humanflyz Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 I just paid DigiPete for his SACDModded Denon 3910, and damn, I am itching to try all my SACDs out.
Iron_Dreamer Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 Whew, that's a great sounding hi-rez unit! Whatcha gettin' next, Pete?
909 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 That source is awesome. It stood up very well against the Saturn. And it's DVD capabilities were fantastic. I still want to upgrade my DVD player since it didn't do my HDTV justice like the 3910. CONGRATS!
humanflyz Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Posted February 13, 2007 I believe Pete's getting a 3910CI, and maybe getting it modded later on
DigiPete Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 Ever get that nervous feeling, like you hope you didn't make a mistake by selling a component Oh well, the 3930CI is my next step
deepak Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 Nice, assuming you'll use the Stello as a pre to the F1? Just curious why you sold your Dynahi? Are you moving back to single headphone, or are you happy driving the HD650 off the DA10?
humanflyz Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Posted February 13, 2007 Nice, assuming you'll use the Stello as a pre to the F1? Just curious why you sold your Dynahi? Are you moving back to single headphone, or are you happy driving the HD650 off the DA10? The Stello will be the pre-amp, and it'll also be the DAC when I'm listening from my computer, and maybe it'll do redbook duties too if I feel like using upsampling. I sold my Dynahi because the Stello has a built-in headphone amp that runs straight from its discrete, class-A output stage.
deepak Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 The Stello will be the pre-amp, and it'll also be the DAC when I'm listening from my computer, and maybe it'll do redbook duties too if I feel like using upsampling. I sold my Dynahi because the Stello has a built-in headphone amp that runs straight from its discrete, class-A output stage. So it sounds good driving the HD650?
humanflyz Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Posted February 14, 2007 So it sounds good driving the HD650? I suspect it will sound like a Stello HP100, but shouldn't sound any worse than the Lavry, and I can always use the balanced pre-amp out with the Hd650s if I feel like it. It won't sound like the Dynahi, but I'm not expecting it to anyways.
humanflyz Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Posted February 14, 2007 I just listened to the 650s from my Lavry: not bad; not good as Dynahi obviously, but it's more than tolerable. Or maybe it's because I'm sick and my ears are stuffed.
postjack Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 I just paid DigiPete for his SACDModded Denon 3910, and damn, I am itching to try all my SACDs out. We need to have a shoot-out between the 3910 and 999es. I have heard fantastic things about the 3910 stock, I am willing to bet that after sacdmods it is a world class reference source. Congratulations! I've gone a bit SACD crazy since I got the 999es. Living Stereo releases are so cheap and so awesome. In non-LS classical releases, check out Harnoncourt's "Mozarts Requiem" if you are looking for a good show-off CD, it is haunting and beautiful. And though there are not many well-mastered rock/pop sacds (relative to classical), I've already found some that take great advantage of the medium (roxy music "avalon", floyd "dark side", nin "downward spiral", all the good Can albums sound amazing in SACD). I also have on order Clapton "Slowhand", Simple Minds "New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84" (one of my favorite albums of all time) and Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms", which I have never even listened to before, but it is supposed to be great. The DM SACD releases have really grown on me. They are radically different from original redbook masters. The trade-off is that you give up intensity and presence for soundstage, depth, and space. They do seem a bit loud at times, but the bottom line is I like them enough to invest in the entire catalog.
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 If your changing your listening habits because of your gear, then you should sell your gear and get out of this hobby in my opinion. Biggie.
humanflyz Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Posted February 14, 2007 We need to have a shoot-out between the 3910 and 999es. I have heard fantastic things about the 3910 stock, I am willing to bet that after sacdmods it is a world class reference source. Congratulations! I've gone a bit SACD crazy since I got the 999es. Living Stereo releases are so cheap and so awesome. In non-LS classical releases, check out Harnoncourt's "Mozarts Requiem" if you are looking for a good show-off CD, it is haunting and beautiful. And though there are not many well-mastered rock/pop sacds (relative to classical), I've already found some that take great advantage of the medium (roxy music "avalon", floyd "dark side", nin "downward spiral", all the good Can albums sound amazing in SACD). I also have on order Clapton "Slowhand", Simple Minds "New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84" (one of my favorite albums of all time) and Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms", which I have never even listened to before, but it is supposed to be great. The DM SACD releases have really grown on me. They are radically different from original redbook masters. The trade-off is that you give up intensity and presence for soundstage, depth, and space. They do seem a bit loud at times, but the bottom line is I like them enough to invest in the entire catalog. I already have Harnoncourt's Requiem, and I can't wait to see how it does in SACD.
postjack Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 If your changing your listening habits because of your gear, then you should sell your gear and get out of this hobby in my opinion. Biggie. I've always listened to everything, so this is a non-issue. Though I would be remiss if I didn't admit my fondness of classical music finally spread beyond Beethoven's symphonies once I got into this hobby.
humanflyz Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Posted February 15, 2007 My Stello got here today: I like it alot
humanflyz Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Posted February 17, 2007 Pete's SACDmodded Denon 3910 just got here, and to answer his question which he asked in PM: It sounds excellent, especially on SACDs.
ojnihs Posted February 17, 2007 Report Posted February 17, 2007 I love how the South Korean hi-fi industry is getting some love.
humanflyz Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Posted February 17, 2007 I thought Denon is Japanese?
Iron_Dreamer Posted February 17, 2007 Report Posted February 17, 2007 I think he's referring to the Stello
ojnihs Posted February 17, 2007 Report Posted February 17, 2007 I think he's referring to the Stello Most definitely!
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