ZappaMan
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Very goodMScaler Dave ATC SCM50ASLT (or very occasionally Sennheise HD650s)
Very goodMScaler Dave ATC SCM50ASLT (or very occasionally Sennheise HD650s)
Thx! I see its a DSD, try a PCM version maybe too@AndrewOld and @Reactcore here is my recent discovery for M-Scaler / TT2 chain in classic music recording area:
It maybe that people who listen on headphones a lot find earlier stereo recordings good because they were more biased to mono. If you check out pages 126-127 of that book you will see that the early Decca tree microphone arrangement evolved from a single mono microphone with a couple of outriggers.@AndrewOld, I’m a huge fan of the Decca recordings from their golden years, and I have that very book by my listening station that came highly recommended to me by my friend from Oxford, UK, @dcp10. I can almost imagine that Rob Watts might have been contemplating those classic Decca sessions when he was designing the m scaler.
@Reactcore indeed it is, and while Chord is not the best at DSD reproduction it still sounds great, however you are correct that PCM version would be better. The redbook version would show upsampling potential.Thx! I see its a DSD, try a PCM version maybe too
That's weird, mines are solid. The soldering may have come undone, call Chord you should send that unit back to them for repair.Does anyone else have really wobbly BNC outputs? One of my dual BNC outputs is very wobbly, the other day I got mono sound, not sure if its the BNC cable or the socket but no mechanical fixing can't be good long-term.
The threaded bit of the socket is meant to have a nut on it but for no other reason I can see other than poor design they are not fitted.
Which BNC cables do you use? It happened to me twice that a BNC cable supplied with Dave or Mscaler did not make good contact. Before shipping your Scaler do comparative tests.....Does anyone else have really wobbly BNC outputs? One of my dual BNC outputs is very wobbly, the other day I got mono sound, not sure if its the BNC cable or the socket but no mechanical fixing can't be good long-term.
The threaded bit of the socket is meant to have a nut on it but for no other reason I can see other than poor design they are not fitted.
Not sure exactly which ones they are, I threw the box away but something from Atlas. They are very thick and that's what worries me, they definity put a lot of strain on the BNC plugs on the MScaler. I know my dealer and Chord will sort it out if it has broken something so I suppose its not the end of the world.Which BNC cables do you use? It happened to me twice that a BNC cable supplied with Dave or Mscaler did not make good contact. Before shipping your Scaler do comparative tests.....
There are plenty usb to optical converters that are dirt cheap if only for testing. Worth a try imho. I've a Douck U2 for 65 euro but there are pcb types half that price.I have not been able to hear any significant improvement between 16x upsample and not upsample (1x) in my MScaler feeding my TT2.
Posts on the TT2 about streamer quality make me wonder…
I am running Roon on a TS-451 NAS drive with USB inputting to the MScaler. Is this a “good” or a “bad” streaming setup? Is there anything better (that can, like the NAS, still store my large music library)?
I’m wondering whether a poor streaming setup is eclipsing the performance improvements of my MScaler.
Thanks.
I would have thought the equipment listed in your signature would show an audible difference between upsampling and no upsampling. I have a Cambridge Audio MXN10 which I connect to the M-Scaler via toslink. It comes with a decent app and I'm happy with what the M-Scaler does with it. Could you get a demo of this or something similar?I have not been able to hear any significant improvement between 16x upsample and not upsample (1x) in my MScaler feeding my TT2.
Posts on the TT2 about streamer quality make me wonder…
I am running Roon on a TS-451 NAS drive with USB inputting to the MScaler. Is this a “good” or a “bad” streaming setup? Is there anything better (that can, like the NAS, still store my large music library)?
I’m wondering whether a poor streaming setup is eclipsing the performance improvements of my MScaler.
Thanks.
No streamer has nothing to it.I have not been able to hear any significant improvement between 16x upsample and not upsample (1x) in my MScaler feeding my TT2.
Posts on the TT2 about streamer quality make me wonder…
I am running Roon on a TS-451 NAS drive with USB inputting to the MScaler. Is this a “good” or a “bad” streaming setup? Is there anything better (that can, like the NAS, still store my large music library)?
I’m wondering whether a poor streaming setup is eclipsing the performance improvements of my MScaler.
Thanks.
Just happened to be listening to my MScaler as I read this and thought I would just try the other sample settings and at each stage from lowest to highest I could easily hear an improvement.No streamer has nothing to it.
If you don't hear any improvement it is what it is. Don't force youself to fall into endless loop of upgrades and thinking that your chain is bad so you dont hear anything.
Just sell m scaler and invest money somahere else. Headphones for example.
You will thank me later.