Hi,
Hope you guys had a nice Thanksgiving.
I went ahead and got a great deal on a Venus 15th which is pumped up 12th Terminator. I will have an external DAC so would I get any benefits of selling my 150B and upgrading to a RS130? I know the RA130 has a full size display which is not a deal breaker.
THANKS
RS130 has a better power supply, a MEMORY buffer and a better internal OCXO clock… and SQ can be easily improved by connecting TWO fibers for both Ethernet input and USB output… but even further improved by connecting a good external clock !
As usual, the single-digit IQ brigade is out in force trying to prove that a clock, or a different fiber cable affects sound quality in any way.
With any DAC that is not completely f’d up there will be absolutely no difference between using the digital output from 150, 250, 130, or a $300 laptop laptop you grab on a Black Friday.
Wow. The experts seem to have their panties in a bunch. Grow up! How would I know how to value your ‘expert knowledge’ if you act like insulant adolescents?
To answer your question, I would just enjoy the new dac for a while. Get to know the new sound before you decide to change anything again. The dac is far more deciding for the sound than the files you feed it.
Now I don’t mean high res vs cd quality but how you transfer a file. With usb you don’t feed a stream but you transfer a file to the buffer in the dac. Yes, you can get a bit of noise over a cable just by connecting it. It’s up to the dac to galvanically isolate that.
I only have an RS250 feeding usb into a DDC which then feeds iis into a Laiv Harmony. In all honesty, I couldn’t tell any difference inserting the DDC. The upgraded dac however made a huge difference.
My wisdom of over 40 years of upgrading: give it time and enjoy what you have.
Thanks ZABOKS, BorisM and Jeep. Some people do not understand that a forum is a place to learn and ask questions. Great idea please leave this thread.
You’re welcome.
The easiest way to check would be to feed the same signal to the DAC through 150 (with all volume control etc.) disabled and from the cheapest computer you have (digital signal with no volume control applied should at least obviate the need to do level matching) and see if you can tell any difference if you don’t know which connection is used… Just make sure you are using the computer in exclusive mode with no resampling or anything.