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Post by timurmusicfan Mon May 18, 2015 6:06 pm

Greetings to all forummers,
I am considering a Tube DAC. The plan is to get a unit to do conversion duties from my BD player, Astro decoder (mid-fi but I prefer it radio. Deejays talk too much) and notebook. Based on googling and local availability, I seems to have only two choices: Music Paradise DAC (RM2K) or Maverick Audio D2 DAC (RM1.2K). Any 'Sifu's out there have better ideas?
Anyone has any experience with these units? 

Currently I am using my Linn Klassik DI as my DAC. Good sound but this was made in 1998 and it does not accept USB.

Note: Why tube DAC? Just my ears. I have used many CD/DVD/BD players over the years and I always preferred my tube output CD players (AMC CD6 and Musical Fidelity CDT, both RIP now). Now I am trying to bring tube magic to all my music.

Thank you all in advance.
Cheers
My current system.
Main: Linn Classik Movie DI (All in one system DVD, CD,Tuner, DAC and amp), Accuphase 206 amp, Legacy Audio Studio Bookshelf speakers, Leowe DVD player & Tuner (back-up) & Samsung BD player
Second system: Linn Classik all in one unit, Epos MS bookshelf, Panasonic BD player


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Post by timurmusicfan Thu May 21, 2015 5:41 am

Suggestions from gentle man and tube kaki.
Uses E88CC. Good reviews. No usb. Need to add a DIP to convert USB to coaxial. Price about us usd 400. shipped from hk. Thank you for suggestion.

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Post by Sonerin Fri May 22, 2015 10:40 pm

Musical paradise made very decent tube product. I will suggest you go to audition it.

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Post by timurmusicfan Fri May 22, 2015 11:51 pm

Thank you for suggestion.  I contacted Willy Wong of Starspickeraudio.  Will go an listen to musical paradise next month. 
Did you audition this?
Thank you.

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Post by Sonerin Sat May 23, 2015 12:44 pm

I did not audition the tube dac but I bought the musical paradise MP501 tube amp

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Post by timurmusicfan Sat May 23, 2015 2:05 pm

Thank you. Appreciate your ssuggestion.

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Post by keyboon Sat May 23, 2015 4:15 pm

I have been using Music Hall dac25.3 since 2012, bought it from Singapore, not bad and has got a Electro-Harmonix 6922 tube in it.
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Post by timurmusicfan Sun May 24, 2015 10:42 am

Greetings. 
Interesting suggestion. Google shows Music Hall have a lot of fans in the US.
Didn't know available in Singapore.  Thank you for suggestion.  Do you remember the price?

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Post by Sonerin Wed May 27, 2015 10:18 pm

Did you manage to audition the musical paradise tube DAC ?

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Post by timurmusicfan Wed May 27, 2015 10:32 pm

Greetings.  Not yet. Planning a trip later.  I am out station this week. Work. Thank you.

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Post by Sonerin Thu May 28, 2015 1:13 pm

Waiting to hear from you on it. Had just receive my musical paradise tube amp.

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Post by timurmusicfan Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:35 am

Greetings to all,
Latest update. 
Got myself a used CAL Sigma 2 Tube DAC from a perfect Gentleman in Bukit Jelutong.
Not really tested yet as I got in connected only couple of days ago. This uses one 12AX7 tube. 
Thank you for your recommendation Mr Oh. 
First impressions:
1. Astro: Using ASTRO optical output using el-cheapo China optical cable. Fantastic improvement. Now it sounds like hifi. Improvement in instrument separation, sound stage, clarity and vocals. 
2. Samsung BD player: Great improvement. Similar to above. Removes the 'digital glare' and sounds more life like.
3. Linn Klassik: Not yet done A/B comparison.

Only problem is that CAL Sigma does not have USB input. As a temporary solution, I use the Samsung USB port to read from the HDD and take out the digital stream. Works OK but the Samsung cannot accept Hi-rez audio files.

For Hi-rez files, back to my Acer notebook and iPod Touch. Cool Plan to keep it this way till next year.
Thanks to all for suggestions.

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Post by Sonerin Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:33 am

Good to hear that you had found what you need

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Post by timurmusicfan Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:44 am

Dear Sonerin,
Thank you. And how is your Musical Paradise Tube Amp?
I changed from a Audio Innovations series 500 tube amplifier to an old Accuphase integrated (solid state) last year. Still missing my tube sound although Accuphase is a good amp.

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Post by Sonerin Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:17 pm

The tube amp is great. The music sound is warm and solid. The bass also has become tighter .

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