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Thank you. I am glad to hear any Accuphase CD transport will sound better with the DC-37. I will keep my eyes open. Any Used CD transport you recommend? Im in japan, so i believe i should not have any isuue finding one.
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The newest one you can find that has HS-Link.
Preferably with an Accupase transport rather than Sony Last edited by terrycym; 11-13-2015 at 06:24 PM. |
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I highly doubt that the DC-37 is better than the DP-720. There are some differences between the two DAC sections, e.g. the DC-37 is capable to handle more formats and it has a different power supply while the DP-720 (like all top units) has two separates left and right analog output circuits printed on teflon. However, the big difference (besides price) between the two units is the world class transport which was optimised for the DP-720 DAC. This transport actually makes a very big difference and it sounds significantly better than the rest of the digital connections available on DP-720. Also, the DP-720 offers external dsp in/out connectors which allows one to introduce a room correction unit into the loop (which further improves the sound). Last edited by nvp; 11-14-2015 at 05:34 AM. |
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On a side note, I really envy one that can ear clear differences between the DAC sections of the DC-37 and the DP-720. Really, no sarcasm involved. I tried very hard, both with speakers and headphones, to tell the DC-37 apart from the DG-58, regarding DAC section, to no avail. |
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I've compared the analogue outputs of the DP-720 and the DC-37 when the DP-720 was connected via HS-Link to the DC-37 and the latter sounded better. Other listeners at the time agreed.
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I really doubt the DAC portion of the DP-720 is that much better than the DC-37. My impression by Accuphase when I visited them a couple weeks ago stated the DAC portion of the 720 is similar to the 37. I bet they are comparable. Only the 900/901 is better. Again, I do not listen to many CDs and the extra cost of the transport in the 720 probably not worth it.
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1) You said you are in Japan so the price difference between the two is significantly smaller than in Europe or USA. 2) You gave me the impression that you would be interested to buy an Accuphase cd player with h-link to use as a transport for the DC-37 DAC. This will make the price difference between the DC-37 and DP-720 even smaller. Consequently, I do not think the small amount you will save in the end is worth on the long run. Instead of one very good Accuphase box you will end up with two boxes that most likely will not play at the same level and cost almost as much. You should also know that older Accuphase players (i.e. units that are 4-5 years old) are known to have problems with their lasers. At first they fail reading some discs but the problems aggravates with time. Last edited by nvp; 11-15-2015 at 02:55 PM. |
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My experience is that top Accuphase units (e.g. C-28xx, DP-7xx, A-6X, A70) play music in a much calmer way than the middle class Accuphase units (e.g. DP-550, DC-37, C-24xx and A-4X). The top units do not offer more details but instead provide a much more relaxed and better controlled presentation - this regardless of the unit type (i.e. cd player, pre-amp or power amp). |
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I was just reporting my experiences.
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