Anyone here experience with this DAC ? I can get it for not much money but I'm not familiar with the cambridge audio sound.
Tacty said:@cypher
what's the rest of your system? i'm surprised that you found it clinical but most of the time i'm listening it with tube amp so maybe there is a catch...
stephennic said:Hi,
I would try the audio gd dacs with wolfan chip, great value - smooth detailed and musical.
Cheers
Steve.
Tacty said:as far as i can tell rega dac and dacmagic 100 are using the same wolfson chip...but, it' s only part of the story because there are other elements influencing the sound like analogue stage etc...but be warned though, people are sometimes describing "analogue sound" like a good thing, but in many cases it means a certain rollof at certain frequencies..it sounds good on paper, but for me it gets borring after a while, because i'd like to have insight into music...with rolloff and cutoff there is a danger on longer listening session: every music starting to sound the same...
Cypher said:Stephennic ; thanks for your answer but I think I'll go with the Beresford Bushmaster. The Beresford Caiman is the best sounding DAC I've had so far so it's only logical that I'm interested in the Bushmaster. It also got some great reviews on the web
stephennic said:Tacty said:as far as i can tell rega dac and dacmagic 100 are using the same wolfson chip...but, it' s only part of the story because there are other elements influencing the sound like analogue stage etc...but be warned though, people are sometimes describing "analogue sound" like a good thing, but in many cases it means a certain rollof at certain frequencies..it sounds good on paper, but for me it gets borring after a while, because i'd like to have insight into music...with rolloff and cutoff there is a danger on longer listening session: every music starting to sound the same...
Hi,
Interesting even though they use the same dac chip the rega and cambridge sound quite different, the cambridge tends towards towards the pecise, lean and brighter the rega more organic, fuller and smoother. Just add another thought - analogue can also mean more natural/organic sounding and can actually have more color and tonal variation. For example eva cassidys voice on one dac can sound cold forward and analytical on another warm and hearing all the various tonal variations that just connect you emotionally with the music.
Cheers
Steve.
Blackdawn said:Good luck with the Bushmaster, where do you buy it from? I couldn't get it to come up in the shop section.
With regard to speakers - are you still finding the Zensor 1's are too light in the bass? Its a shame Pioneer don't make some 8 Ohms speakers which go well with the A30. The ones I see on their site at the top look nice - but a bit too compact. think I'll stick to my BA A26's.