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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.To add to the discussion & comparison, I discovered by accident how good the DA converters in my Tascam DA-3000 recorder are. It uses...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.Nice detailed review. May I suggest you add it to the reviews in the gear section...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.For those who want to play with this, here's the relevant section of the Corda Soul manual page [my highlights added]. BTW, it's worth...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.Actually it means the opposite of this. [In this mode] the Soul is everything BUT a DAC, it's not a DAC, because it's not doing any DA...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.If you're not sure whether you "need" it, you can use the Soul's external DAC loop to try different DACs and see what difference that...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.It's worth mention that the Soul has an internal switch that sets the gain of its analog stage. Mine came shipped with the switch in low...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.By AIO do you mean "all in one"? This is the simplest way to use the Soul. Just connect the player's outputs to the Soul inputs. If you...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.Whether or not he's using the digital or analog output of the A&K, I would imagine that most of any audible difference is switching the...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Review of Meier Audio Corda JAZZ with ƒƒ-technology upgrade.The max outputs I computed above are peak values. A peak value of 114 dB SPL is plenty high enough for almost any music, even high...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Review of Meier Audio Corda JAZZ with ƒƒ-technology upgrade.The Jazz has enough voltage to make 300 ohm Sennheisers sing even without the FF. For example, the old HD-600 hits 90 dB SPL with 0.23...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Review of Meier Audio Corda JAZZ with ƒƒ-technology upgrade.Sounds like they got it backward. The Jazz is voltage limited to about 3.7 V (though the FF can output higher voltages at low...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.To clarify, I don't use Spotify but just offering general advice. That is bit rate, not sample rate. Most MP3 is 44.1 kHz sample rate...
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MRC001 replied to the thread Meier Audio Corda Soul - TOTL DAC/AMP/DSP.I find that going from lossy to lossless at CD quality (44/16) makes more improvement than a higher sample rate.
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MRC001 replied to the thread How I Went from 'Disappointed with HD600' to 'HD600-liciously Happy!' 🎶.For a well designed and built headphone amp having more than enough voltage & power to drive the HD600, JDS Labs and Schiit are among...
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MRC001 replied to the thread How I Went from 'Disappointed with HD600' to 'HD600-liciously Happy!' 🎶.Yes, the HD600 have relatively low voltage sensitivity, so they need an amp having higher output voltage. They are a high impedance...