+1
Good idea, just wait for now. Who knows, maybe the Geek will destroy everything at that price range when it gets out
Get it to the Greek XD
Well, the Geek DAC will have DSD and DXD support apparently, and the cost on that one is pretty low, though we've also got that Teac DAC that has support, the question is implementation.
I understand why most of you are content without DSD, due to not having enough content and most of you are probably just playing CDs (16/44.1) which is also not all that bad, but hi-res has its place and I can see that especially with properly mastered tracks it helps quite a lot to bringing the details.
About the PWD mk2, it looks great, and even functional, but it goes as far up to 24/192... and it's sort of big. I'm having problems imagining where I'm going to put all of it, especially because it's not a good idea to stack these devices one on each other. if it had DSD right now and with the current rave about it, I wouldn't think too much and get it, especially if you say that it's the best pairing with the LCD-3's. But atm it doesn't, and if any of you say that they promised DSD on firmware update soon, I would like citation
Regarding the LCD-3's and pairing it with the STX card so far, I can say that it doesn't suffer from any analytical problems, the LCD-3's can make a horrible recording sound fine, but when there are proper recordings, it just sings! The bass, most of you were saying that it's lacking, but I don't, I find that it doesn't have extreme unnatural bass where you get thump, so maybe not the best for electronic and rap/hip-hop/dubstep, though maybe I'm just missing that last bit of power which I'm hopefully going to get with the GS-X mk2 amp (And if I have to wait 6-7 months for it, that won't be fun)
I've also noticed that some of you have sold their LCD-3 in favor for the new LCD-X and like it better, even some good reviews for it, but you can't de-crown a flagship that easily. I'm keeping my LCD-3 and will only switch to LCD-4 if we get it, maybe not, I'm really close to being very very very happy (Although I might need another pair like the HD800 for the weight problem of the LCD-3's...)
Anyway, thanks for all the help so far
Edit: I have just found the dealer for the PWD Mk2 in israel, hopefully they will be selling it still when I get my GS-X mk2 (I'll be putting an order after the 10th) and I'm thinking I'll try to get an audition on this setup, but the thing is, the PWD Mk2 here doesn't cost the same price as you said it costs 16,800 ILS which is almost 5,000 USD, based on google it's: 4778.02 US Dollar
