I asked Alvin from Vinshine Audio, with whom I placed my Terminator order, and he recommended the CDT-3. So I started looking for a CD player that had an I2s digital out.
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I was looking at the Terminator manual and noticed that the I2s connection had a more direct signal path than using the XLR S/PIDF connection. The test of course will be when I have had some good listening time in my system with the Terminator which is yet to arrive. Being out of Australia, living in Hong Kong for quite some time has given me a better perspective than the one I had from reading the Western press. And I am so use to reading opinions of how China is making cheap rubbish it is nice to prove otherwise – China is actually innovating and making some very high quality items. The technology and execution looks very interesting and I love components that are honestly priced and outperform some stratospherically mark-up ones. After much Internet reading re R2R DACs, I placed an order for a DENAFRIPS Terminator to compare to my R-DAC, which is now 8 years old. I have been looking to get a better sound from my CD’s. A fragment of component history, the R-DAC replaced an EMM DCC2 which it bested in every regard. For perspective, I have compared the K-03X as a standalone to the K-03X as a dedicated transport with digital out to the R-DAC and prefer the R-DAC to the K-03X’s DAC on all SQ counts. So, my CD system is an Esoteric K-03X (as transport) > Oyaide AR-910 XLR > Rey Audio Kinoshita R-DAC > custom silver interconnects > custom 8W pure class A battery mono power amps > custom silver speaker cable > Rey Audio Kinoshita K-Monitor KM1V speakers. I want to try and give something back for what I have learnt and benefited from some of the contributors to Internet sites including this one.įor this post to be of any value there needs to be a comparison and not simply statements of how the heavens have opened and the angels started singing. So I just want to give my own for someone that may have a similar perspective and might find this useful. Everyone is entitled to their own judgement and I am sure most have a different one to me. I am writing this short impression to let people know about the existence of this excellent product, and not because “mine is better than yours” or to gain approbation or to convince anyone of anything. There is only one test for me regardless of what I paid, how sexy something looks, or what reviewers or Internet users think – and that is what my aural system perceives and this of course can be different to yours. I have spent decades enjoying this hobby and have learnt that everything can make a difference but not necessarily for the better, and that usually you need to pay for sound quality but there are so many overpriced items and a number of very expensive items where the designer does not have much of a clue.
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