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In Reply to: RE: New SMSL (S.M.S.L) SU-1 DAC in my headphone system posted by Crazy Dave on July 28, 2024 at 13:07:41
I have the SMSL D400EX which is a wonderful sounding sub $1000 DAC. I've heard from others that the SU-1 has a little more bass oomph if that's something you enjoy."Quick a/b switching for me is useful only when there are serious flaws."
For me a/b switching will certainly reveal flaws in a or b but more often than not with good DACs it just reveals slight differences. Which one you like comes down to preference more than exposing any flaws IMHO.
I'm not a believer in pricey digital interconnects. Any good 75-Ohm coax will do the job perfectly fine. In fact, I've been known to use CableTV DIY RG6U cable for interconnects with excellent results. Old school 75-Ohm RGB video cable will work just as well. Or any of the off the shelf digital interconnects from Home Depot or Best Buy.
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Nothing wrong with a little extra base oomph! I am going to have to spend a bit of time on this one but my initial impress is favorable. The RadioShack may very well be the one a stick with. However, I do have a few composite video cables, that I bought in a thrift stores. A few of them look like they were pretty expensive. I can solder, so I can always make my own. When I sold audio in the 80's, I bought Monster Cable Interlink Reference A, but I bought it because it was cheap to me and looked cool. I didn't really hear a huge difference. It was built well. I still have them. I think I will give them a try just for grins.
Blue Jeans manufactures high quality digital cables of any length you might need. A well built 3 foot 75 ohm cable with top notch RCA plugs, will cost you about 30 bucks. Yeah, it's not dirt cheap, but it's not audiophile crazy expensive, and there are some here in the asylum who hate Blue Jeans when they are off their meds, but it will sound just as good as the mega buck wire and last a lifetime. Same goes for their interconnects.
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I haven't had experience with their ICs or coax cables, but two different sets of speakers wires from them upgraded my system dramatically both times.
FWIW I make my own cables. Not buying wire and terminating, but starting with conductors and building using different geometries and dielectrics.
Recently I needed cables and bought some Anti cables ICs. They are wonderful. Everybit as good as what I have made. Well recommended.
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I think any reasonably priced digital cable will 'sound' just fine. It's the crazy stuff from AQ and others like them that make me laugh.AQ Retail Price List 2024
I saw an ad in Stereophile for "fast" high-end speaker cables (not AQ) so none of the signal is lost or "blurred". The ad showed a drawing of a dual-trace oscilloscope screen with a square wave going into the cable (in one scope trace) and the square wave coming out of it (in another trace). These traces were stacked one on top of another like you would see in a dual-trace scope. Funny thing is, the square wave coming out arrived BEFORE the square wave going in. Now that's frick'n audiophile cable magic like I've never seen before!
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I agree that just about any 75 ohm cable will do the job. I recommend BJ chiefly for their robust build quality.
I don't think it makes sense to but a thousand dollar cable onto a sub-$100 DAC. Lots of people recommend Blue Jeans and Anticable Cables. I suspect there might be something to it.
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is always a good place to start. Used in the HT and formerly in main and garage systems. Nice spec Belden wire with Taversoe connectors.
Better exists but must be considered in context.
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;-)but nothing wrong with Blue Jeans or all the others.
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