Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital

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TomW16

Re: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #20 on: 4 Sep 2007, 11:58 pm »
Hey Wayner,

Let me know what the differences are between the Topp DAC and the Ultra DAC if you ever decide to upgrade.  Like you, I have been very happy with my Topp DAC and can't justify the price difference to upgrade with such good sound now.

Tom

Zheeeem

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Re: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #21 on: 5 Sep 2007, 04:51 pm »
Hey Wayner,

Let me know what the differences are between the Topp DAC and the Ultra DAC if you ever decide to upgrade.  Like you, I have been very happy with my Topp DAC and can't justify the price difference to upgrade with such good sound now.

Tom

I upgraded from a TOPP-DAC to an Ultra 3 years ago, and it was well worth the money.  Not as big a jump as from a non-DAC to a TOPP-DAC, but definitely worthwhile.

gjs_cds

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mea maxima culpa: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #22 on: 17 Oct 2007, 03:35 pm »
Meyer & Moran (2007) report that there is no audible difference between 16-bit/44.1-kHz processing and 24-bit/192-kHz PCM or 1-bit/2.8442-MHz DSD.

It appears that Mr. Van Alstine, as usual, was right all along. 

http://theaudiocritic.com/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=41&blogId=1

avahifi

Re: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #23 on: 17 Oct 2007, 04:02 pm »
Anyone know how I can obtain a copy of Meyer & Moran's report?

I need to understand the whole playback chain to determine if the report is correct or if there possibly is links in their audio chain capable of obscuring any differences that were undetected by the setup engineers.

Regards,

Frank Van Alsitne

gjs_cds

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Re: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #24 on: 17 Oct 2007, 05:47 pm »
Anyone know how I can obtain a copy of Meyer & Moran's report?

I need to understand the whole playback chain to determine if the report is correct or if there possibly is links in their audio chain capable of obscuring any differences that were undetected by the setup engineers.

Regards,

Frank Van Alsitne

I'll get my GA to get it as a PDF and email it to you @ your AVAHiFI.com address.  Might be an interesting read for myself as well...

gjs_cds

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Re: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #25 on: 19 Oct 2007, 09:06 pm »
Anyone know how I can obtain a copy of Meyer & Moran's report?

I need to understand the whole playback chain to determine if the report is correct or if there possibly is links in their audio chain capable of obscuring any differences that were undetected by the setup engineers.

Regards,

Frank Van Alsitne

Frank--I've got the article, and tried (unsuccessfully) to send it to your info@avahifi.com address.  If you want it, let me know; all I need is an address that won't think it's Spam!

martyo

Re: Ultra DAC vs Older AVA Digital
« Reply #26 on: 19 Oct 2007, 09:50 pm »
Try:
      Frank Van Alstine [avahifi@comcast.net]