@Mivera when do we get to see measurements of your dac?
When do the new products debut? Will they be Ethernet direct into the Dac? Roon Ready?However this is old news. We moved onto a much better fiber Ethernet interface for our next gen products. All the products on my website have been discontinued.
When do the new products debut? Will they be Ethernet direct into the Dac? Roon Ready?
That's too bad since not all can use off the shelf amps.
It won't. I'd much rather use the Crown DCi for the M2's. I own a pair of NC500's that sit in my closet unused.If the optional internal amp option isn't chosen, external amps can be used. But it will likely just degrade sound and add expense going that route.
It won't. I'd much rather use the Crown DCi for the M2's. I own a pair of NC500's that sit in my closet unused.
No, they're assembled and ready to go. No use for them. Finally sold my Balanced Bent Audio TAP-X too along with my Silver AVC's. The ideal piece now would be a dac/pre that measures exceptionally well that doesn't cost a fortune.You just have the raw NC-500 modules? No wonder they sit in your closet. They require input buffers and power supplies to make a complete amp from them.
No, they're assembled and ready to go. No use for them. Finally sold my Balanced Bent Audio TAP-X too along with my Silver AVC's. The ideal piece now would be a dac/pre that measures exceptionally well that doesn't cost a fortune.
No, long story that I won't get into here. Input buffer is a Bruno design from Hypex though.So you built the amps yourself? What did you use for input buffers and power supplies? I'm on my 8th gen NC-500 design now. What Nord uses was my first gen design. It took 8 gens of tweaks to really make them shine.
No, long story that I won't get into here. Input buffer is a Bruno design from Hypex though.
I don't think you're understanding that the M2 requires an amp/dsp so the options are limited unless one wants to use the BSS which I refuse to do. After spending a day at Harman along with the engineers I know what's best.Ah so the LM4562 based one. Ok I can see why it's in your closet now.
I don't think you're understanding that the M2 requires an amp/dsp so the options are limited unless one wants to use the BSS which I refuse to do. After spending a day at Harman along with the engineers I know what's best.
Correct. I don't know any of those guys, well, unless they bought of the dacs and never said which is possible. Why do you not post measurements if you're pro objective? What will the new price point be for the dac/pre (fully balanced)?
What do you think would be good for measuring jitter in the output of the DAC?For example, the J-test isn't valid for anything but what it was originally designed for.
Fair enough. So this begs the question, what is your suite of measurements and why aren't you posting them on your site or here? I'm not trying to be confrontational but must say I'm curious since you're selling something and am pro measurements based on your comments on this forum.I'm only pro objective if the measurements are taken properly. Im not from the camp that an APx machine can tell us everything using the standard tests everyone uses. For example, the J-test isn't valid for anything but what it was originally designed for. Measuring jitter introduced by SPDIF cables. Here's how the Jtest is described by the inventor of it:
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The inventor of it clearly knows the intended application, yet it's still heavily abused by testing USB DAC's and high res capable DAC's 25 years later.
Question: on scale 1 to 10 with 10 being 100%, how much do you believe in the knowledge of said inventor's understanding of jitter audibility?The inventor of it clearly knows the intended application, yet it's still heavily abused by testing USB DAC's and high res capable DAC's 25 years later.
What do you think would be good for measuring jitter in the output of the DAC?