AcousticPlan Vadi (used as a transport) into a second generation Tron DAC. The CEC transport worked very well too.
Why ? Under ABX you cannot tell the difference between CD and MP3 at 64kbps. Do you sell this useless bit of kit that will not make a difference due to all Dacs sounding the same ?
I listened to the Naim with ATC speakers in a hifi shop in the NE.Very in the room sound.Tight with a full tone.I think that is probably a good suggestion.When I was looking for a new CD player the best natural sound and 3d imaging came from a Naim CD5x which I bought. I am mainly vinyl so it was nice to find a cd player that presented in a similar fashion.
It replaced a Marantz CD63 KI Signature and I tried it against a Meridian, Ayre and Naim CDX2.
Haven't added any power supplies to it.
Edgar has demonstrated the BACCH system in Munich and also at a UK show, it is hugely impressive how stereo really should sound.
http://bacch.com/
Keith
Perhaps just actually read what it can do before making any more thoughtless posts.
Q sound was awful.
Can’t remember the make but remember the button for it.Only used it once.Didn’t really see the advantageAh, I never realised it had gone that far down-market. It was a high-end studio rack FX unit when I heard of it!
None of those, essentially the left channel is only heard in your left ear and not later and quieter in your right and vice versa.I’ve just skimmed the website (it is very light on detail). It looks to be an FX device similar to say Roland Q-Sound or the technologies used to make little TV soundbars sound “wide”. It is clearly adding additional ‘flavour’ and ‘interpretation’ to the source material, which I thought was the polar opposite of your whole tub-thumping ‘reproduce the signal and nothing more’ ideology.
There is a bit more information on the Theoretica site.
Edgar and Martijn were to share a room at this years Munich Hi-End but sadly.. perhaps next year.Its just marketing. Where is the white paper? Where is the actual detail of what is being manipulated? It is clearly an FX unit IMO.
No recommendations here, but that is really what hi-fi is all about for me.Just interested to hear recommendations for 3D / Holographic CD player or transport / DAC, I know this will be system dependant but looking for guidance.
As with any other studio tool its just a tool, its up to the artist/producer to find a need for it and use it well. I’d happily use it on electronica and other entirely studio-created music, though absolutely not on a string quartet! To be honest the only examples of its use I can bring to mind are Sting’s Dream Of The Blue Turtles and some Madonna (Vogue etc), neither of which are really my ‘thing’, but seem well liked recording/mastering wise. I’ve never played with it myself.
I can get how this can work with specifically recorded tracks and headphones. But with ordinary stero and loudpeakers? How should stereo sound?Edgar has demonstrated the BACCH system in Munich and also at a UK show, it is hugely impressive how stereo really should sound.
http://bacch.com/
Keith