is here What’s different about these cards? They don’t seem particularly cheap compared to new SDXC etc, so I must be missing something to do with the SLC designation? Link to comment
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