yossi126
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Crossfeed is so useless with an average DAC. An average DAC makes the seperation and soundstage effect just as good. So in short, crossfeed should not entertain your choosings.
Originally Posted by yossi126 /img/forum/go_quote.gif crossfeed should not entertain your choosings. |
Originally Posted by Currawong /img/forum/go_quote.gif Take one for the team and buy both, give them 400 hours then let us know how they compare. |
Originally Posted by Audio Jester /img/forum/go_quote.gif LOL, A true HeadFi response. The thought had crossed my mind. |
I had a Stagedac for a few weeks and now have an Audio-GD REF5.
The Stagedac had very deep bass and an spectacular sound stage, spreading out behind, before and outside of my speakers.
However, I did not like the tonality, voices and acoustic instruments sounded off tone, not believable at all.
The REF5 has an average soundstage, not much depth, reasonable width, but it's tonality is very very good. I absolutely love it, but then I seem to be allergic to the delta sigma sound of most digital sources.
Do you achieve the spectacular sound stage produced by StageDAC by setting cross-feed to wide speaker option ? What are your settings for the rest of settings on StageDAC particularly tonal balance ? Have you made use of these settings to tweak the tonality since you do not like it ?