DynaMike Posted September 5, 2009 Author Report Posted September 5, 2009 Cool info - but no firewire on a MacBook Air (my big remote control). So no Apogee as a contender... I
jp11801 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Posted September 5, 2009 Cool info - but no firewire on a MacBook Air (my big remote control). So no Apogee as a contender... I
punkaroo Posted November 26, 2009 Report Posted November 26, 2009 I have a Devilsound NOS dac hooked up to a Mac (hey, that rhymed). I'm using a Millet Hybrid amp with it and listening with HF-2s. My ONLY complaint is the highs are a tad grating; I've broken in the HF-2s for many hours, and I'm thinking it may be the dac. Time to EQ a bit more. Other than that, I'm really happy with this setup
jp11801 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) it ain't the HF2s that is creating the high end hash Edited November 26, 2009 by jp11801
regal Posted November 30, 2009 Report Posted November 30, 2009 Unless you have some $5k OTL amp sell it and get an amp suitable for grados (hybrid or OPT), I recommend the SOHAII. With the money saved get a good DAC. NOS DAC's have a nagging problem in that any frequencies over 15k stay there, in otherwords a 17khz tone is transformed into a 15khz tone due to aliasing with the lack of a filter. Some like this others don't only your ears will know.
punkaroo Posted December 25, 2009 Report Posted December 25, 2009 I just swapped out my tubes in my Millet for some 12FM6s (Tung Sols) and the SQ with the Devilsound is perfect; I also found that pairing a SS amp with a NOS dac sounds amazing as well! (I tested out an EC/SS with the Devilsound - it's incredible!)
Hens Posted May 16, 2010 Report Posted May 16, 2010 I have a "NOS" an2.1 kit and a otl amp (WA2) I use them to power my alessando ms-pro and to me they sound great. Not that the an2 being NOS had anything to do with it, but when I was just using my asus stx as a computer source before the an2 the ms-pros sounded awful out of the wa2, the sound stage was compressed and the mid range clustered and unorganised. I guess I dont really have a point, except, buy a good dac, its the weakest link in a lot of audio chains.
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