Posts by macrog

Can you think of a single example of a manufacturer that makes integrated components where the integrated component e.g. CD Player sounds better than the discrete components manufactured by the same manufacturer of at least the same...

Why wouldn't you take USB direct from your PC to the USB input on the Calyx DAC? I had heard it has a rather good asynchronous USB implementation.   I would avoid PC SPDIF like the...

Whats the attraction of toslink. This appears to be designed to be a high performance interface  which kind of eliminates toslink as an option. Some of the old glass fibre interfaces like STLinkwere great but toslink is not a high...

I think comparing the pre/power amp versus integrated amplifier to cd transport/DAC versus CD player is a very relevant analogy.   Integrated components are more compromised than dedicated ones i.e. Just having the power...

Duplicate post sorry   Macrog

For $4K I expect a pretty compromise free implementation. Yes you are right that the ESS 9018 is harder to implement in Dual Mono mode but at this price shouldn't this be an option.   I am sure that ESS are hard to work with...

I would consider it if they had used dual mono ESS9018 DAC chips for a compromise free implementation. For 4K I think it is hard to justify to not max out the potential sound quality.   It seems that Twisted Pear is the only...

Hello I resell Audio-gd gear so I wont comment on them.   I do have Monitor Audio PL300s which I purchased retail and do not resell.   The PL series are gorgeous speakers and if the GX seies are even close they will...

Sounds like a lovely system. Have you been using the computer sound card as your source?   Regards   Macrog   Quote: Originally Posted by donluca  Hi all,   after lurking for...

Compared to the Musiland 02US and HiFace the STX digital coaxial output is poor. The ST is on a par with both. I guess the reclocking chip of the ST must work.   Regards   Macrog