CD Transport Battle. DENAFRIPS vs AUDIOLAB

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  • čas přidán 1. 02. 2024
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    Audiolab 6000CDT
    Denafrips Ares 2
    EAR 864
    Ocellia Calliope.21
    Audion Silver Night
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Komentáře • 37

  • @francoisdunord7169
    @francoisdunord7169 Před 5 měsíci

    blij te horen dat de audiolab goed uit je test komt 👍🏻

  • @TriAmpHiFi
    @TriAmpHiFi Před měsícem +1

    . Why would a Transport have an expensive, temperature controlled Clock when 99% of DACs will ignore & re-clock anyway? I don't want to pay for useless features.
    Acid Jazz, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊

  • @philipnunn1816
    @philipnunn1816 Před 2 měsíci

    I believe the Audioquest Coaxial cable is a higher end cable than the Audioquest Toslink Optical cable... Did you swap these over to see whether this made any difference?

  • @andredevries4987
    @andredevries4987 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Hoi ivar.
    De cdm 4 loopwerken van Philips zijn inderdaad heel goed en betrouwbaar.
    Ik gebruik nu een Philips cd 614 speler en die heeft ook dat zelfde loopwerk en klinkt geweldig.
    Fijn weekend.
    Gr André de vries.

  • @carminedesanto6746
    @carminedesanto6746 Před 5 měsíci +2

    GM ☕️❄️ from Toronto.
    Fantastic..my cd 💿 player of MANY DECADES has passed on 🙁..and I’m thinking of what to be its replacement 🤔
    Great video 👍

  • @D1N02
    @D1N02 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Still wondering how transports can have a sound signature since the decoding is done in the Denafrips. I hope no dsp is going on. It must be all down to clean power and clock. I recently look at the test Alpha Audio did with 5 or six transports and the differences were not small.

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci

      Hi, it could be that, but maybe also a transport benefits from not having all the extra electronics inside that would be there if this was a CD player 🤷‍♂️
      Anyways, thanks for watching

    • @AT-wl9yq
      @AT-wl9yq Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@theaudiophilebarista2424 Also, the signal that goes from the transport to the dac isn't digital. Its an analog representation of the digital signal. That means the "digital" signal can be effected by the same things any other analog signal.

  • @JD-mm4ub
    @JD-mm4ub Před 5 měsíci

    Hello,
    Why do you have a weight on your Denifrips Aries?
    Thanks.

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci

      Hi, thanks for watching.
      The first reason for the weight is because the heavy cabling keeps pulling the DAC from its place.
      And the second reason is for resonance control.

    • @r423sdex
      @r423sdex Před 5 měsíci

      What does the resonance do ?. Have you done measurements to see what frequency these are.

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci

      @@r423sdex Resonance can cause interference to the music signal through vibrations in the electronics.
      This is well known and well documented, but some people still don’t believe this.
      I have no equipment to measure things like that

  • @net_news
    @net_news Před 23 dny

    Ivar, do you still have the Denafrips CD? Is it reliable? Thanks!

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 23 dny

      Hi, yes I still have it. No problems at all.

    • @net_news
      @net_news Před 23 dny

      @@theaudiophilebarista2424 thanks Ivar!! Much appreciated 👍🏻

  • @carminedesanto6746
    @carminedesanto6746 Před 5 měsíci

    Btw, I’m also running the Denafrips Ares 12-1 DAC 😎

  • @connorduke4619
    @connorduke4619 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I have the Audiolab 9000CDT, that has a Teac transport and gives quite a detailed sound and required matching with a smooth Dac. I also see Teac have since stepped up their game with the new Teac VRDS-701T and Teac VRDS-701 models.

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I was very much interested in the new Teac, but then this one came along 😀
      Thanks for watching 👍☕️🔊

    • @r423sdex
      @r423sdex Před 5 měsíci

      Smooth dac ! Its only job is to convert the data, as near to perfection as possible. £100 will get you there.

  • @terrywho22
    @terrywho22 Před 5 měsíci

    Well done, Ivar. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the CDs are going to sound the same.😁That said, the difference between the optical and coaxial translators might make a small but noticeable difference. I don't think it will change things dramatically, but it might be worth switching the two. Congrats on the new transport. It looks fantastic.

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thanks my friend. It does look great indeed 😀
      Yes, I’m aware the test could be much more extensive, but then I had to change the setup completely.
      After having the Avatar finally settled in I was not ready to do that. Maybe another time.
      Thanks for watching 👍☕️🔊

  • @medonk12rs
    @medonk12rs Před 5 měsíci +3

    TOSlink / optical is usually the weakest input. I had an Aries II, and USB worked best, then Coax, then TOSlink.

    • @r423sdex
      @r423sdex Před 5 měsíci +3

      Not true

    • @medonk12rs
      @medonk12rs Před 5 měsíci

      @@r423sdex 🥱

    • @Jeipr
      @Jeipr Před 5 měsíci +1

      That depends on the integration and quality of connection.
      Some equipment the usb is the weakest link and some dont

    • @medonk12rs
      @medonk12rs Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Jeipr well, I was explicitly referring to the Denafrips ARES II DAC.
      The one that the video mentions.
      I owned this DAC and tried all sorts of connections with it.
      Did you also try ARES II connections?

  • @archstanton1628
    @archstanton1628 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Let us hear the two and judge for ourselves, most people won't claim to hear any of the stuff you think you're hearing.

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci +5

      Please don’t tell me what to do on my channel.
      If you don’t trust me there are plenty of other channels to watch.

    • @r423sdex
      @r423sdex Před 5 měsíci

      Bits are bits. It goes like this 11100110001110001010000111

    • @rosemarysandcastle
      @rosemarysandcastle Před 5 měsíci

      how will they hear it. they're listening to aac file thru bluetooth

    • @theaudiophilebarista2424
      @theaudiophilebarista2424  Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@r423sdex Yes, we all know what bits are.
      But it is not only about the bits. How many times do we have to say this 🤷‍♂️
      It’s about how these bits are handled.