TubeDriver wrote:
-300db noise floor?
The Holo May DAC measures well but my vinyl setup sounds better IMHO. Laughably better in some cases. Shrug, it just does for some reason.
Pete, I sort of agree and can say that I find vinyl sounds just as clean and just about as low noise on my setup as digital. Two things on my vinyl rig has helped considerably for that. First is the little iFiPhono 3, I find it to be a wonderful phonostage, black background, really gets the detail. The other is my recent motor upgrade on my Teres 340 to a Verus 3 phase synchronous motor rim drive. It is incredible how much difference that makes, vinyl is very impactful, fast, stable, and very low noise. I was always a bit unhappy with the old DC motor setup, especially when having battery problems, but that is all over now. The table is so much better with the new motor.
The quality of the recording matters on both formats, and a great recording on either makes you appreciate what the format can do. No complaints, and nice to have both options.
As far as the Rob Watts videos, I will have to watch them. I have listened to some podcast interviews with him before, and he is obviously very smart and know what he is doing, and pushes the limits of what is possible, but sometimes he talks about what is theoretically possible rather than practically achievable. I recall he has stated that available FPGA size limits what he can actually program into the chips.
David