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In Reply to: RE: the blind leading the blind ... posted by TBone on May 08, 2015 at 09:46:16
Hi and thanks again for the valuable advice and kind invitation
Unfortunately i am quite far away from Toronto ... i am in Norway now
I started from a point ... i have never been dissatisfied by analog
It could have been better or worse but always musically ok
Bad digital is complete shit and i heard it many times.
And very good digital is very very expensive.
And dac plays a fundamental rule in a digital source.
Now i see here for more or less 3000 USD a 2nd hand Berkeley Audio Alpha dac ... i am sure it is an exceptional unit.
If i buy it and place in my system and the sound is not good i can be sure that is not a dac fault.
And then i could put the blame on the transport.
I would like a dac that i can completely trust and that can be a definitive element of the chain.
Maybe 3000 USD for a 2nd hand unit is the price of ammission for getting a dac above suspicion ?
It is also true that it has a high quality digital volume and can work also as line preamp.
Love that dac. And i need a dac.
But 3000 USD .. is a lot of money indeed.
Thanks again for the kind invitation.
Kind regards,
bg
Follow Ups:
> > Bad digital is complete shit and i heard it many times. < <
Me too, but since the contrary is also true, one can't define the entire medium base on only crappers.
> > And very good digital is very very expensive. < <
Well, matter of perspective, but generally, I sadly agree. That said, good budget players do exist, and the second hand market is ripe full of choices.
Norway is one country I'd love to visit ... if you ever venture all this way ... feel free to ping me.
> > Bad digital is complete shit and i heard it many times. < <
" Me too, but since the contrary is also true, one can't define the entire medium base on only crappers. "
Hi and thanks again. Anyway for me analog is a non issue.
I will never go back to LP or tape. Absolutely.
I am stuck to digital for ever.
So i am interested to get the possible most out of it ... at a reasonable price.
> > And very good digital is very very expensive. < <
" Well, matter of perspective, but generally, I sadly agree. That said, good budget players do exist, and the second hand market is ripe full of choices. "
actually i have complicated my life when i decided to ripped all my cds to a nas. I am sure of what you say and especially now i see cd players of 10-20 years ago of very high quality sold cheap.
But there is no going back also on this point.
" Norway is one country I'd love to visit ... "
Yes it is a beautiful country ... little cold maybe for an italian like me. We are much closer to Africa ... not only geographically sometimes.
But i am getting old and some warmer climate would not be offensive.
I can recommend you the Lofoten Islands in the North maybe from June to September ... amazing places.
" if you ever venture all this way ... feel free to ping me. "
Thanks a lot again. Canada must be also a very beautiful place.
And the space you have ... it must be immense.
Completely different from Italy.
You live in a great country. Lucky you.
Kindest regards, beppe
Kind regards,
bg
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