C50 & Mc452 & old B&W801F

A very pretty view! :) enjoy as much as you can


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Small update & question:

I am still getting familiar with Mc452 & C50 - new B&W 800D to come mid March,...

I made a comparison between using my SONY CD normal output (RCA) and digital coax output connected to C50 digital input.

The level is matched and I was able to switch the inputs very often/easy on remote,...

AMAZING thing is, that normal output sounded MUCH better (!) then digital - this was totally unexpected, since I am 99,9999999% sure DAC in C50 is much better then in my almost 20 years old Sony,...


The difference was in the "size" left/right of soundstage and "air" of the sound - and not small difference !

The reasons I can think of are:
- the digital output of SONY CD is crap - possible
- the cable is the issue - brand new, cable with correct impendance - highly unlikely
- the SONY DAC is better then C50 DAC - hard to believe
- ???

Any comments ?

Bext regards : Miha
 
Arrived today !

B&W 800D arrived a couple of hours ago,... no time to write more,... just listening :-)

BR : Miha
 
The setup is now slowly completing,...

I also bought MCD550 CD (I am still using demo box - my new one arriving mid July) - so all "McGear" - sounds Great !

Basss is great on B&W800D - highs are sweet - very natural and easy-to-listen at low/mid or high levels - just as I want,...

Audioquest cables seems to work well with this - I plan to buy AQ Sky also from CD to Preamp - and after - just listening :-)

Very best regards to all Forum members : Miha
(one happy listener)
 
mihamusic said:
Small update & question:

I am still getting familiar with Mc452 & C50 - new B&W 800D to come mid March,...

I made a comparison between using my SONY CD normal output (RCA) and digital coax output connected to C50 digital input.

The level is matched and I was able to switch the inputs very often/easy on remote,...

AMAZING thing is, that normal output sounded MUCH better (!) then digital - this was totally unexpected, since I am 99,9999999% sure DAC in C50 is much better then in my almost 20 years old Sony,...


The difference was in the "size" left/right of soundstage and "air" of the sound - and not small difference !

The reasons I can think of are:
- the digital output of SONY CD is crap - possible
- the cable is the issue - brand new, cable with correct impendance - highly unlikely
- the SONY DAC is better then C50 DAC - hard to believe
- ???

Any comments ?

Bext regards : Miha
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Congrats on your new setup , What krell did you have before getting the Mac ....
 
Don't be surprised with CD's Thru CD player , I have yet to hear server with outboard DAC beat them. Too many variables when playing around with cabling and outboard DAC 's ....
 
Plus you are possibly hearing the difference between the ladder DACs used in the Sony's era as opposed to the Multi-bit DACs popular now. Some just prefer the old style and several manufactures have gone back to making convertors using the old style chips.
 
Hi Jack - thank you for interesting info,....

Listening to MCD550 now - connected to C50 balanced input - much better then Sony !

Here goes a pic :-)

BR : Miha

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Hello Team:

The completion of the "rack" is approaching,... I found very good deal for McIntosh MT10 turntable - paying tomorrow - arrival probably next week :-)))

Hardly waiting to run my old collection of LPs on it ;-)

Very best regards form one happy owner : Miha

p.s. just today listened to fantastic interpretation of Pollini - Ludwig van. 5th piano concerto,... ufff.
 
Some BAD/good news - MT10 purchase was a rip-off :-((( No-comment,...

However last week got new MT5 & MB100,...

Sounds pretty good, pretty good ;-)

BR : Miha
 

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Latest addition to system - Acoustic Zen Tsunami Power cables.
I was very sceptical on differences power cables can made,... Luckily my friend borrowed me comlete set for 3 weeks,... then I switched back
to original cables - listened for 10 minutes - and bought the set :-)

BR : Miha
 
Another small update to my system - Audioquest Oak speaker cables (bi-wired) - BIG improvement over AQ Mont Blanc,... I did not experiment with bi-wiring / normal wiring, because the cable ends are soooo stiff, I hardly connect them to speaker terminals - plays wonderful, anyway ;-)

BR : MM

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Beautiful. Congratulations on the cable upgrade. Everything seems to matter.
 
Congratulations. I grew up in Binghamton, New York; in the shadow of the McIntosh facilities. At some point I will probably get some more McIntosh gear. Enjoy it.
 
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