Tassie Devil's latest activity
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps.My prejudice has been that well controlled SPDIF is superior to USB but concede that output from USB has improved in the last year or so...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps.The situation is puzzling. Another hint is that using the splitter reverses the left and right channels on one of the outputs - easily...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps.The setup here does not make USB input possible as the headphone setup is in a different room to the one housing this PC with ROON and...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps.Agree, and that is why I have only used high quality Canare balanced cabling everywhere in this house. I used to be ignorant about this...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps.Yes, I saw that and discounted it. I dislike any postings that are completely negative and have nothing positive to say. That site...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps.My R8 arrived here yesterday as a replacement to a Rick Schultz modded LKS DA-004, So of course I was anxious to compare them to see if...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.A further note about this amplifier. One of the hardest instruments to reproduce is the harpsichord - it generally sounds a bit of a...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.Yes and that is not rubbishing the V281 - a very fine unit. It is simply outdone by the audio-gd and those units can be purchased...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.And a couple of diagrams to illustrate the pinnacle of my headphone audio addiction.
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.Been away from here for awhile but time to log in again. The Focal Utopia cans (I have two) can be a curse in that they are so...
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Tassie Devil posted the thread Audio-gd Master 9 fed by L.K.S. DA004 & Auralic G1 from ROON (Focal Utopia cans) in Headphone Amps (full-size).I've been playing around (a nice way of saying "wasting money") on audio systems for over 70 years (I'm now 85) starting when shown how...
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Tassie Devil replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.Sigh, I really do think that the Focal Utopias have cured Audio Nirvosa. Used in the following chain of items I honestly believe I have...