Posts by macrog

from experience the sound quality of A-G DACs deteriorate if they are too close to other equipment.   Probably big enough spacers would minimise this but I certainly would never put metal spacers on top of...

No definitely not.  It needs space above and below and the multiple transformers is likely to negatively impact on the performance of gear stacked above and below it as well.   Its too nice to not use optimally...

Drop outs are often related to what USB port you are plugged into and what devices are sharing that USB bus.   I found Foobar easiest to get working reliably.  I am sure there are many threads on how to optimally...

Quote: Originally Posted by trevorlane  I, and many others don't own any audio-gd products. Does that make us uneducated ones? I'm not sure what threshold of education one needs to achieve whatever level...

Very nice looking mod. If it sounds as good as it looks I am very interested in it.   Regards   Macrog

I have been using Pure Music Player since yesterday and have found the sound quality to be pretty much on a par with Decibel . Decibel is however a beta and crashes whenever I try to get it to load my whole library and sometimes...

I'm suprised there aren't more reviews up. I'm not allowed as a dealer. I am fascinated in other peoples opinions of the NFB-11.   Regards   Macrog

I have not come across any competent DAC that doesn't respond to a better digital source including ESS9018 DACs.   Regards   Macrog

For Dacs how about   Ref7BB, Ref7ES, Ref7WM Same case and mainly same stuff apart from DAC chip anyway Ref5BB, Ref5ES, Ref5WM   With the numbers going from lowest model with lowest number.   The Musical...

Its kind of a bit like Apple is to the computer world. You can get more performance for less dollars elsewhere but its such a pleasure to use and so well designed aesthetically that you might not care.   Macrog