Recent content by scottm_dj

a chip does not do everything...it depends a lot on the quality of its integration and its "environment"... Of course this implies it's implemented properly. If that is taken care of, this AKM chip is arguably the best option currently on the market...considering that this will never be...

I have a similar scenario and a pre-sale check. BOTH my digital and my analog input devices are superb. The digital input would be an top-line (still!) Oppo 205, and the line input would be a ridiculously good Audio Research MP1 multi-channel preamp. I'm guessing the optical into the Oppo...

So I dug up an old Sonos Zone Player tonite and hooked it up the same way into my 205--has to be at least 15 years old but still does the trick Obviously it's not going to be in high-res & going to cut everything down to "dreaded" 16-44, but their interface Is considered the gold standard...

I'm just looking for Q Connect to come to ANYTHING :-). They're so far behind on that is ridiculous... But in my case there's really no need for the PLUS because I'll be using the digital outs, correct? That would come into play if I was hooking directly into a preamp with the...

So my question is pretty simple: Even the best WIIM Pro Plus DAC can't beat the stellar 9038 Pro DAC implementation of my OPPO 205. So I want to be able to send the full high-res 24-192 Qobuz output (plus lesser internet radio) from the WIIM into my 205 DAC to be processed and then out to my...