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Power DAC, a DAC with an output stage powerful enough to drive speakers directly.
That sounds like a killer DAC called Super DAVE
Power DAC, a DAC with an output stage powerful enough to drive speakers directly.
Power DAC, a DAC with an output stage powerful enough to drive speakers directly.
That sounds like a killer DAC called Super DAVE![]()
hi, can anybody elaborate about various filters used in upsampling? chord uses fir with longer tap length, Hq player uses poly sinc and many others, schiit uses closed form filter. I was particularly impressed by sinc ( not poly sinc) filter of Hq player. what is this sinc filter ?
A while back I commented that I thought I could hear subtle differences between optical cables to DAVE, with a background that I previously could hear big differences between digital cables to Yggy.
So here's an update:
With Nagra CDC to DAVE, I tried 3 optical cables: AQ Diamond still on loan; the stock "freebie" that came with DAVE; and a newly received Mapleshade that others here have strongly recommended. Like I said, the differences were now rather subtle, but still there. Further complicated by the Mapleshade appearing to be directional, as the maker strongly claims.
In short I felt that Mapleshade and AQ were broadly on the same level, with the Mapleshade slightly more focused and precise, and the AQ more analogue-in-a-good-way.
However, as the AQ was over 4 times the price, it was a no brainer to return it, so I did.
Next tried the Mapleshade against the freebie cable. The latter had a similar analoguey signature as the AQ, but was a step down in quality - i.e. a touch woollier, a touch more shut in, and a touch more grain in the upper mids. So the Mapleshade stays in place. Whether or not some of this is my imagination is rather a moot point for me now, because I'm done with cable changes and, with a microRendu on its way, I'm moving on to try computer/server sources. I repeat that these cable differences were more subtle than that I had experienced with the Yggy.
And also more subtle than what happended next when my washing machine pads arrived!!!. That deserves it's own post later this weekend![]()
I find my AQ Diamond more fluid / vivid / airy / wider with no grain in the upper mid/high against the Stock optical.
Then about the HQ Player filterning, i wounder whats happens with the siund when you choose Sinc filter and go direct to the DAVE ore through the MicroRendu then DAVE in combination with the Wats FIR Tap filter ??
Have anyone tried this? Is it a winner ?
I believe the audiophile journey is made up of discoveries and even the brightest and most experienced among us are always still discovering and learning new things. The day that Rob believes he has learned everything possible is the day that we should all start looking elsewhere for our next DAC.
This is unfortunate. Hopefully, yours is still under warranty.
It sounds like you've already found a great DAC. Congratulations.
If you can find a better solution, you should buy it.
A while back I commented that I thought I could hear subtle differences between optical cables to DAVE, with a background that I previously could hear big differences between digital cables to Yggy.
So here's an update:
With Nagra CDC to DAVE, I tried 3 optical cables: AQ Diamond still on loan; the stock "freebie" that came with DAVE; and a newly received Mapleshade that others here have strongly recommended. Like I said, the differences were now rather subtle, but still there. Further complicated by the Mapleshade appearing to be directional, as the maker strongly claims.
In short I felt that Mapleshade and AQ were broadly on the same level, with the Mapleshade slightly more focused and precise, and the AQ more analogue-in-a-good-way.
However, as the AQ was over 4 times the price, it was a no brainer to return it, so I did.
Next tried the Mapleshade against the freebie cable. The latter had a similar analoguey signature as the AQ, but was a step down in quality - i.e. a touch woollier, a touch more shut in, and a touch more grain in the upper mids. So the Mapleshade stays in place. Whether or not some of this is my imagination is rather a moot point for me now, because I'm done with cable changes and, with a microRendu on its way, I'm moving on to try computer/server sources. I repeat that these cable differences were more subtle than that I had experienced with the Yggy.
And also more subtle than what happended next when my washing machine pads arrived!!!. That deserves it's own post later this weekend![]()