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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: MattD on April 05, 2005, 02:26:55 PM
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A buddy of mine is in town for a few days and brought his Channel Islands DAC (w/ power supply) with him for some fun. Since he didn't bring his passive pre and I don't have one (my volume control is part of the DAC), we just decided to let 'er rip. The modified chain was computer > Sek'd Prodif Plus > coax > Channel Islands DAC1 (or whatever the model # is) > Kimber RCA > PS Audio HCA-2 > crappy 14g speaker cable > VR-1s
I didn't think my VR-1s could do this ... there is some sweet bass at these levels. At my normal listening levels, I often noticed a lack of bass - not so here. I realized that these actually CAN fill my room. However, this listening level got uncomfortable after about 10 minutes. I'd estimate that we were in the 100+ dB range, though without a meter, I can't prove anything. The sound also got fatiguing after that time - it sounded like the VR-1s were trying too hard to move that much air.
Still, a fun experiment, but unfortunately we can't really compare his DAC in my system because of it.
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how do you like that Channel Islands DAC?
I'm about to start shaking the apartment myself 8)
A friend from school asked me to burn some GD for her... I asked if there was anything in particular that she was looking for and this was her reply, "I kind of like the big jam songs where they just go a little crazy. But whatever you like best is cool."
;D
that is an order I can fill :)
I'm giving her 3-1-69, 3-31-73, 11-21-73, and 9-10-91 8)