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Understood.Such a list would be highly appreciated. Maybe if you avoid direct rankings on the list you retain a level of objecitivty while still steering people towards products that deserve praise and have measured well.
Understood.Such a list would be highly appreciated. Maybe if you avoid direct rankings on the list you retain a level of objecitivty while still steering people towards products that deserve praise and have measured well.
Welcome to the forum Derek. Do you need networking/streaming features in the DAC? If not, there are far better choices.
However, I found that the sound is thin and bass is little bit poor. EQ setting also can't help in this case, seems EQ not effective in RCA output.
Just acquire the amp a few days ago. Quite the keeper (beat out NAD 3020, 3045 and sprout100) in a DB matched comparison.
Has anyone pushed this amp to its limits with speaker pairing just for kicks? I have a pair of large Elac Adante AF-61 floorstanders (measurements, impedance graphs, etc shown here, https://www.stereophile.com/content/elac-adante-af-61-loudspeaker-measurements ) paired with a Yamaha A-S2100.
Would this amp struggle to drive something like this? I don't listen at ear hurting volumes. I am just trying to explore the Class D sound (i have no experience with Class D thus far).
It obviously depends on how far you sit and how loud you need. Regardless, the AF-61, according to the specs Stereophile listed:
Power handling: 160W peak (50–160W recommended).
So while it isn't very sensitive, and nominal impedance is only 6 ohms, it is quite limited in terms of power handling anyway.
I sit about 8 ft away. I try not to exceed 80 to 83 dB levels anymore. Theoretically, leaving a 20 db headroom (play it safe a bit), i would need approximately 60Watts/channel. Without considering headroom, i'd be at 100dB. But, i'm hoping it doesn't crap on me if i get it and try to run these speakers. It is not exactly cheap (500 bucks).
If you won't exceed 80 dB average, 100 dB peak then I think you have sufficient headroom for the unexpected. 80 dB average would be too loud for me, but if that's what you need I think this thing is not going to work well in the long run. The WXC-50 + a 2 channel power amp would be a much better solution. The WXA/WXC do have very good measurements on the ACR bench.