Posts by colinharding

Sounds like a nice DAC, will have to look into it.  I wouldn't worry about the volume issue.  When you turn it up to the max there is so much gain running through your system it is unimaginable, you can't realistically expect...

hahaha i'm with v0nn here, no time for typing with all this listening!

Quote: Originally Posted by computerparts  That's interesting. The 1611F is quite the step up from the 1511D I had. I can't say I remember it sounding thin at all but then again I was using B&K separates at...

I believe he braids all of the connections within his computer as well...obviously 

Wow, very nice job.  You must have some delicate fingers for such a job!

I have not heard that model but auditioned a 1611F for a while from my local HiFi store.  I did enjoy it but for the price tag was not as impressed as I think I should have been.  The AN DAC 3 was very close if not better and...

Building is quite fun (I answered your kit question in another thread), but if you really like that AN sound and want something comparable I would seriously check out the Synthesis Matrix DAC.  It will beat out AN until a DAC 3,...

Yeah, I know the company personally so can offer a bit of insight there.  Years ago I bought a kit 3.1 DAC and pitted it against a friend of mine's actual DAC 3.  They don't sound nearly the same.  Not that it is...

Quote: Originally Posted by John In Cali  Uhmm, holy hell. Care to explain? I'm guessing from top to bottom, DAC Power Filter Do not have a clue. Either Head-amp or signal processing...

It will have the same sound sig as your Cal Sigma, had one of those a number of years back and loved it the Alpha was even better.  So no, not too lush it will keep a lot of the same qualities as your Cal DAC but the sound will be...