Parasound Zdac now in stores

[Mr.Sneis]

Seems like many of the DACs on the audiophile market have some sort of "extremely low jitter" or "jitter free" claim. If I had to guess this has been claimed all the way back to the 90's.

What exactly would a flawless cock look like

[Grahame]

Grahame, I may be misreading (as their site structure is a bit confusing), but isn't the above referenced from the Holm CD player? May make more since to lock to 44.1 there (or resample to 44.1 if not). Not sure if it applies to the Zdac (which then upsamples to 24/422kHz, right?). Or again I'm likely confused.

Ric, if you follow the link in my post you'll see it comes from the blurb about the HOLM DSPre 1 - itself an interesting product - DAC / DSP based preamp / crossover with optional room correction downloadable (to firmware?)

That's what they said, and I'm inferring / Reverse engineering from marketing speak - so I could be wrong. How much of it applies to the parasound DAC is a subject for conjecture. If only we knew of an IP lawyer who could actually look at what they are claiming

[blessingx]

EDIT: Just got off the phone with Parasound and there's no downsampling to 44.1 and in fact the ""Clock Flawless" system is not part of the Zdac (and has been removed from descriptions/marketing) although Holm was still part of the design.

And although the Chord Red CDP comes in a ridiculous case, it's an upsampler I've enjoyed (for the few CDs I've heard with it).

Edited November 16, 2012 by blessingx

[Hopstretch]

And although the Chord Red CDP comes in a ridiculous case, it's an upsampler I've enjoyed (for the few CDs I've heard with it).

I don't know about flawless cocks, but that chassis is definitely compensating for something!

[Voltron]

What exactly would a flawless cock look like

This kid has one:

[naamanf]

That is one hell of a large white cock. Looks like he is squeezing it a bit hard and turning the head purple.

Edited November 16, 2012 by naamanf

[swt61]

Well he's a pubescent kid after all. He'll get bored in a few years and squeeze his cock a bit less.

[Grahame]

That is one hell of a large white cock. Looks like he is squeezing it a bit hard and turning the head purple.

The Color on your monitor needs calibrating. Or Squeegeeing.

[swt61]

Well it just goes to prove that an enormous cock will fluster even the straightest of men.

[blessingx]

As long as they don't get in the way of first impressions.

[swt61]

They delivered it to the wrong address, so it'll be tomorrow before first listen.

[The Monkey]

They delivered it to the wrong address, so it'll be tomorrow before first listen.

That's the kind of thing that would cause me to have a wee tantrum.

[justin]

i'm sorry someone else is enjoying your flawless cock

[swt61]

i'm sorry someone else is enjoying your flawless cock

Those are words I never expected to come out of Justin's mouth!

Actually it's an alternate address I had on my FedEx account. Not sure why they delivered there, but I've already made arrangements to pick it up tomorrow. It's still sealed.

[swt61]

I still need to finish sand, round edges and put a Lacquer finish on the rack, but you can get an idea of what I was attempting. I have some feet coming for the rack as well. They look like they'll match the feet of the Parasound gear pretty well. I was planning on Walnut, until I discovered I had more than enough Cherry.

Looks can be deceiving, as this tower of smaller sized gear is damned heavy. These amps are no slouch, and yes I'm running my K1000s from two Zamps in bridged mode. No such thing as overkill. This desktop system powers both of my main speaker sets very well.

I know a few are curious about the sound of the new Zdac. Well I'm just starting my listening, but first impressions are very good. Definitely has that Parasound house sound. This is better than I expected a sub $500.00 DAC to sound.

Later I'll compare it to my Buffalo 32, but for now I'm just going to enjoy the beautiful, beautiful music.

[skullguise]

What a great system that looks like, nice work!

[blessingx]

Oh damn, that looks great. Love the handle addition. Also good to know about the house sound. Thanks for the update.

BTW, how do you like the pre? Also nice having four headphone jacks?

Edited November 17, 2012 by blessingx

[The Monkey]

Steve, that looks absolutely awesome.

[Grahame]

+1 for the good looking rack, Steve.

[CD44hi]

Very nice looking rack Steve! What is the approx weight of the whole thing?

[swt61]

It's approaching 50 lbs.

I got to use my newish pocket screw jig for all the joinery. I really like pocket screw technology, as you don't have to wait for glue to dry.

Ric, I didn't like the pre at all for about 10 minutes, until I figured out that I had the fixed-record outputs hooked up to the amps. Once I hooked the variable outputs up, it actually attenuated the volume.

I didn't really need it (until I decided to buy a used Ztuner), but got a great deal on it used. In fact the only piece I purchased new was the Zdac. And the handle just seemed useful, as I can carry it to friends houses pretty easy.

Edited November 18, 2012 by swt61

[Voltron]

Christ on a bike, Steve, you are truly an artist and a visionary. That is truly HAWT! Enjoy the beautiful, beautiful music from the gorgeous, gorgeous cabinet.

[shellylh]

That is serious awesomeness Steve!

[guzziguy]

That looks great, Steve. Well done!

BTW, I hear that Sennheiser is looking for someone to create a rack for their new amp. Have they contacted you yet?

[cutestory]

Magnificent!