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In Reply to: RE: Ok posted by Windows X on March 17, 2017 at 05:03:58
Would you consider Audio Research Hi-End?
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Audio Research builds famous highend preamps. But I haven't seen anyone using digital sources from Audio Research. Well, if they did make products at scale like dCS Vivaldi or Esoteric Grandioso, I'd love it hear them too.
Audio Research makes the full range of audio gear from Dac to CDP to Phono stage, Preamp, Amps etc.
Even some of their preamps use R-Core like this SP20
I use $20k SACD transport + DAC from company being famous on digital audio. If you understand what I mean...
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Oh ok, Hi-End = $20k+
Got it, thanks...!
Given the laws of diminishing returns, that extra $19k gives you about a 1% improvement in sound...if that.
I bet it looks good though and makes for a great conversation piece..:-)
If $1k can sound good like 99% of $20k, I wouldn't have bought $20k equipment.
Anyway, Audio Research is company specializing in analog products. They may have their reason from analog perspectives. Now I know there's Audio Research using R-core on some of their digital equipment too. Thanks.
If $1k can sound good like 99% of $20k, I wouldn't have bought $20k equipment.
LOL!!!!
You'd be surprised.
Winner take all bet....hypothetical of course.
Connect a $1k product [digital front end] to your system along side your $20k [digital front end]. Let 10 people do a DBT, if 6 or more pick the $1k product you loose your $20k product.
You willing?
Since this isn't in my field to talk about, I'll end our discussion here.
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It's "Confident".
LOL....
I got too excited...
The prospect of winning a $20k digital front end and all....
:-)
I totally get that. I used to get too excited thinking my modded $1k DAC can sound as good as those highend CD players. :D
Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Let me go try to calm down.
You should try modding your $20k gear.I'm sure you can find something that could be improved.
I bet I could...first thing I'd do is change those transformers to R-Core.
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I did. But I changed from switching power supply to linear power supply using ultra low-noise toroidal transformer though. ;)
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And that made it sound better?
Do you also put ketchup on Kobe beef?
I've never heard a Toroidal that wouldn't make a good door stop. Who makes them?
It sounds better of course.I didn't put ketchup on Kobe beef.
I don't know.
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You modded something with Toroidals and you don't know who made them? Did you buy them off of Ebay or something?
Impossible....share the secret, I might want to try one...that is if I can afford it.
I don't know Toroidal that wouldn't make a good door stop. For my transport and DAC, my technician friend used toroidal transformer from Talema at that time.
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