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- From: kong@leland.Stanford.EDU (Kong Kritayakirana)
- Subject: Cal Sigma DAC
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.202612.21822@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 20:26:12 GMT
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- In Article 33416, kishon-amir@cs.yale.edu (Amir Kishon) writes:
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- > What's so great about CAL Sigma?
- >
- > I auditioned yesterday a system that comprises of 1.5 Meggies, Acurus
- > DIA100 and California Audio Labs Icon Mk II. After I fell in love with
- > the system I realized that part of the magic was due to a DAC
- > ,namely California Audio Labs Sigma DAC, connected to the CAL CD Player.
- > This was a surprise since I always thought that the CD is the least
- > important part of the system. I am curious to know if a DAC can really make
- > such a difference or I should just readjust my ears.
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- I think the "magic" is partly due to the rather low input impedance of the
- Acurus amp. Cal Sigma hates low input impedance and will slightly rolloff
- high end if it is asked to drive such a load. I think that's exactly what
- you have heard. Also, Cal Sigma uses top of the line Crystal's S/PDIF and
- DAC chips. It is a good buy, but you probably get even better performance
- driving higher impedance load.
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