06-26-2012, 06:33 PM
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Merry Christmas to all
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: North Central Florida
Posts: 53,224
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maks
According to Ron, the best sound from the MR88 can be had with the balanced analog out. The tuning module is digital in nature, but outputs an analog signal. If you output to another DAC, you will go through one analog to digital conversion before feeding to your external DAC.
As always, though, let your ears be the judge.
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Steve.......The MR88 has both a coaxial digital output and an optical digital output. I feed the coaxial output directly to the coaxial input on my MCD1100. I have compared the analog balanced and unbalanced outputs of the MR88 to the digital output through the MCD1100 DAC's, and the digital output sounds better. This is not to say the analog outputs don't sound good, they most certainly do, but the digital output through the MCD1100 DACs has improved imaging and depth with a slight improvement in overall clarity. I believe that Ivan ( Masterlu) came to the same conclusion with his MR88.
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Dan
STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario
LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113
VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A
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