[skullguise]

Hi all,

I'm loving my Lavry DAC, but I'm also wondering if a better transport might make a great thing even better.

I'm using one of those mini footprint DVD players (Cyberhome) with a ven Haus digital cable. VERY nice stuff. But I'm wondering if there's a player or transport out there for not too much $, that has AES/EBU out to try.

A small footprint would be great, but not absolutely necessary. The ability to read CD-R's would be a nice plus too, as I have a bunch of compitlations.

I've seen a Meridian 500 on A'gon for $625, looking for something cheaper if possible. Also saw a CAL Delta transport; small footprint, AES/EBU out, but the seller didn't think it played CD-R's (does anyone know different?).

Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks,

Todd - skullguise

 

[ShaolinRasta]

My CAL Delta has no issues with any of the CD-Rs I've played in it. Overall, I'm quite pleased with it as a low-cost small footprint transport.

 

[Tachikoma]

RME digi 96/8, I'm guessing thats as good as it gets for PC digital outs when you use it with AES/EBU

How much would a decent AES/EBU cable cost, by the way?

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachikoma RME digi 96/8, I'm guessing thats as good as it gets for PC digital outs when you use it with AES/EBU How much would a decent AES/EBU cable cost, by the way?

I am going to build one in the next few days, parts cost goes as follows:

$3.00 for the DB-9 connector
$4.00 for the XLR connector
$4.50 for the 110-ohm cable

$11.50 total

 

[J-Pak]

I know AES/EBU can carry a ton of bandwidth, does this open up any more options with the Lavry?

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Pak I know AES/EBU can carry a ton of bandwidth, does this open up any more options with the Lavry?

Well I supposed you could upsample all the way up to 200kHz in the computer if you want to, however I think Coax supports that amount of data as well. I think AES/EBU is even more useful for when you have more than one stereo signal to send out digitally.

 

[skullguise]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaolinRasta My CAL Delta has no issues with any of the CD-Rs I've played in it. Overall, I'm quite pleased with it as a low-cost small footprint transport.

Thanks for the update. I may go check this out.... I had read about some reliability problems on Audio Asylum or another forum, but still looks like a good little unit.

 

[agile_one]

Not sure if they meet the small footprint requirements, but some of the Theta or Proceed units may serve.

Another, but hard to find, is a Micromega T-Drive - that little beauty does satisfy the small size, and is a lovely transport.

Have fun looking ...

 

[Biniek84]

Hi,
Little archeology here
 
My TD class amp (Lab Gruppen) has only one digital input that is AES/EBU - would you recommend best posibble way to stream my music from NAS using this protocol?
 
Would it be specialized PC Audio with usb/aes bridge such as Singxer or Mutec or i should look for some network streamer with aes output (auralic etc)
 
What affects most the sound quality in that case? Is it power supply,used clocks or something different? What i should have in mind searching for solution?
Cheers

 

[Biniek84]

anyone please can advise?
 
maybe little comaprison betweend soundaware d100 vs microrendu with usb bridge vs auralic aries femto vs moon mind?

 

[bilboda]

Consider a raspberry pi with a a soon to be released i2s to spdif hat from pi 2 design.

 

[Biniek84]

Thanks!
As i understand this hat converts i2s to AES via WM8804 - it's not true balanced 110ohm AES signal but only spdif
I'm also afraid of many SMPS apllied within raspberry - it must be noisy

 

[jcn3]

  Thanks!
As i understand this hat converts i2s to AES via WM8804 - it's not true balanced 110ohm AES signal but only spdif
I'm also afraid of many SMPS apllied within raspberry - it must be noisy

you can use a hifiberry digi+ pro.  there's a spot to add an xlr jack for aes/ebu out, so you'd need to get a jack and pull out your soldering iron.  hifiberry boards get great reviews for the price.

 

[wotef]

Hi, I use a Yellowtec PUC2 Lite into my NAD M51 AES input. It's very good, but it's USB-AES.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

One of my all-time fav. is C.E.C. Regret selling mine a few years ago.
 
http://www.cec-web.co.jp/products/cdplayer/index_e.html