Black Stuart
MOT: Deep Sound Cables
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2006
- Posts
- 379
- Likes
- 13
OK,
I'm not kosher, thanks for putting me straight.
I'm not kosher, thanks for putting me straight.
I've decided to look for a s/hand one as my first stand alone DAC. Back on the island I have an original Marantz CD63, it has a superb transport and the laser is OK I think, at least it will do for starters.
Any piece of equipment can be improved or personalized. I do not like Wima caps at all and after I've had a good listen I know what caps to replace them with. The ACSS chassis plugs will be replaced with quality XLRs and my own i/c design will be used with them and for the internal signal wiring.
When I've done this I shall think about changing certain signal path resistors and that I think is about it. I know that Kingwa pays careful attention to his PSUs, if only other manufacturers would.
If I really like the end result then a Ref 5 would be something to look at later to use with my to be digitized LP collection.
What a smuck - there are no caps in the signal path - exit stage left muttering to himself.
Regarding the mods, there is something that I haven't read about but that might have an impact on the sound. The dac19dsp (like all other ACSS dacs and amps) use what look like OPA2134 in their DC servo. I wonder if replacing those opamps will make any audible change?
Anyone care to speculate?
C-2 SA uses a different circuit than C-2, more important than whether or not you want an expensive rca cable, is if you like the sound of DD or ACSS. I would wait for slim.a to give a review, or else just go by the "sound flavor" page on www.audio-gd.com
I see cables as two things, a necessary evil, and something to color the sound to your taste. If you are just looking for technical ability and not sound tailoring, usually the shorter the cable is, the better it is, and thus cheaper. If you live in the USA, I would recommend monoprice premium cables, blue jean cable, or sonicwave. Audio-gd's rca cable is good price/performance imo too.