evil-zen

What do you mean by its pre-amp being limited?

I am thinking of getting the Cayin to function as speaker, preamp and last but not least headphone amp. Before I buy it, I better ask some questions. How does it function in terms of its 3 capabilities? All of them will be used in my system. I also noticed several fellow members (cum moderators) have owned and sold the Cayin amp. But what makes you decide to sell it?

Did you actually lug your tube amp and cdp to Australia?

how about a headroom home amp with a max dac? A great dac inside a great amp as well. No interconnects only 1 cable needed.

Yours for only S$3700.

The true leaders are humble...

Yes. You want?

bump and price drop.

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=186320

HF1 sold.

Singaporeans gets $20 discount.

Way to go viix!

I wonder how many of those PC audio bashers have heard an audiophile soundcard sending EAC ripped lossless digital to a suitable DAC.

The newest consensus seem to point at the EMU soundcards like 0404 and 1212 for digital output. I haven't done much testing yet but so far 1212 digital out seems fine.

From the previous posts trashing computer setups, I wonder how many actually tried a properly done computer setup? How many actually went through the way of a good soundcard/usb card providing digital out, DAC, extraction using EAC and playing through supposedly the best software player foobar2000? Computer based audio is not equivalent to mp3s and other lossy medium. It does not mean that you can only place your cd in the cd-rom and playing through that. Current cd/dvd drives are so good in extraction that quality does not matter especially when you use EAC to extract it. Every single bit can be reread several times to make it bit perfect. You cannot be 100% sure when using single speed cd transports. What if the transport fails to read a section of it? It interpolates(guessing) and no way can they sound good. When you have copied the cd to the hdd in lossless format, they are exactly the same as the cd.

Computer based setups are flexible. You can add upsampling using several algorithms, add crossfeed, equalise and so on. Each option subtly changes the sound to fit your preferences. Hard drives do spin but so do cd transports. My hdd is silent to the point that some cdps are louder than that.

Yes in terms of power supply they may be inferior. But does it really matter? I've measured 2 cdps and my soundcard in terms of digital output to my DAC. One of the cdp uses a linear ps and yet my soundcard has better measurements and sound better. Yes I used my ears and not just measurements.

You can get a RME soundcard with optical out to whatever DAC you want. Stereophile tested one of them several years back and jitter measurements do not lose to any other conventional cdps out there. I've also listened to higher end cdps and they are not better than my humble computer.

I'm interested. But it seems like you can buy each piece individually?

We will miss you Albert. Hope you come back soon.

bump

Ety 4P for sale also.

I counted about 20+.

Yeap it does.

evil-zen>> sleep with yr MS2i tonight??

I'm faithful to my Stax. The MS2i still lies clothed.

Thanks to Wilson and admin yotiao. Nice talking to both of you just now. Thanks for the prize too!

I suggest getting the UM1 alone. The CK7 is far inferior. Or for less than $300, you can get the Etymotics 4P which I happen to be selling. 4P > UM1 > CK7 in my experience.

Some USB dacs.

http://www.scott-nixon.com

Headroom Micro Dac

Why don't you get a brand new Shuffle from apple? Has student discount and fast shipping as well.

I just realised you have an Aria. So i guess it basically solved the problem unless you are looking for a higher end source.