I have the D90...IMO not even those that designed the dacs can answer that..
I would get the one that seems better build, with better components etc, which usually its the most expensive one..
I have the D90...IMO not even those that designed the dacs can answer that..
I would get the one that seems better build, with better components etc, which usually its the most expensive one..
I owned the Mytek...no comparison to the D90 that I currently own.I'm currently using an original mytek brooklyn- I'm actually not sure if the topping will be an improvement but I thought I'd give it a try. The brooklyn has it's faults (mqa filter distortion, volume control not great) but I bypass the volume control in my setup (brooklyn->benchmark hpa4->ahb2) and keep mqa off unless I'm actually using it.
All the benchmark stuff downstream means the mytek can run at 10 volts on the balanced outputs while the d90se is 4 or 5 volts at most. i'm curious if that'll be a disadvantage for the topping or if being able to boost the topping's signal up using the HPA4's input trim will make it a non-issue.
Oey!Well, I don't really remember what I was doing on 25.12.1985 but probably I was sleeping. What were you doing on Christmas of 19XX(when you were 10 years old)?
Now.. you've made 300k for your company (and for you). I've been paid, right? I would hate to find out that you were abused by your company ! All this while I was asleep. Fantastic!
What does it mean? That you are smart and I am stupid => I shouldn't question your wisdom. It 's a point view, sure and I will think about it.
But if you are so smart, how did you think that you were asked "what would you buy" as in "what's your favorite color"? and not as in "what should I buy"? That was a very specific question.
show me where i can add the "sugar" sound of 4 kt88s with 3 gold lion 12au7 pre amp tubes using a DOGE tube DAC with clarity caps , with an RCA split to my purify amp that will improve the sound of most brighter sounding speakers to be more forgiving and help planars sound more natural. this is what works for me. my old topping d10s sounded not even 50% as good as my current set up, yet it "measured" better. why cant i characterize it as a desirable feature? thats literally the goal of all components ? to be desirable? everyone has different tastes.Why do you want the designer of the product to add the sugar, rather than you doing it yourself, so that it is exactly to your liking? Taking this one step further, why would you want a reviewer like Amir picking the sound he likes best for you? How do you know if you will like it? I suppose if you determined a certain reviewer had similar tastes as yours, you could follow their recommendations (e.g.: movie reviews).
As some others have said, I see no problem with wanting to "adjust" sound to your liking. I don't think anyone here is saying that is wrong. But when manufacturers and reviewers start characterizing noise as some sort of desirable feature, or someone attributes characteristics to components that defy the laws of physics, the line has been crossed.
My view is that if I am given the "real" baseline, so to say, then I can EQ as I like. But if I am told something is better because the designer or reviewer thinks its sounds better, how do I know what has been adjusted, and how am I able to account for that?
Why? Because we don't know anything you are saying is real, as in function of the system and not your imagination. Plenty of people think their car runs better after they wash it. Doesn't mean engineers have to go to the drawing board and figure out why said car runs "better."show me where i can add the "sugar" sound of 4 kt88s with 3 gold lion 12au7 pre amp tubes using a DOGE tube DAC with clarity caps , with an RCA split to my purify amp that will improve the sound of most brighter sounding speakers to be more forgiving and help planars sound more natural. this is what works for me. my old topping d10s sounded not even 50% as good as my current set up, yet it "measured" better. why cant i characterize it as a desirable feature? thats literally the goal of all components ? to be desirable? everyone has different tastes.
I already can't tell if you were joking, trolling, or being serious...my old topping d10s sounded not even 50% as good as my current set up, yet it "measured" better... so again i want sugar on my pancakes and EQ is like diet sugar with a bad aftertaste in comparison...
Why is this myth keep getting repeated? Where do you get this impression? What percentage of people in the world hate ice cream? So no, we are not different. Vast majority of us want the same thing. Test after test shows this in research. A few are different but majority have the same preference where all other spurious factors are removed (knowledge of products, systems, etc.). When only sound is being evaluated, we want good fidelity, not some screwed up response. Don't fall for audiophile myths backed by zero evidence and appeal to incorrect lay intuition.everyone has different tastes.
I definitely agree. If I were to want to flavor the sound I'd be getting this dac like I already am and I can just choose rca or xlr,XLR can go to my SS amp (hpa4), and RCA go to a tube amp. I can change between them as desired.The sugar you're talking about is harmonic distortion and phase distortion. It's entirely different from EQ, and one is not a substitute for the other. Certainly many people do like the warmth of tubes and transformers, and all of the very measurable non-linearities that come with. I enjoy it myself. I think a DAC is the last place you want to find It though. You should start with a pure signal, and sugar it up further down the chain. Your preamp, amp and speakers are where you should be getting that. If you want it at the source, try vinyl. For me, I want the purest reproduction of the source possible.
Maybe it's the power amplifier that needs multiple inputs not the dac having another set of inputs and selection circuit.
I owned the Mytek...no comparison to the D90 that I currently own.
Result,Got one for father's day gift.
And it has the CE logo right.
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Can anyone hear the difference between using different filter?
Filter 1 / 6 are the most correct, but 7 is the least distortion.
What should be using if I can't hear any difference ?