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    Oppo BDP 103 vs 105

    I recently auditioned the 103 vs 105 stereo outs vs each into an M-Dac at my local hifi. Amp was a big expensive Denon, speakers were sonus faber auditors. Listened to Freewheeling Bob Dylan - as nicely engineered :). Guitar and harmonica sounded much more realistic on 105 to 103, voice was...
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    Reply to review by 'victorjb' on item 'Stax SR-009 Electrostatic Headphones'

    Plus one to this. I wish more reviews were done this way, even a single blind opinion would be valuable. Price is no guarantee of better sound quality. I recently auditioned a ~$30k 'dream' system and listening to the same tracks in my car straight after I was amazed to hear the car audio put...
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    Reply to review by 'victorjb' on item 'Stax SR-009 Electrostatic Headphones'

    Plus one to this. I wish more reviews were done this way, even a single blind opinion would be valuable. Price is no guarantee of better sound quality. I recently auditioned a ~$30k 'dream' system and listening to the same tracks in my car straight after I was amazed to hear the car audio put...
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    DACMagic Plus Impressions

    I can support the original review. I had a DM+ on loan when my m-dac was being fixed awhile back (had a dry joint caused one channel to fail). I compared DM+ to a nuforce hdp that normally runs my kitchen speakers and the nuforce sounded better. I did like the DM+ build and features though. It...
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    Best USB DAC under $100?

    Cakewalk UA-1G, if you can get it cheap, which is better than the dragonfly v1.0 and way better than the behringer uca202, both of which I own. Having said that, the dragonfly is good and more compact, just not as good SQ as the cakewalk and the lack of a separate volume control I find annoying.
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    Edirol UA-1EX or Cakewalk UA-1G

    Need to write a quick post on the cakewalk. A bit of background first. When I auditioned M-Dac a year ago, it beat Rega, M1, Dac Magic and rDac in auditions I did at the time. I like a detailed revealing sound and the M-Dac brought out more detail, tighter bass, than the others - it was very...
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