The Decware TABOO MK 111 Appreciation Thread - Page 6

If I had a bifrost I would probably put the money towards something else for now. There seems to be a new Dac every other day. The return on investment is less and somewhere down the road, you can upgrade the bifrost anyway. As good as the concero is, we were listening to a Taboo LCD3 system with a $99 modi right next to it (thanks Jazzerdave!) , and the difference is not a "throw-away" difference in my short experience. The Concero was simply to my tastes in very limited experience a bit better all the way around. I would rather trust Jazzerdave and Nick who have vastly more experience. I haven't compared anything to the bifrost, but if that's what you have, save the money and buy some nice tubes for rolling!!!! Wait around a bit and see what others determine to be a great pairing and buy on recommendation. That way you don't go broke trying 15 different Dacs to find the one that works best.

Or you could order 15 DACs and do all the research for me so I will know which one to buy

I have a lot of 6922 already!  I have to find some el84 and sv38 variants and other rectifiers to try, we ought to start a tube rolling thread eventually. 

I can't wait to see what JAN-CEP 6922 or my personal favorite JAN-CEP 7308 sounds like in the input position on the Taboo.  

Now that I have a CSP2+ and a Taboo, I will be doing some serious tube buying. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Problem is Anedio are between batches ATM. I would've already ordered their D2 otherwise.

 

Frank - getting back on topic - good to hear Taboo III is changing nicely and after so few hours.  I have the impression it took 200 hours and more (maybe 500) for my Taboo II's VCAPs to settle. Interested how small or large the improvement is with serious hours.

If I were to upgrade the D2 would be on my list of products to try in my personal system.  With the level I'm at right now with the taboo and my current DAC, and with different products being different prices for varous reasons at this level, I would definitely have to try before I buy.  Now I'm using headphones less and less.  My speakers dont really have extreme extension or resolution.  The resolution is nice but I am not getting the most out of my equipment when I use them, so in that sense I don't feel much of a need to upgrade!  Sometimes I want a closer or more involved listen and I take out my HE-500, but generally speakers are just easier to listen to in almost all ways.

Hey Frank, do you have the 4 pin XLR option or not? Can you tell me (if you do) whether you get two separate stereo outputs with that option instead of left/right channel with the 3 pin XLR jacks?

Sweet!!!  I made it to page four...Heh,  Don't worry I wont do this every day...

I am almost off page 4!

Well hurry up your holding up the line!!!

 

Yeah, I know, "Chill out man, we're soldering as fast as we can!!"  Can't help it I get like that some times.

What do you guys think of these speakers for the Taboo: http://www.parkeraudio.net/95_sig.htm

95dB efficiency, where the manual says 96+, but I like the way they look and people gush about synergy with Steve's other amps.

I'm checking out some used Klipsch Heresys over the weekend too, I scoped a few pairs on my local CL and I like the way they look, but heard iffy things about performance without a few mods.
Edited by toschek - 3/22/13 at 5:49pm

It does sound awesome with the Taboo! DM945's

 

I am up to the middle of Page 2. More importantly, only one Taboo ahead of me that is not shipping or in QC!

Edited by longbowbbs - 3/22/13 at 6:22pm