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Ciao, scusa sono un neofita ma vorrei sapere come collego il mio hd con la mia musica se la porta usb serve per alimentare il dac? Grazie

Greg, You said that the NADAC is a huge leap ahead of all previous digital for you but can you talk about what other DACs you tested the NADAC against when you visited Bill? Curious how you isolated the leap forward only to the DAC?

On the surface (which is about as deep as I go on the technical details) this sounds a bit like Andreas’ Playback Designs MPD-8. Any thoughts on how they compare, on any level - technically or sound-wise?

WOW! Just wow!

Greg, to your ear, is it better than the flagship DACs from Wadax and MSB? (Btw, Wadax just came out with a more affordable "trickle down" DAC. This might be in striking range for us mere mortals.)

Thanks Greg will we be seeing the NADAC in the reference system? would love to hear your full review.

Greg and Bill, thanks for your very informative video. Having had the pleasure of hearing Bill’s NADAC dac & clock first with Vivid Spirits and then with the Moya’s, it’s hard to put into words but hearing for yourself is a revelatory experience. As others have said we are experiencing the golden age of digital. Advances in technology, price/performance and understanding of why it’s not just 1’s & 0’s makes this possible.

Thanks Greg for taking the time to listen and understand this gear and bringing the message to your viewers.

Astonishing stuff... In the simplest of terms I look forward to this tech being at a price point that I play at, it's an unfortunate truth that cutting edge capability has to come at this level first... But to say progress excites is an understatement. Greg, Bill thanks for this chat/content. 👍🏻

Top/down sound and crazy expensive. Not digging what I'm hearing, but I'm on my Mac, so meaningless.

as a fellow old fart i appreciate your opening . i LOVED going to used stereo shops in the 70's and 80's !!!

Great review, most entertaining. Another winner from the master speaker builder - Von Schweikert.

..hey Greg how do they compare with your Fideliums?

Would it be harmful to leave the unit on at all times?

I can't post of my findings as I don't use records anymore.. But it's clear in reading through the comments that not everyone is in agreement of the validity/benefit of such practice (which is to be expected as Hifi and difference of opinion often go hand in hand !) Intriguing topic nonetheless.

Am new to Hana carts but they are in my bucket list after being an ortofon dynavecta user for decades

Masterpiece indeed. I have a Cdn A&M gold bordered Audiophile half speed remastered copy. Great edition.

Hi Greg. An excellent and well presented segment. I have a question for you. Since the new Optical cartridges from DS Audio have neither coils or magnets would these optical cartridges benefit from being demagnetized? Thanks!

what turn table is that

Demagnetizing a magnetic cartridge, whether MM, MI, or MC, will ruin it.

every audiophile vlog on youtube is suddenly reviewing Børresen speakers right now, piling on praises of Børresen’speakers. They're all shilling for Børresen right now! Børresen must pay these guys a ton of money to review their speakers! Audiophiles seldom agree on much of anything and they're certainly not all going to "suddenly" review Børresen speakers and praise them. As a friend of mine once said, "yo creo que no" ("I don't think so").

Thank you for the informative video. Would using a Zerostat on a MC cartridge provide any benefit?

A very nice time for the VERY RICH audiophile 👍

Can that SMSL be used with a macmini or an apple TV4k?

One of my greatest concerns in setting up an audio system is that one component, the amp, the speakers, the room itself; one part of the chain will cripple the system. When spending a lot of hard earned money, one wants it to all work together, in concert, each part complimenting the other. Which is the weak link? If I spend 5 figures on speakers, another 5 figures on an amplifier, etc. but put it all in an acoustically terrible room, the whole experience is flat. Not many of us can have a dedicated room. Mine has three doors, two windows, and furniture of all types. Addressing problem of matching speakers with amps, audio sources (vinyl, CDs, streaming) with all the other gear would be very helpful.

Does it have a Volume control. Or is that separate?

I wish the wiim product would do dsd digitally out of coax that way i could use my external dac dad feature. I like my dac better than the pro plus dac.

Thanks for the review! Can you please review Townshend F1 Fractal cables sometime? I think their ICs are the best I’ve heard and I wonder how their speaker cables stack up to the Silversmith Fideliums

Future generations (some) that will only ever know streaming their musical material will never engage with this ritual. Literally having ZERO ownership (if not locally stored files) of music and as such having no pride of collection ownership. I myself have become what I never wanted to be (not using physical media) Purely due to practicalities, in part I'm comfortable with this but I have to accept I'm not listening at the highest fidelity. Still, looking after media hygiene is missed.

Very informative. I first used LAST products in the 80's. They used to provide little stickers, still on some of my vinyl.

I'm sorry for my belated response. I definitely enjoyed reading your thoughtful description of your listening impressions regarding McIntosh vs. Parasound amplifiers. IMO, both brands are top performers and it comes down to personal preferences and tonal inclinations...the way we hear & feel music. I respect what you're saying and there are no buts about it. lol You have had experience with the older/classic Mac amplifier sound & I have not. I did a 2 hour critical listening test recently an all McIntosh amplifier rig with a small pair of Maggie speakers. I think that I mentioned I had purchased a used Mac Amplifier & Preamp...both are entry level and are still in production. I listen to a lot of vintage 70s, 80's & 90's acoustic-based folk-rock music. I listen to other acoustic-based music too..Chamber Music...Small Jazz Ensembles,etc. Many of those albums were well recorded with the technology that was available back in the day. Many are not great sounding by todays recording standards. They lacked the technology. However, many of these iconic records have been painstakingly remastered with digital technology and have been given a 'fresh lease on life'. The Steely Dan finely remastered Boxed Set called 'Citizen Steely Dan' comes to mind & highly recommended. My listening impressions of Mac vs. Parasound amps are as follows: McIntosh amps are slightly more relaxed & rounder in their presentation than is the Parasound & ,most importantly for me, a bit more forgiving for listening to all my, not so great sounding vintage AAD recordings. I can listen to them for many hours now with minimal ear fatigue. I can't do that with Parasound. In fact did, I did a listening test with my AV Installer, who is a fine recording mixer in his own right. We set up an amplifier switching device and we did an A/B listening test comparison between the Parasound JC2PB & the McIntosh C49 Preamplifiers. We had the same types of listening impressions...the Parasound sounded clean and more detailed...the Mac sounded bolder/fuller and overall more dynamic to our ears. The Parasound was brutally revealing... which in my case/given my listening proclivities, was not so great. I had to break frequently between CDs. This newish Mac Preamp did not skimp on revealing macro or micro details..just a bit less than the Parasound. I didn't feel like I was wanting for anything more. In terms of having a house sound that offers something for everybody', the Macintosh definitely won out. This surprised me because I had been a Parasound fan for 5 years prior to ever hearing a Mac amplifier. The Mac does a bunch of stuff really well..but perhaps not the best.. and I wasn't wanting for more. Perhaps this goes a long way in explaining why the brand is so popular & why owners stick with it. (brand loyalty) But which company gives me more amplifier for the money?...It's Parasound all the way. No contest. Regarding McIntosh vs. Parasound amplifiers...I'm also kind of cheating because Ihave my Parasound Halo P6 Preamp/DAC hooked up to my Mac Preamplifier, for a little more Oomph, and IMO, they sound like they're meant to be paired together. Audiophile purists would probably cringe but I love mixing these 2 epic sounds together. The overall sound is magical & way bigger than the sum of their parts. It's a beautiful synergistic relationship. lol You need to have good ears to capitalize on what you're dealing with here..what they're capable of doing together & I am blessed to have that gift. I have heard at least a hundred different slightly different iterations of their sound together. It's a blast to balance their house sounds & Integrate them into the rest of my audio system...to hear what they sound like together through my Mac Power Amplifier. I am also venturing a bit further out & employed the use of 2 vintage Bowers & Wilkins 7 Series Center Channel Speakers. Their vibrational characteristics are well isolated from each other. I power them with an old Pathos Integrated Hybrid Tube Amp & OMG, the center & center-right+left 3D image is enormous. It's my little wall of sound. lol I believe that I made a great decision for listening to all my vocal-centric music that I so frequently enjoy. I'm very vocally oriented. As a musician for nearly 30 years, I felt that my primary duty was to support the vocalists and augment the song... to bolster the arrangement & deliver it to the listener in some impactful & meaningful way. I think that my other 'secret weapon' are my acoustic room treatments. I decided to 1st properly treat my small multipurpose listening room with professional grade bass traps...before I upgraded to the Macintosh Amplifiers. I tend to save up and purchase the same products that my favorite record producers have chosen for their recording studios. If its meets their high standards for recording celebrity recording artists, then it is good enough for me in my little audio playback system. lol. One of my heroes in recording arts production is the record producer Gary Katz. His work with Steely Dan is legendary. I heard that he was using RealTraps BassTraps in his home recording studio and was hooked on their performance. I decided to take advantage of a sale RealTraps had and treated my room. They treated me great & were with me every step of the way...from selecting the traps & right through the install. Well, the sound of my system really improved..everything sounded tighter and clearer to my little set of critical ears. lol. It was if someone lifted a veil that was covering the music. Mad good. It was somewhat akin to installing a significantly better quality pair of speakers..It’s a big deal IMO. I don't for the life of me understand, from a musical perspective, why audiophiles pay umpteen 1,000nds of dollars on expensive audio gear and leave their rooms mostly untreated. It’s absolutely self-defeating if you have ears to hear the music..if you really love to listen to The Music abd Not Uour Gear..to be moved by a great musical performance. My little vintage system has been significantly changed for the better & its performance has really opened up. It can definitely move emotions...and it is many times simply inspiring to listen to. Well, I kind of selfishly hope that you're not overly busy so we can stay in touch. lol Be Well, David Stein-@theaudioanalyst

Just purchased this and my initial comment is confusion with the manual. It specifies not to use a power supply voltage other than specified, then does not list a voltage anywhere. Did I miss something? I am assuming a 5V Apple phone charger block will work OK. Don’t really want to spend more for a linear power supply unless necessary.

Well, just so appealing to the eye..... The exemplary performance on offer here at a price seems justified for looks alone.... The heft disguised by such beautiful lines... Pride of ownership would be massive and a lifetime of listening pleasure to boot. Nicely presented Greg. 👍🏻

Thanks for such a great and thorough review Greg! You hear this incredible equipment it as we do and you expressed it beautifully. ❤

Great to see this video, as all of your videos are highly recommended to watch. Thank you for that Greg. Even though I do not own cables from Siltech (I have had the very nice opportunity to listen to some of them multiple times) as a Dutch citizen it makes me a bit proud that such a company from my country is among the very best in the high end audio industry. There are fierce competitors out there but Siltech is for sure one of the leading manufacturers in the world when it comes to cables.

Stunning sound & cables ❤❤❤❤❤

What characterizes virtually every high-end cable manufacturer? 1. They give their own technical story for how they have solved this or that technical problem. BUT 2. Provide no objective data in the form of measurements that they have actually done so. Even when they claim to have done measurements in their design process, somehow these just aren’t good enough to show publicly. Nor do they show how the measurable differences are audible. 3. Cables are evaluated under sighted conditions, where the listener knows the identities of the cables, which is well known to be perfect stew for bias effects. I believe these , among many other reasons, fully justify the high-level of scepticism many have towards these companies.

$115,000 for an IC? My lord.

I like a bit of Hifi history and obviously it goes hand in hand with the personalities driving the industry..... A walk around the siltech manufacturing facility seeing actual assembly would make superb content* How about it Greg? *Cable naysayers need not watch.

What power supply did you use? I u/stand that using a LPS gives better performance than a wall wart. Did the SU1 come with a power supply?

Wonderful video so much going on here. The cables remind me of a network box that I see on my cable which I have on my system from transparent, which I believe is used to deal with frequency deterioration as it travels through a cable. Thanks for nice video

Got this video appear in my feed for some reason. What is this lunatic voodoo BS? Is it supposed to be a parody, or are you serious? ‘Cables aging like wine’? Who comes up with this stuff?

Yaaay, First one to post a 👍!

You are correct, these took my system to the next level

Greg, As usual wonderful review which parallels my experiences. However as a beta tester for all of the CMS footers, I can say without hesitation I can say the CMS Ultra TT are a substantial upgrade over the 2M

Nice one Greg. Something terrific regular people can actually afford.

Hard to believe they do legit 55hz, but I'd love to demo them some time.

What happened to Eikon Audio?

A very enjoyable and informative video! I marvel at your ability to cover the most important technical aspects of the products you are covering. And of course, your sonic descriptions of the systems are always fantastic!