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January 7, 2017, 10:15 PM #51
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January 8, 2017, 03:27 AM #52
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Re: Nagra HD DAC
Hi sorry, I realized one of the links was not enabled to be viewed publicly, just turned it on, so you can read now http://zero-distortion.org/yg-hailey/
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January 8, 2017, 06:42 AM #53
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January 8, 2017, 09:49 AM #54
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January 8, 2017, 09:56 AM #55
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According to Stereophile today in his CES report, there are a new power supply options for the HD DAC along with some other smaller changes and an update is also coming later ? Any one has infos on these, especially the sonic impact of the new power supply option ?
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January 8, 2017, 10:21 PM #56
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Re: Nagra HD DAC
adding a second MPS will fully maximize its performance by providing dedicated isolated power supplies for both the analog and digital sections!
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January 9, 2017, 09:32 AM #57
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Here is another take on the updated version of the Nagra HD:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/766517/chor...#post_12940576
The changes include, "their newest coupling condenser, latest generation of DSP processing and their new DC cabling" - could be the same changes mentioned in the Stereophile article.
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January 10, 2017, 09:47 AM #58
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The Nagra MPS (I own one) has 4 outputs. A 2nd MPS will likely only add a 2nd battery output since the MPS only has 1 battery output from the 4...The different from battery and AC isn't huge...I notice the battery being slightly quieter and a bit more at ease. The AC maybe a touch more dynamic...not sure I could pick out the two in a blind test...
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January 10, 2017, 11:27 AM #59
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Custom PC with Memory Player Software Suite/ Modded Denon CD transport>Lampi GG1 (and sometimes PACIFIC) DHT tube Dac> Rowen 850W Isolating Transformer/ Rowen SS Preamp and PA1 monoblocs/Lampi Silk power cond. with Phase flipper> Heil AMT KITHARA & Syrinx in parallel hookup. Swiss cables (Reference line) for PC/interconnects and speaker cables. Goldmund Sweetcord PC. FTA Callisto unpowered USB cable. Basic analog: vintage Lenco L78 TT with Rowen mat, Denon MM cart, iFi iPhono2 with 15v Hynes SR3 LPSU. Synology 12 TB NAS. 2nd system:KenWin Bluetooth speaker 3rd system TBI Millemnium amp with Aulos speakers and SB Duo hookup.
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January 10, 2017, 12:53 PM #60
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On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
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January 11, 2017, 06:24 AM #61
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January 11, 2017, 07:53 AM #62
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On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
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-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
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January 11, 2017, 08:14 AM #63
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January 11, 2017, 12:08 PM #64
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So at $20k+ for a DAC, if you have to pay more to add this or that, it really becomes unreasonable.
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January 11, 2017, 01:25 PM #65On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
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January 11, 2017, 03:34 PM #66
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January 11, 2017, 04:28 PM #67
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January 11, 2017, 05:46 PM #68
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January 11, 2017, 10:04 PM #69
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January 12, 2017, 02:14 AM #70
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The Lampi Nagra was a direct comparison. There is nothing to say a Kassandra is better than Lampi except hypotheses. The only data we have now is that bMichels prefers Nagra to kassandra - was that a comparison in the same system?
When a comparison is made, we shall see. regarding comparison to TT, even Lampi can be preferred to a TT which is not optimized. When a TT does get optimized, things change. Sometimes, analog doesn't sound good enough, but by changing the phono or some other component or set up element, we can get it sounding good. The variations in analog are just too high to make a generalization.
There are a lot of people who prefer Lampi to their own analog set up. For example, this thread about being satisfied with digital as compared to vinyl was started by a guy who bought the Lampi. http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showth...s-of-the-hobby He has a very high end analog set up - kuzma xl4, kuzma 4p . Ypsilon phono and SUT, Lyra atlas, VDH colibri and shelter harmony carts. Today he prefers to listen via his Lampi (older generation, not with new spec). Does this mean analog cannot be set up to outperform much more? No. It can, and some vinyl quality is just too real for digital to come close to. But yes, it does come close, the Lampi Nagra system had an SME 30/12 for compare too.
If someone does say their dac is better than analog outright, I would rather ignore his comments, and suggest he finds a new analog rig. But does it come close, sure. You can be satisfied in Mike Lavigne's system with the Lampi. While listening to it it is close, especially to Ortofon Anna.Yet when the vinyl stats playing, it is different, and the distance increases with the Goldfinger statement or with a 45 rpm vinyl
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January 12, 2017, 03:48 AM #71
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Understand that Bmichels made his comparision directly. Thats why i was a bit supprised to see his preference of the Nagra. Although the Kassandra version did not have its PSU but neither does the Nagra. Also Bmichels's dealer made the switch from top of the line TotalDAC to Aries Cerat as well, if i can recall correctly.
Well if you put in into same perspective, the tube DAC like Lampizator/Aries Cerat can come close or be preferred over analog setup. But i never heard any impression that top SS DAC can perform the same, even with Trinity/DCS/MSB.
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January 12, 2017, 04:47 AM #72
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I heard the Nagra with battery powered MPS.
Flyer on WBF too has moved from the Totaldac to the Aries Kassandra, and I respect his opinion.
AlRainbow owns the 35k+ MSB Platinum stack and prefers his Lampi to it. In fact he even preferred his older Big 7 to it. My experience with MSB has only been at Detlof's place where we compared it to the Zanden and it was much better to both Detlof and me.
You also have this comparison of MSB and Lampi
I compared the old B7 with 101D to Trinity at Elberoth's and preferred the Trinity. The Lampi continues to upgrade through the times though, as the design cycle of Lukasz is continuous improvement rather than a 2 - 3 year cycle.
The thing with SS dacs is, for all the comments that audiophiles post, they sound very similar. SS dacs never actually improved, they just did something different causing the gulf between analog and digital. Lampi just went on a technology already established in DHT power amps. I am not a techie, but from what techie fans of Lampi say, and what makes sense to me, is that the digital actually amounts to much less of the SQ, it is the power, analog output, and the DHT which does. In which case, it makes complete sense why it sounds better than another dac with bling expensive case and dac chip and higher price tag.
One of the posts on WBF (by Sujay) reports of a trade-in of the vivaldi for the GG. dCS is going to need more than a code change to overcome the new competition like Lampi, and from what I hear, the WADAX pre/ultimate and Neodine Origine.
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January 12, 2017, 08:04 AM #73
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Which Kassandra? There are several versions and the prices skyrocket up the chain!
A SE Lampi GG is about €12K and US $15K full retail and €3K or $4K more for balanced. € price is before VAT
Here is the pricing given to me by the US distributor at WBF:
- Pricing in Euro is as follows (give or take 1k) not including VAT
7500 for the Prestige Series
18k for Reference Series
55K for the Siganture Series
81k for the Limited Edition Series
US Direct Pricing is as follows
12k for the Prestige
35K for the Reference Series
82k for the Signature Series
120k for the Limited Edition Series
So, given the wide disparity in the range, we need to say WHICH Kassandra was demoed in every case!
The reference weighs 120lbs and the 2 box Signature is 240lbs. By comparison my GG weighs about 40lbs....a lightweight compared to a mid/Heavyweight.
So, one could say that on a pound for pound basis, the Aries Dacs are cheap. LoL
I am sure they sound good, and clearly are priced accordingly, but me préférences run to DHT and discrete chipless DSD playback.
Good thread here on the Aries Cerat, with Stavros (teh designer from Cyprus) chipping in with good convo.
http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showth...assandra+priceNORMAN
Custom PC with Memory Player Software Suite/ Modded Denon CD transport>Lampi GG1 (and sometimes PACIFIC) DHT tube Dac> Rowen 850W Isolating Transformer/ Rowen SS Preamp and PA1 monoblocs/Lampi Silk power cond. with Phase flipper> Heil AMT KITHARA & Syrinx in parallel hookup. Swiss cables (Reference line) for PC/interconnects and speaker cables. Goldmund Sweetcord PC. FTA Callisto unpowered USB cable. Basic analog: vintage Lenco L78 TT with Rowen mat, Denon MM cart, iFi iPhono2 with 15v Hynes SR3 LPSU. Synology 12 TB NAS. 2nd system:KenWin Bluetooth speaker 3rd system TBI Millemnium amp with Aulos speakers and SB Duo hookup.
- Pricing in Euro is as follows (give or take 1k) not including VAT
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January 12, 2017, 12:12 PM #74
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January 12, 2017, 12:27 PM #75
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Swiss made speakers (recently phased out of production):
http://precide.ch/test/Heil/e_syrinx.htm
and http://precide.ch/test/Heil/e_aulos.htm
Existing range: http://precide.ch/eng/eheil/eheil.htm
An example of how they can be run:
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Custom PC with Memory Player Software Suite/ Modded Denon CD transport>Lampi GG1 (and sometimes PACIFIC) DHT tube Dac> Rowen 850W Isolating Transformer/ Rowen SS Preamp and PA1 monoblocs/Lampi Silk power cond. with Phase flipper> Heil AMT KITHARA & Syrinx in parallel hookup. Swiss cables (Reference line) for PC/interconnects and speaker cables. Goldmund Sweetcord PC. FTA Callisto unpowered USB cable. Basic analog: vintage Lenco L78 TT with Rowen mat, Denon MM cart, iFi iPhono2 with 15v Hynes SR3 LPSU. Synology 12 TB NAS. 2nd system:KenWin Bluetooth speaker 3rd system TBI Millemnium amp with Aulos speakers and SB Duo hookup.
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January 12, 2017, 02:50 PM #76
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Re: Nagra HD DAC
Harley on Nagra HD Dac
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/arti...ics-under-15k/
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January 12, 2017, 04:11 PM #77
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To be clear, the direct comparaison I did was between the Kasandra (the 2 pieces 45K€ version) and the DAVE, and I indeed found the Kassandra more emotional and more "there".
The NAGRA was auditioned before, but by memory it provided me more emotion than during my Kassandra/DAVE listening. But... with NAGRA it was not a direct comparaison.On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
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January 12, 2017, 04:12 PM #78
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db post
On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
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January 12, 2017, 10:38 PM #79
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January 13, 2017, 05:14 AM #80
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Custom PC with Memory Player Software Suite/ Modded Denon CD transport>Lampi GG1 (and sometimes PACIFIC) DHT tube Dac> Rowen 850W Isolating Transformer/ Rowen SS Preamp and PA1 monoblocs/Lampi Silk power cond. with Phase flipper> Heil AMT KITHARA & Syrinx in parallel hookup. Swiss cables (Reference line) for PC/interconnects and speaker cables. Goldmund Sweetcord PC. FTA Callisto unpowered USB cable. Basic analog: vintage Lenco L78 TT with Rowen mat, Denon MM cart, iFi iPhono2 with 15v Hynes SR3 LPSU. Synology 12 TB NAS. 2nd system:KenWin Bluetooth speaker 3rd system TBI Millemnium amp with Aulos speakers and SB Duo hookup.
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June 3, 2017, 01:15 PM #81
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News about the NAGRA HD DAC reported from the MUNICH's HighEnd show:
- The NAGRA HD DAC will in Fall have a new Digital Board to support 4X DSD. All existing HD DAC will be upgradable by returning them to factory for swapping a new digital board.
- There will also be a new power supply that will replace the curent MPS and be based on UltraCaps technology to totally insulate the NAGRA from the grid.On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
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June 12, 2017, 03:34 AM #82
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wow....any more news about this?
so the ultracaps-PS for the new hd preamp will be the new PS for the hd dac as well??
Price????
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June 12, 2017, 07:09 AM #83On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
Review Chord MOJO v/s HUGO et WooAudio WA8 v/s TU-05 & HUGO
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June 12, 2017, 07:51 AM #84
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I'm hoping the new ultra cap power supply will be like the MPS and power a few components...time will tell
Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
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Cables: Transparent Magnum Opus & Opus Gen 5 Speaker
Power Transparent Opus Power Cords & Opus Power Isolators
Power Shunyata DPC-6 v2
Digital dCS Vivaldi full stack w/ Transparent Reference XL Digital cables
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Spiral Groove Centroid, Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement v2, Nagra VPS/VFS/MPS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1
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June 12, 2017, 09:07 AM #85
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My understanding is that the hd dac will have a specific PS and the hd pre will also have a specific PS, both optimized for the respective units.
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June 12, 2017, 05:23 PM #86
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makes sense yes. actually depends on the design of the hd preamp.
i imagine the new PS for the hd dac could power the cd transport and the classic preamp too........yeeees thats what i dream when i go to bed.
what do you think, wouldnt that be nice,....cd, dac and pre...all running on cleanest supercap-battery power?!!
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June 16, 2017, 04:04 PM #87
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On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
Review Chord MOJO v/s HUGO et WooAudio WA8 v/s TU-05 & HUGO
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July 1, 2017, 07:14 AM #88
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Finally I got an Official answer from NAGRA by René Laflamme who wrote me on NAGRA's Facebook page: " Hi M. Michels, we will give a release date for the HDPreamp and the HDdac upgrade in August. The HD-PREAMP will be featured at the RMAF in October ! "
So... there will be soon an Upgrade from NAGRA for the HD DAC . (at least to support DSD 4x)On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
Review Chord MOJO v/s HUGO et WooAudio WA8 v/s TU-05 & HUGO
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February 19, 2020, 07:20 PM #89
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how do i know when the hd dac needs new tubes?
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February 19, 2020, 08:17 PM #90
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That's a good question. I just replaced after 3,200 hours on the counter. I noticed a more dynamic and detailed sound. It was subtle but important once you listen to references.
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February 19, 2020, 08:50 PM #91
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wow, thx a lot for the fast answer.
is there a "counter"?
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February 19, 2020, 08:55 PM #92
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just found something like a counter.
it say 31h3min.
actuall 2 counters, both say the same.
31hours?
5 years listening a lot, sometimes i leave the dac on for a month
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February 20, 2020, 01:02 AM #93
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I had the same problem until I requested the firmware update.
You should request it to your distributor/dealer.CARLOS
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Oracle Delphi MKVI Gen2 + SME Series V & ZYX UNIverse Premium
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Nagra VPS Phono Stage + VFS + MPS
Absolare Altius Stereo Preamp
Absolare Altius Push-Pull Mono Amps
Echole Limited Edition and Omnia Cables
Torus AVR20 Power Conditioner
Stabilian Decoupling Feet
Speakers: Raidho D3 V2 & Raidho D1.1 Monitors
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February 20, 2020, 01:10 AM #94
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“Life’s too short to listen to bad audio.”
Big rig: Brinkmann Taurus DD TT + 12.1 arm + Lyra Etna Lambda SL MC + HRS M3X2/ Cardas Clear Beyond phono/ Stillpoints LPI/ Brinkmann Edison mk2 phono + RöNT II Tube PS/ Synology NAS with Roon + HD Plex linear PSU + Shunyata HD/ AQ Vodka RJ45 + Aqvox Network Switch SE + AQ Diamond RJ45 into DAC/ Brinkmann Nyquist mk2/ Audionet Humboldt/ Cardas Clear Beyond ICs/ Kharma DB9-S 1.1 LS/ Inakustik Reference LS 4004 AIR/ Audioquest Niagara 5000/ Shunyata Alpha power (HC, Analogue, Digital)/ Finite Elemente Pagode Rack/ Stillpoints Ultra SS/ Vicoustic panels + Stillpoints Aperture II.
Small rig: Naim UnitiServe/ Curious USB/ Tidal/ Linn Klimax DS3/ Shunyata Power cable/ Pass Labs INT-60/ Acoustic Zen Silver Reference II/ HiD Diamond 8/ Harbeth 30.2 40th Anniversary/ Shunyata Venom EU7 & Venom 3 HD.
HP rig: MacBookAir/ Tidal/ Auralic Gemini 2000/ Sbooster LPSU/ Audeze LCD-2 Classic + WyWires Red/ Shunyata HD/ Shunyata Hydra 2/ Shunyata Venom.
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February 20, 2020, 03:41 PM #95
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On the Go: A&K SP1000 > Shure KSE 1500
At home : ARIES > Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC > BHSE > STAX SR009
-> for sale : Piano Forte PFVIII, Eddie Current 445 tube Amp (with many different tubes).
Review Chord MOJO v/s HUGO et WooAudio WA8 v/s TU-05 & HUGO
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February 20, 2020, 05:03 PM #96
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the hd dac itself is discontinued. the new model is called tube-dac.
hd dac owners can do the upgrade and then it will be identical to the tube dac.
i collectet som info from https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threa...sic-psu.26333/
The digital board upgrade that will be available in December 2018 for all HD DAC owners is all new from the inputs AES, SPDIF, AT&T in and out, new USB circuitry as well. The new core of the D/A is processing audio at 11.2MHz _72Bit with a brand new algorithme
For the original HDDAC owner to up grade to the new digital board 11.2MHz 72 Bit will be $5500 USD in the US. That includ the shipping back and for at the factory in Switzerland.
the new ClassicPSU is available since a couple of months now but there are so many orders that it is not easy to get one.
You can order with 2 or 3, 12V outputs. Because the SuperCapacitors take more room inside the châssis the maximum output is 3.
We did also a couples of shows with the new Classic PSU in 2018.
In 2017 I did play most of the time at shows some master tapes on Nagra T with tube tape head electronics and also turntable so analog sources play a lot about 80% of the time. But in 2018 with the new ClassicPSU on the HD DAC I play about 40% analog source and 60% digital. At the last RMAF in Denver we got 5 Best sound of show without turntable. That was just impossible before!
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the psu with 3 inputs is about 13k euros.
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The AudioShark forum was created for sharing the passion of high-end Audio. We have Audiophiles from all over the world participating and sharing their knowledge. From novice to experts, you will find a friendly environment for discussing about High End Audio, Stereo System, Home Theater System, Home Stereo System, Home Theater Installation, Amplifiers, Speakers, Subwoofers, Integrated System, Acoustic treatments & Digital Room Corrections and many more.
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The Audioshark.org Team
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