This looks look the Bada HD-19. Do you know what the difference is?

Regal: So sorry for the implication. I was not saying or implying that YOU had a problem with the Chinese, just that this "Lampizato" does. The high end Pioneer players also use the PCM1743 DAC - FYI - and again, if you have never heard a $.15 TDA1543, then I encourage you to give this a...

Have you ever "heard" a MHZS product? And please do not mention the PCM1743KE as this chip, like the other *cheap* Phillips TDA1543 are also very find sounding chips. He sounds very angry and for some reason, against the Chinese. Perhaps he had a run in with the owner of MHZS and this is...

There is a guy on Audio Asylum that bought one of these and raved about it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Torm I got a stock GM as well. Today i replaced the three OPA2604 with 3x AD827JN and the sound signature changed considerably - far more than i anticipated! The 827's made the bass far more punchy and controlled. Hard to describe but the entire bass...

I have bought equipment from them all - catylink, Coem, diybiz etc. Assuming that the customs agents don't break the tubes, getting something from HK and then sending it back for any reason is a nightmare. I get all my stuff from Pacific Valve and I can tell you that I am very pleased with my...

I listened through the RCA Jacks and to the balanced outputs. Over-all, more detail on the CD 15. Plus, the CD 15 upsamples - so over all grungy CDs sounded smooth.

I really, really do not think that these OP AMp'd based CD players are going to compete with a non OP AMP'd upsampling AD 1853 CD player. I really doubt it. It is not in the same league. It is like comparing the NAD Integrated Amplifier to a Marantz 8.

Or use the Great March - it has a USB input

The DAC 38 is the most tonally neutral of the bunch and therefore sounds more like the Lavry than the tubed buffered DACs. You could not compare the OP AMP'd DACs to the Lavry, so I could see the statement beign relatively true. Given the internal architecture, these two could sound very...

NAD is good, do not get me wrong - but a CD player with an AD 1853 and no OP AMPS for $399.00 C'mon.....

Quote: Originally Posted by hartphoto I've been considering several DACs to add to my desktop setup. Researching quietly here on Head-Fi for several weeks...narrowed it down a bit, including the DAC-AH, or possibly a Great March (leaning toward NOS DACs though). Looking at the...

I have not heard the Great March Modified. I use a Pacific Valve Modded DAC 60. I like the Modded DAC 60 better than the straight CD 15. But, on a desert island with a CD player - if I had to chose a CD player for $399 - It would be the CD 15 - no question.

Quote: Originally Posted by nelamvr6 I haven't heard the CD15, but I've been using a C542 for a year now and it sounds superb. Does a great job with HDCD's too. Go with the Lite. It is the best CD transport I have ever seen / heard. I use it with all my DACs. It plays with...

Go to Sam's club. Fry's or Costco and find the cheapest DVD/CD/Etc.. player you can lay your hands on. Go to Best Buy and get a Monster or AR coax digital cable. Connect the coax to the digital out of the SAMs/Costco and connect it into a Lite Audio DAC AH. You will blow away all the Azurs...