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In Reply to: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... posted by Ivan303 on November 1, 2023 at 06:50:03:
Yes, the power supply of the Ayon DACs and other DACs that sound a cut above are large. My DAC weighs a solid 18KG (38 pounds) and it has two power transformers and 2 chokes as well as full wave rectification...with 4 tubes! Never seen it done like how you would do it with silicon diodes.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - New DAC suggestions - tube524 13:59:25 10/23/23 (102)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - KanedaK 22:51:55 11/05/23 (0)
- Slam dunk - Mali 11:58:11 10/30/23 (37)
- And it will beat the pants off the "Used Ayon Skylla 2 DAC" ? ..............nt - Cut-Throat 13:31:45 10/30/23 (36)
- LOL ... - Feanor 04:29:17 10/31/23 (6)
- RE: LOL ... - morricab 05:21:43 11/01/23 (5)
- Feanor only knows what Amir tells him... - Ivan303 14:35:29 11/01/23 (3)
- It's OK though 'cause I listen - Feanor 05:51:53 11/02/23 (2)
- RE: It's OK though 'cause I listen - Dawnrazor 19:44:17 11/02/23 (1)
- RE: It's OK though 'cause I listen - morricab 02:07:53 11/03/23 (0)
- A statemen like "more musical" isn't very specific -nt - Feanor 12:57:30 11/01/23 (0)
- Maybe not........ - Ivan303 14:45:13 10/30/23 (28)
- RE: Maybe not........ - morricab 05:24:04 11/01/23 (25)
- Color your DAC to align with your preference - AbeCollins 06:59:16 11/02/23 (20)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - morricab 09:59:37 11/02/23 (19)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - AbeCollins 08:04:59 11/04/23 (18)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - morricab 03:57:34 11/05/23 (17)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - AbeCollins 08:39:26 11/06/23 (3)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - morricab 13:34:31 11/06/23 (2)
- You're getting close to admitting that you prefer some distortion - Feanor 09:02:54 11/09/23 (1)
- RE: You're getting close to admitting that you prefer some distortion - morricab 00:36:36 11/15/23 (0)
- Qualities that depend on the recording - Feanor 04:52:02 11/06/23 (12)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 06:44:37 11/06/23 (11)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - AbeCollins 10:48:28 11/06/23 (3)
- "...be willing to pay less ;-) " - Feanor 05:16:04 11/10/23 (1)
- RE: "...be willing to pay less ;-) " - Dawnrazor 17:26:51 11/10/23 (0)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 13:19:10 11/06/23 (0)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - Tre' 07:03:06 11/06/23 (6)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 13:30:18 11/06/23 (5)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - Tre' 18:02:03 11/06/23 (4)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 02:02:28 11/07/23 (3)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - Tre' 07:27:28 11/07/23 (2)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 02:22:51 11/08/23 (1)
- " I hear what I hear, whether real or imagined..." Good point. nt - Tre' 07:13:20 11/08/23 (0)
- Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - Ivan303 06:50:03 11/01/23 (3)
- RE: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - morricab 10:03:49 11/02/23 (2)
- RE: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - AbeCollins 08:54:22 11/06/23 (1)
- RE: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - morricab 02:04:07 11/07/23 (0)
- So, maybe not a 'Slam Dunk', after all ............... nt - Cut-Throat 14:48:23 10/30/23 (1)
- Yes, it is. - Mali 08:43:58 11/03/23 (0)
- Chord - Freo-1 08:34:48 10/28/23 (1)
- I'm in accordance with this suggestion - creativepart 16:13:26 11/07/23 (0)
- Used Ayon Skylla 2 DAC - morricab 03:29:29 10/27/23 (14)
- raingerz alert !! ................. - Cut-Throat 12:27:09 10/27/23 (13)
- And I agree with you - raingerz 17:04:37 10/27/23 (0)
- Lol - raingerz 14:22:10 10/27/23 (11)
- RE: Lol - morricab 05:13:47 10/30/23 (4)
- My mind is open to more expensive DACs - raingerz 12:07:49 10/30/23 (2)
- RE: My mind is open to more expensive DACs - morricab 05:20:45 11/01/23 (1)
- Thank you for your honesty. Nt - raingerz 14:13:22 11/01/23 (0)
- Just as good as an expensive Lampazator... - Ivan303 07:35:04 10/30/23 (0)
- RE: MSB... - Ivan303 08:11:51 10/29/23 (0)
- RE: Lol - Cut-Throat 14:33:13 10/27/23 (4)
- RE: "SMSL D400EX" - Ivan303 08:22:24 10/29/23 (3)
- it sounds Great! - Cut-Throat 08:30:40 10/29/23 (2)
- RE: it sounds Great! - morricab 05:08:51 10/30/23 (0)
- No, no, no.... - Ivan303 11:04:20 10/29/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - Irish Twat 18:46:51 10/25/23 (0)
- Summary of Latest SMSL and Topping DACs - Gerry E. 05:50:44 10/25/23 (1)
- Agreee. Well said - RE: Summary of Latest SMSL and Topping DACs - AbeCollins 07:17:20 10/25/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - AbeCollins 20:59:18 10/24/23 (8)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - John Elison 00:54:06 10/25/23 (7)
- ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - AbeCollins 06:55:11 10/25/23 (6)
- RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - John Elison 08:24:26 10/25/23 (5)
- RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - AbeCollins 09:45:58 10/25/23 (4)
- RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - John Elison 05:25:23 10/27/23 (3)
- RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - morricab 05:55:01 10/30/23 (2)
- RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - Dawnrazor 12:20:31 10/31/23 (1)
- RE: ESS vs AKM vs R2R - Does it really matter ? - morricab 05:26:17 11/01/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - John Elison 20:26:35 10/24/23 (0)
- Don't spend that on any dac... - ABliss 12:09:49 10/24/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - el34eh@yahoo.com 10:48:58 10/24/23 (0)
- Lots of good Schiit - G Squared 06:58:04 10/24/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - Doublej 05:20:53 10/24/23 (0)
- It's not really necessary to spend more than $1K on a DAC - Feanor 03:55:39 10/24/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - cawson@onetel.com 01:35:59 10/24/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - Dawnrazor 16:52:09 10/23/23 (25)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - zacster 17:14:37 10/23/23 (24)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - old guy 42 23:01:09 10/23/23 (1)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - Dawnrazor 10:27:43 10/24/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - Dawnrazor 18:56:38 10/23/23 (21)
- "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - andy evans 14:57:03 10/26/23 (9)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - Dawnrazor 09:41:44 10/27/23 (3)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - morricab 06:43:37 10/30/23 (2)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - Dawnrazor 14:43:58 11/01/23 (1)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - morricab 10:08:56 11/02/23 (0)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - AbeCollins 22:14:30 10/26/23 (4)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - ABliss 15:10:42 10/27/23 (3)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - Dawnrazor 13:44:48 10/28/23 (2)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - AbeCollins 14:52:54 10/29/23 (1)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - Dawnrazor 07:22:10 10/31/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - John Elison 20:33:22 10/24/23 (10)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - Dawnrazor 03:20:02 10/25/23 (9)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - AbeCollins 07:01:38 10/25/23 (8)
- Your description reminds more of vinyl than digital. /nt\ - John Elison 09:16:40 10/25/23 (6)
- But it lacks the snap crackle pop ;-) - AbeCollins 09:26:53 10/26/23 (5)
- RE: But it lacks the snap crackle pop ;-) - John Elison 15:58:13 11/01/23 (4)
- RE: But it lacks the snap crackle pop ;-) - morricab 10:10:45 11/02/23 (3)
- RE: But it lacks the snap crackle pop ;-) - AbeCollins 09:34:25 11/04/23 (2)
- RE: But it lacks the snap crackle pop ;-) - morricab 04:00:28 11/05/23 (1)
- RE: But it lacks the snap crackle pop ;-) - John Elison 08:46:05 11/09/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - John Elison 08:27:54 10/25/23 (0)
- RE: New DAC suggestions - fstein 14:30:31 10/23/23 (0)
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- RE: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - morricab 10:03:49 11/02/23 (2)
- RE: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - AbeCollins 08:54:22 11/06/23 (1)
- RE: Both the Audio-GD and Denafrips Terminator... - morricab 02:04:07 11/07/23 (0)