Fancy studio Dacs I assume?
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Manā¦ this makes me feel like maybe saving up and investing in the Rupert Neve Dac/Amp might actually be worth itā¦ Long term goal I supposeā¦
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Yes, studio dacs in their natural habitat lol
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I was thinking about that a ton lol, if only Neve would release a better standalone amp, because I wonāt buy it because I donāt need the dac
Depends a lot on the amp.
The Jot does have a noticeable difference, because itās balanced end to end and the summing circuit, going from balanced to single ended impacts the sound.
On the other side there isnāt as noticeable a difference going from single ended to balanced on the input.
Yeah, I guess I should clarifyā¦ I do believe with certain circuit designs on certain amps there will be a difference, no doubtā¦ but more like if someone designed an amp focused on single-ended outputā¦ it could potentially do just as well. But againā¦ I donāt know. I had my doubts this RNHP would be much betterā¦ but it definitely is. My mind is definitely changes in that respect.
A good single ended design can be just as good as a balanced one imo
They can if the amp is designed to be single ended, but some amp topologies donāt lend themselves to it. Itās certainly not a feature you should consider to be a win/loss in itself. But some amps will sound better through a balanced output.
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What do you think would be good matching dacs for the rnhp?
Something like the d70 or d90, a su8, other great dacs, most work pretty well imo
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Giova09ās description of the sound differences have me intrigued as to how this would sound over my atom. ^^; Donāt have the money to spend on this right now, but nothing wrong in making a list of what to save up for.
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The atom is excellent for itās price, but the rnhp is in a different league imo
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Iād suggest doing a web search on āRupert Neve Designsā and watching a fun documentary, āSound Cityā (available on Amazon prime). Then youāll have an idea as to what kind of knowledge and experience went into designing the RNHP.
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Iāll check it out. =)
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I wonder if Oluv would think his iPhone is better than the RNHP tooā¦
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Measurements arenāt everything? 
(Plugged into 5500$ Quantom AD/DA or a 8500$ Lavry Quintessence) āFor over 16 years, the Lavry DA924 has held the highest rank among converters on the market for accuracy, transparency, musicality, and dynamic range. The Lavry Quintessence performance exceeds it in all these aspects while providing additional functionality.ā
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Well my main ADC is the matching lavry ad122-96 MX, the hedd quantum has a different sound so I use it sometimes
Also there are much more insane studio dacs and adcs out there lol
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Yeah for sure lol, it just doesnāt look all that impressive on paper (except the crazy low output impedance), but it sounds great
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He is a scientist. Should be a Nobel prize winner for his scientific methods and research.