Recent content by dbbloke

Seems the latest model is a corker. The guy I spoke about before does a full blown ESS9018 Feel free to spend £2k + on something else though, but I can't see why anything would sound significantly better if you spec with the right op-amps/transformer/usb card. I am 100% sure getting this with...

Supposedly this headphone amp is very good. Found it because I'm really interested in the ak4399 DAC made by the same guy. Available with torodial and op627 (not rcore) for £150 ish. Can order it from the same ebayer minishow0328. They list the normal model seems not to come standard with...

You could always spend £30-£40 on a hifimediy usb dac, see how you like Computer audio, it might sound great to you (needs 100hrs run in). Take a punt on a Wiliang Dac7/9, Aune T1 or any of the other numerous DACs mentioned on places like head-fi. Just put some links in another post. Xindak /...

Headphones can sound very different when swapping between. Your brain adjusts! Or not quite the same but just get an amp with tone and turn up the treble. Funny your brain will adjust and if you set it back to flat it will sound terrible for a while until you adjust again. So you can get used...

used to know someone who would say amplifiers are wires with gain! if only science had any relation to sound. on topic, used to have a paid of rega ela's a while back, but not heard anything from rega i the last 5 yrs sound great. sorry. but 'dacs' as a box between usb and amplifier / headphone...

so it is (op), useless forums/search engines not understanding diy / manual comments.

Had given up with WHF, but found this story somehow and feel I should make some balanced comment. Seems a G.F. problem, Not Jungson, Zack - how do you buy direct from the factory?? I own a system mostly sourced from Cattylink, they are brilliant to deal with. It's a very legitimate online...

Agree sort of. Although JRiver over foobar :) If only it wouldnt crash so much. Of course cheap DAC+CD is pointless. And Budget dacs dont sound that great (soundstage mostly it seems), but comparing a £25 dac to a mainstream £500 one, well it's pretty close so best get a cheap one and start...

So all reviews are subjective opinions and no piece of equipment is better than any other. An amplifier is just wire with gain, although eq/processing has come a long way. People should blindly accept everything if someone has like 10000 posts or is a reviewer. Nobody exists in the world with...

Hi Andrew E. I guess you can write? because due to your stupifying non-comprehension of english I'm having to write yet another post. Are you just trolling me? Wish I could PM. "good solid evidence" I'm not giving evidence of the 80k frontpage, just something i read on another forum and i never...

Seems whf forum you cant pm, so sorry off topic. So the Roksan sounds worse than the Marantz. I can understand it might be different for sure. Seems you are happy, so you are the lucky one. I can only suggest (beg) you try some more modern gear. I still put stuff in my current CDP now and...

Forgot, I've got a cd63se tucked away somewhere and an 873le as well for that matter. Should add to my profile. The cd63se sounds absolutely terrible compared to what you can get nowadays, you are missing 90% of the recording. Cant remember if I got mine tricord reclocked or not. For sure it...

Bit off topic. I'll let you know if i find the 80k reference. From memory I think it was audio asylum / diy hifi or some other music forum. Really I forget. Point noted about the A400 but it works both ways, I really dont think they were talking nonsense. And it is a completely overrated...

I read somewhere else, not sure if i believe though. Cant always believe what you read, but I might add - especially if your ears tell you otherwise, not directed at anyone in particular. The A400 thing was a long time ago, that's all the defence it has really. Im not prepared to say on who's...

I'm not going to suggest any specific components, instead I'm going to give advice :) from a different viewpoint - mystery system if you like. Personally, I think CD is dead (i've got over 1000 of the them). PC / DAC is without doubt the way to go. Just make sure you RAID the disks or get a...