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Author Topic: Better stereo digital format converter than Midiman CO3?  (Read 2701 times)

breathe

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Better stereo digital format converter than Midiman CO3?
« on: November 03, 2010, 05:14:14 PM »

I'm thinking about switching from my Benchmark DAC1 to the D/A in my Cranesong HEDD as my main stereo D/A.  I need to be able to play out stuff from iTunes into said D/A.  My Mac Pro has a Toslink optical output which I had been feeding into the Benchmark with a Toslink Monster Cable to great sonic success.  The HEDD does not have an optical input so I dug out of storage my old M Audio converter box I bought 11 years ago.  The box powers up and does convert the Toslink signal from the Mac Pro into coax which I have connected to the HEDD with a Canare coax cable, but something is not happening with the sound.  Either it's the M Audio box or I just don't like the sound of the HEDD's D/A.  Assuming the problem is the former, can anyone recommend a really simple and small high quality single input format converter?  I don't need a Z Sys box.

Thanks and best,
Nicholas





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Randyman...

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Re: Better stereo digital format converter than Midiman CO3?
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 07:44:04 PM »

Any chance you have a media player on your main DAW?  Can you compare the DAC-1 to the Cranesong on your DAW using your media player and eliminate the CO3 variable before you drop cash on a new Toslink/Coax converter?
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Re: Better stereo digital format converter than Midiman CO3?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2010, 10:58:09 AM »

I don't know if Lucid is still in business [they were, then they stopped, then they came back - I don't know if they're still back or not] -- but they made a pretty damn good one when they were in business...

Hope that helps.
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