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Post by cowanrg on Aug 14, 2015 19:17:10 GMT -5
I guess I can get my hands on an NAD M51 and try it against the yggy, but without a volume control, I'm not really sure what that will tell me. That just means I need to spend more money to get a preamp, and then they're not really price comparable, plus you have the additional variable of a preamp. fun.
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Post by DYohn on Aug 14, 2015 19:32:20 GMT -5
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Post by brutiarti on Aug 14, 2015 19:36:03 GMT -5
I guess I can get my hands on an NAD M51 and try it against the yggy, but without a volume control, I'm not really sure what that will tell me. That just means I need to spend more money to get a preamp, and then they're not really price comparable, plus you have the additional variable of a preamp. fun. Remember that you are getting an end game dac with the yggy. If you are not that picky you can always get a preamp with a built in dac, aka Parasound P5
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Post by monkumonku on Aug 14, 2015 19:46:58 GMT -5
"closed form digital filter", "Adapticlock", "Bitperfect clock management", etc. I get that all of these things mean something, but not without significant education or explanation. I am in no way commenting on the quality of the product. When you reach the product page and you see all of that, it just sounds like marketing talk. Looking up the chips on digikey and elsewhere, it does seem they are using some nice hardware, and probably have a good product, I'm merely commenting on how its portrayed, which is generally how things go with high end audio. I think Emotiva's product portrayal is a bit more direct. "closed form digital filter" is literal. It means it is a digtial filter with closed form math. None of the samples are discarded. NO other DAC on the market does this. "Adapticlock" is a trademark name for their USB anti-jitter resampling system. If you did a little research you could figure this out, and it is no different than any other company giving a trade name to their proprietary technology. "Bitperfect clock management" is, again, literal. What is it you are looking for? Like you say, these terms are literal, the way you would describe an oven as "convection." If one wants to understand this further then they can do the research on what the terms mean. It might be nice if Schiit explained it on their site but they are under no obligation to do so; one can write and ask for more information or call them. I've found no one responds faster to an inquiry than Schiit does. And in the end, doesn't it boil down to how a product sounds to your own ears? All this tech talk is nice to know, but the end result is what matters. You can go back and forth looking at reviews, talking to people, reading literature, etc., but until you try it yourself you will never know. Who cares if something is marketing talk or technical talk or whatever talk, the proof is in the listening. Companies like Schiit offer a trial period so the best thing is to take advantage of it and give it a whirl. I'm sure that's what you did and you wound up keeping it.
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Post by brutiarti on Aug 14, 2015 19:57:55 GMT -5
I've been working in and around this industry since the early 1970's. It's easy to find what you want when you know people (especially high end dealers in Manhattan.) Dyohn, do you care about interconnects? Or you just use whatever looks nice enough?
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Post by DYohn on Aug 15, 2015 10:02:52 GMT -5
I've been working in and around this industry since the early 1970's. It's easy to find what you want when you know people (especially high end dealers in Manhattan.) Dyohn, do you care about interconnects? Or you just use whatever looks nice enough? I use well-made ICs that are not way too long.
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