Posts by FraGGleR

Quote: Originally Posted by Quaintative  I guess I should look more in the range of BiFrost and ZDac then  (<500$).   I'm not going to buy any more headphones until I have a proper way of...

I love classical music, especially live, although I am always in the audience. The HD800s are the best I have tried at reproducing the sense of space in a concert hall. Extremely detailed as well. Extra treble is sometimes used to...

Quote:Originally Posted by ardgedee The purely technical answer is that you can more or less relate them 1:1 -- 24ga solid core vs. 24ga stranded. This is not totally accurate, but good enough. The practical answer is that you...

I don't know how much the sound quality has improved, as some claim that the newer chips don't sound as good as some older ones.  Ultimate detail retrieval and presentation may have improved, but, my personal DAC history doesn't...

You can proceed any way you want.  If you start with a DAC, I would focus your research on getting as much detail, resolution, transparency, etc. so that you don't bottleneck your system or limit your EQing ability.  If you...

In my opinion, I think headphone, amplification, source, then cables is the order for the most important order to spend money in this hobby.  An up to $1000 DAC doesn't make sense to me if you don't have headphones or an amp that...

Quote: Originally Posted by mcullinan  As for pricing, audio is an expensive hobby. You can always try buying used. I wonder if there will be an upgrade path for the Concero... I emailed and he said he was thinking about...

Might want to post in the Source thread, not the Amplification :)

Quote: Originally Posted by Quaintative  Hi all,   I've been reading up a lot about DACs and I could use a little bit of help picking one. I used to use an M-Audio Audiophile USB that I purchased back...

Yes, thanks to everyone who has helped.  I have parts on the way to integrate this into an amp.  Taking a TA2020 tripath board and hooking it up just as a headphone amp through a 4-pin XLR out, just for giggles.