Recent content by Dowser

Do you not think hifi is a journey? Within my price point I am always looking for “better” 🤪

My dCS Delius has both XLR balanced & RCA single-ended outputs. I’ve been using the RCA happily for a month or so via my new to me Purcell upsampler. I recently tried XLR out and was disappointed compared to RCA out, which sounded much better. Both cables around 3m long, both studio microphone...

Exactly my experience using same to power just Naim phono cards

Similar to my journey - I got a Delius last year, and picked up a Purcell a month or so back. For me digital started getting really better when I built a Pi4/DigiOne streaming front end, needed to get a lock onto a vintage Wadia X32 DAC I got a few years back. After a long journey similar to...

Unlikely, but OK :p

Well, remember, it is an early pre-firewire version with no parts available (hardware or software) anymore to upgrade it. That means no DSD, only dual-AES as an interface from the upsampler. Still sounds good to these old ears :)

I did… I then got 30% back due to a damaged top glass plate :p Immaterial as of a month or so ago, as I got a cheap 2nd hand Purcell upsampler to stack on top. My end game DAC I think - unless I ever get a windfall that justifies the expense of their newer kit! amazingly, RP via RaspberryPiOS...

Oops, yes, Purcell 😂 Corrected, sorry.

Hugely overlooked point - I’m running 50cm of proper AES/EBU 110 ohm cable between my DAC and upsampler…you reckon the XLR connectors meet the 110 ohm standard? I seriously doubt it 😆 As said, I’ll try swapping back to 1.5m of 75 ohm cable soon - don’t imagine I will hear a difference…but the...

I’m at the bottom rung of the dCS ladder with vintage Purcell upsampler and Delius (pre FireWire version) DAC - bought separately and relatively cheaply over the last 18 months (just over £1k cost). Really happy upsampling 24/176 from Purcell to Delius via dual-AES. Is the later kit really that...

I have a UPC (bought by Sunrise, but still on core UPC network) 25 Mbps cable internet service. I still use their limited functionality switch/router device - but a year or so back added a decent ASUS router in front of it, and deliver WiFi/LAN services via the Asus with a single Ethernet...

I run dual AES/EBU connections between my dCS Puccini and Delius for upsampling - started with 1.5m of 50 ohm Neutrik NK2 cable as I had it to hand. Recently swapped to 50cm proper 110 ohm Mogami 3080 cable to meet the standard - not sure I heard a difference, but back of rack is much more tidy...

I just switched my vintage dCS Delius from its RCA outputs to RCA on my Croft Mega to XLR outs of Delius to RCA in on Croft - no difference heard. So much so I’m swapping back in another week to the RCA-RCA connection. Difference is the cable - about 3m of Klotz La Grange for RCA, Neutrik...

Thanks, paid & responded.

I'll take 2 of the negative ALWSRs please - I'll need postage to Switzerland if OK, thanks.