RE: Comparing DAC's

Posted by Todd Krieger (A) on July 4, 2017 at 21:27:42

In Reply to: RE: Comparing DAC's posted by Mercman on July 4, 2017 at 02:43:36:

"I owned a Wadia 7/9 DAC and Transport. Believe me, this is no reference compared to modern DACs such as the Ayre QX-5 Twenty. Not even close."

There was a time where I thought CD playback was hopelessly flawed, and it would never sound right regardless of technology or money spent.... (I've felt this way about high-resolution digital audio for the past 15 years.) The experience with the Wadia 7/9 at an audio store in Cleveland in the early 1990s transformed my outlook on CD playback. The Wadia/Rowland/Avalon system, to this day, threw the most sculpted soundstage I've ever heard.

(One of the CDs was a Deutsche-Grammophon Pierre Boulez Stravinsky "Petrushka" w the Cleveland Orchestra..... It felt like I could smell the floor polish inside Severance Hall.... I have this CD, but never sounded like it did in that Cleveland audio store, "Sound Resource", which closed just a few years after that.)

But this doesn't mean everybody who experienced it would like it.....

If the Wadia 7/9 system weren't so darned expensive (even used- the resale value of this product is insane), I would have sought one.

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Topic - Comparing DAC's - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 09:05:09 07/01/17 (20)

Many thanks to all for your thoughts and suggestions! nt - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 11:44:33 07/04/17 (0)

RE: Comparing DAC's - Thorsten 00:30:41 07/04/17 (0)

Both approaches combined - AbeCollins 08:09:19 07/02/17 (0)

RE: Comparing DAC's - Todd Krieger 04:46:17 07/02/17 (4)

RE: Comparing DAC's - Mercman 02:43:36 07/04/17 (1)

RE: Comparing DAC's - Todd Krieger 21:27:42 07/04/17 (0)

Sorry. No. - jusbe 12:12:11 07/02/17 (0)

only decent DAC readily available is the Schiit Bifrost- If you say so... nt - oldmkvi 07:43:21 07/02/17 (0)

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Thanks, well thought out approach.... - Ivan303 08:28:33 07/02/17 (1)

Great story! - Charles Hansen 00:30:39 07/03/17 (0)

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RE: Comparing DAC's - Todd Krieger 04:48:59 07/02/17 (0)

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