Some people claim the best redbook dac is Reimyo DAP 999 EX
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0409/reimyo_dap_999ex.htm
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0409/reimyo_dap_999ex.htm
Some people claim the best redbook dac is Reimyo DAP 999 EX
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0409/reimyo_dap_999ex.htm
Which is why I always recommend an in home audition. I haven't heard the Berkeley. If I see one, I will give it a listen, but would never spend that kind of money on a DAC.
i have heard great things about Reimyo and would love to hear someday. For now, on 16/44.1, i love my Zanden and have not taken any [relative] newcomers over it to date.
Lloyd, are you also mainly a redbook listener?
Exclusively a redbook listener...many years ago, i promised myself to focus on ONE source...so as not to split my resources. And here we are...nearly 8 years after the Zanden and still extremely happy, even after having auditioned and/or brought home other digital equipment.
I understand that, as I too am extremely happy with my DAC, the Ayre QB-9 DSD. I recently migrated to a new MacMini and the latest JRiver software and the DAC seems even better than before, with the older MacMin and Amarra. One thing I'd like to point out is I think it is great having a company that will upgrade their DAC for a minimal charge, in order to keep it current or whenever they discover a way to improve it. Ayre has done that twice to my DAC, pushing it's performance ever higher.
What is CH?
I have heard and compared the original Reimyo player yrs ago. Awfully good mids some of the best I've heard. Might not have been as detailed at extreme low/hi ends. Not a bad thing on the highs IMHO.Some people claim the best redbook dac is Reimyo DAP 999 EX
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0409/reimyo_dap_999ex.htm
I had seen his measurements and forum posts before. What I am looking for is his credentials and better documentation of what he is measuring. In his profile it says he is an "acoustic researcher" or some such thing. That is not the right type of background for testing DACs. Maybe he knows more than that but I don't know it.amirm you can ask questions directly to the guy who did the Yggdrasil measurements here:
http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,2405.0.html
(also contains good discussion and a second set of measurements with the DAC fully warm/settled ~400hrs uptime)
Thanks. That is the same picture I was commenting on previously. Oh there is jitter. It is hidden by misconfiguration the graph. I took that same image and made it easier to read in Photoshop:amirm you linked the wrong picture, it is from the 1Khz@-90dBFS frequency response test. The jitter test is the one above it.
Here is the image and indeed the signal is at 11.05Khz:
Looks pretty good to me.... (jitter? what jitter?)
Perhaps, but I really liked what I heard from this DAC. Once I can get it past the wife, I hope to test one out in my system. It s amazing that my wife can buy yet another hand bag for up to $2k but if I want a DAC for that price, well, it isn't easy. I guess I am not the only guy with this problem!
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