Still kicking around......

15 pages......... <shrug>

If you can't fix it with EQ and a decent amp, you can't fix it. :gs1000smile:

I never got them to sound right, even with a CanAmp. A lot of people acclimated to the sound, but when you compare it to something like a 650, you can immediately hear it's shortcomings. I haven't used them in years but what I remember is that I attempted to "fix" the sound with Foobar EQ and...

That can't be. Suppose the music file is larger then the memory?

Stello claims the DA100 uses an AKM4395 DAC chipset, sixth-order digital filter, and a fully discrete class-A analog output stage with "true 192kHz/24-bit upsampling….Stello also claims its ARSC , a specially designed clock circuit employing a PLL, makes for 'extremely low jitter. Does that...

I'm rusty on this. So both the regular output and the upsample to 192 output on that DAC are bitperfect?

Isn't there a difference between UPsampling and OVERsampling? What happened to bit-perfect?

Hey Baten, could you go into a little more detail. Don't most modern DACs upsample to some extent? If they do, it seems that no two DACs would sound the same unless they used the exact same chips. And like I asked Castle, years ago Bit Perfect was a big thing. If all these DACs are using...

Hey CofA, I'm rusty on this, but if there are measurable differences between 2 DACs, what happened to Bit Perfect?

Hi Guys I've posted this a couple of times over the years, but check this out. I have an older April music Stello DA100 Dac. On the front it has an upsample to 24/192 switch. When you throw the switch it changes the sound. We had some lively discussions about which position sounded better...

I tried 770 and "old" 880 pads, not good for T1, muddied the treble, sounded awful. 990 pads and T1 pads are the same and those work.

Nothing wrong with a nice looking cable. :) What device are you using it with?:gs1000smile:

The Audiophilleo site says: "No driver is required for the OS X, Linux and Windows XP operating systems for 192 kHz, 24 bit performance. Windows Vista and 7 require our custom driver for 176/192 kHz operation; a signed 32 and 64 bit versions are available. Note that the...

YMMV but they never were any good. I have them, never use them. Sitting in a plastic zip bag unused. People claimed good results years ago with Heed amps... needed a lot of EQ and even then they didn't sound right. OTOH, listen to them long enough and maybe you can acclimate to the sound...

We were so much younger then, we're older than that now ..........

We know you're one of the good guys.:smile_phones: Were you not instrumental in the inception of the "Objectivist Forum"? You guys remember the beginning of the Objectivist's Forum don't you? When we were trying to bring light into the dark? "The Objectivist Audio Forum (opening soon) If...

And some people are trolling.

No I meant subject. It's either or. Link

What a wonderful phrase.... :L3000:

It's obvious that the arguer has never been the subject of a double blind test.

:smile_phones: HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE ! :smile_phones: I'm kicking around too, although I don't post much anymore...Same old arguments that go no where, and attitudes that don't change. One of the truest things someone once said was, "The debate between objectivists and subjectivists...

Eye candy turntables guys. :) I put my Technics direct drive turntable and my Nakamichi tape deck away years ago but I have a couple of pics...