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In Reply to: RE: Tube Rolling In The Alpha posted by excelit on January 29, 2015 at 12:55:49:
Not having enough relevant experience with today's DACs, I am not at liberty to comment.
As far as DACs from the CAL Alpha's time, I do miss the Mark Levinson No. 360S. Around 2000 or so, I heard the Nos. 37/360S combo. I still have the No. 37 transport. Forget audiophile-speak. To this day, I haven't heard any DAC paired with the No. 37, which has captured the (virtual) "realness" of Slayer's B.C. Rich guitars on South Of Heaven. The guitars had a smoldering burn, which is how they'd sound, in the late-80s.
As for one-box CD players, I still haven't heard any match the EAR Acute, when it comes to organic textures.
In capturing the liveliness of music, nothing IME has matched the Simaudio Andromeda. I wonder how Simaudio's own 650D and 750D compare.
But back to the Alpha. I still recommend pairing it with CAL's own Delta. On my homepage, I have written 17 posts directly about the Delta. I use one in my secondary system, and have a backup in storage. A DAC is limited by the upstream transports and digital links. So it behooves us to get the best sources we can.While the CAL Delta isn't "the best," it is available on the used market, its remote works well, load times are quick, and it just looks cool, sitting next to, on, or below the Alpha.
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