Denon DA-500

[Dusty Chalk]

What a strange fucking thing to happen... Semi-obscure 14 year old equipement that hardly sells at a premium as the subject of a scam? Why fuck with people over $145

You don't remember William Goody?

[cclragnarok]

What a strange fucking thing to happen... Semi-obscure 14 year old equipement that hardly sells at a premium as the subject of a scam? Why fuck with people over $145

More believable?

I must say that I trusted the seller largely because of this.

[JBLoudG20]

You sent in money too?

[cclragnarok]

You sent in money too?

No. I was thinking about it, but I decided not to after I realized that the DA-500 is too big for what I was gonna use if for. That's when I posted the link to the listing in this thread.

[jinp6301]

Well, hydro got the Denon and its been "lent" to me. The only other source I have to compare it to is the Accuphase but the denon holds up well. The highs could be improved and its not the most transparent dac in the world but overall I'm pretty happy with it

[jinp6301]

Ok, so I've been listening to the denon for a while and it seems like theres a midrange suckout somewhere. Does anyone have a FR graph of the denon?

[en480c4]

I don't, but I find that surprising. I've been running mine for a while now and the fact that it's fairly balanced, to my ears at least, is why I like it so much. While it may not be amazing at anything, it's never had any real glaring faults, either.

[jinp6301]

I've just been casually listening and it seems to me that theres a chunk of sound missing in distorted guitar and in the upper part of male vocals. It might be just me being used to the Accuphase sound

[hYdrociTy]

"lent"

permanently. I don't want that pos in my audio chain

it's like a demented dac system born in the wrong implementation. maybe it will get over it's insecurity and finally come out as a nos dac. then again you could just get a real philips chip. i guess all the wrongs add up to a giant glob of wrong that some find pleasing. If i could sum up the sound in one word without going into the negatives, it would be "concrete."

maybe if the filby mods are done it might just sound ok.

this fotm is totally unwarranted. the vinyl craze hitting everyone is something else though

[lostonetr]

whew.. I read it wrong at first. Was like how did he find the d5000 enjoyable and compare it to an accuphase (not the same type o stuff)?

Some of those mods look familiar [noparse][/noparse]. Really need to advance on selling some of my gear (dumping a certain pricey wood cup headphone) and get cash for those filburt (filbby does sound better, I praise yo great spelling skillz again hydro) mods. backup plan is to teleport PFK's parasound to my place.

[hYdrociTy]

backup plan is to teleport PFK's parasound to my place.

That's actually my main plan.

[JBLoudG20]

Karma for not buying Digital Link III

[jinp6301]

permanently. I don't want that pos in my audio chain

it's like a demented dac system born in the wrong implementation. maybe it will get over it's insecurity and finally come out as a nos dac. then again you could just get a real philips chip. i guess all the wrongs add up to a giant glob of wrong that some find pleasing. If i could sum up the sound in one word without going into the negatives, it would be "concrete."

maybe if the filby mods are done it might just sound ok.

this fotm is totally unwarranted. the vinyl craze hitting everyone is something else though

your ears are broken. I think its def better then the lite dac and probably the AA DDE

[deepak]

You guys expect a lot for

[jinp6301]

heh, its very good for the price, I have to give it that. I'm just saying what I feel the faults are.

[postjack]

My new desktop headphone rig:

Sounds great so far.

[Hopstretch]

Yes please!

PS: Has anyone ever told you you grip your mouse too tight?

[n_maher]

Looking good, Jack! I bet it sounds sweet too.

[hYdrociTy]

what a perfect senn setup!

[diebenkorn]

Yes please!

PS: Has anyone ever told you you grip your mouse too tight?

Those are teeth marks.

[hYdrociTy]

'pressins?

[postjack]

PS: Has anyone ever told you you grip your mouse too tight?

I really enjoyed listening to the setup last night. I agree that the DA-500 doesn't do anything wrong to these ears, which adds up to a pleasurable listening experience across a range of genres. The midrange may not be the liquid cool goodness of the 840C, but I do not think it is sucked out. In fact, I couldn't help but be slightly reminded of the DL-103. Maybe this is just the subconscious part of my brain struggling to find a house sound between two items from the same company created half a century apart, but I swear I didn't consciously arrive at this comparison. I was listening to the vocals in the midrange, and started thinking "this sound reminds me of some other source I've heard," then the DL-103 came to mind. Neat.

As for the Wheatfield, I hadn't really spent quality time with it since I eliminated my headphone rig a few months ago (it didn't get a lot of attention in the speaker room, because when I was in there I listened to, you guessed it, speakers), and I am definitely happy to come back to tubes. Tubes are so awesome. I often forget that it was a tube amp (PPX3 Slam) that first really made me a believer in hi-fi.

[JBLoudG20]

I really enjoyed listening to the setup last night. I agree that the DA-500 doesn't do anything wrong to these ears, which adds up to a pleasurable listening experience across a range of genres. The midrange may not be the liquid cool goodness of the 840C, but I do not think it is sucked out. In fact, I couldn't help but be slightly reminded of the DL-103. Maybe this is just the subconscious part of my brain struggling to find a house sound between two items from the same company created half a century apart, but I swear I didn't consciously arrive at this comparison. I was listening to the vocals in the midrange, and started thinking "this sound reminds me of some other source I've heard," then the DL-103 came to mind. Neat.

As for the Wheatfield, I hadn't really spent quality time with it since I eliminated my headphone rig a few months ago (it didn't get a lot of attention in the speaker room, because when I was in there I listened to, you guessed it, speakers), and I am definitely happy to come back to tubes. Tubes are so awesome. I often forget that it was a tube amp (PPX3 Slam) that first really made me a believer in hi-fi.

Maybe you should check out that almarro Charlie is selling to get some tube love into your speakers

[deepak]

I really enjoyed listening to the setup last night. I agree that the DA-500 doesn't do anything wrong to these ears, which adds up to a pleasurable listening experience across a range of genres. The midrange may not be the liquid cool goodness of the 840C, but I do not think it is sucked out. In fact, I couldn't help but be slightly reminded of the DL-103. Maybe this is just the subconscious part of my brain struggling to find a house sound between two items from the same company created half a century apart, but I swear I didn't consciously arrive at this comparison. I was listening to the vocals in the midrange, and started thinking "this sound reminds me of some other source I've heard," then the DL-103 came to mind. Neat.

As for the Wheatfield, I hadn't really spent quality time with it since I eliminated my headphone rig a few months ago (it didn't get a lot of attention in the speaker room, because when I was in there I listened to, you guessed it, speakers), and I am definitely happy to come back to tubes. Tubes are so awesome. I often forget that it was a tube amp (PPX3 Slam) that first really made me a believer in hi-fi.

Would you be interested in a Denon tube amp too? I have one for one millyun rubles.

[postjack]

Would you be interested in a Denon tube amp too? I have one for one millyun rubles.

send paypal invoic pls. ty