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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #460 on: January 01, 2015, 12:33:21 AM »
Berzerkley Alpha 2? Not unless a used original PWD mk 1>2 makes it. The Alpha is a bit tonally cleaner and linear sounding (maybe a bit tonally compressed?) but the PWD is still more micro dynamics and resolving to me. Also depends which inputs. It will crush the PWD via USB. The Alpha 2 signature seemed something in between the PWD mk1>2 and a Lavry, which is not a bad thing.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #461 on: January 01, 2015, 12:45:31 AM »
Nominate X-Sabre for DAC. Good resolution and attack. Some minor downsides. But right price and good construction. Stands above other SABRE DACs.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #462 on: January 01, 2015, 12:47:45 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on January 01, 2015, 12:33:21 AM
Berzerkley Alpha 2? Not unless a used original PWD mk 1>2 makes it. The Alpha is a bit tonally cleaner and linear sounding (maybe a bit tonally compressed?) but the PWD is still more micro dynamics and resolving to me. Also depends which inputs. It will crush the PWD via USB. The Alpha 2 signature seemed something in between the PWD mk1>2 and a Lavry, which is not a bad thing.

PWD1->2 deserves a spot in the OOP / Legacy list. Hesitate to say "PWD2" because don't want people getting the new production PWD2s which seem like a crapshoot.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #463 on: January 01, 2015, 12:50:27 AM »
Agree with X-Sabre. Unlike you, I actually enjoyed it better with headphones than the Gungnir, although I give the Gungnir an edge with my slightly laid back speaker setup. CEE TEE's PWD 1 > 2 via coax is much better than either, though.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #464 on: January 01, 2015, 12:55:49 AM »
Is the X-Sabre the DAC we compared to the PWD2 in Anax's rig at that mini meet?  I thought that thing sounded awful.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #465 on: January 01, 2015, 02:15:15 AM »
Quote from: n3rdling on January 01, 2015, 12:55:49 AM
Is the X-Sabre the DAC we compared to the PWD2 in Anax's rig at that mini meet?  I thought that thing sounded awful.

Yeah. it was noticeably softer among other things. Maybe a fw update can help? :P

The machined casework is brilliant though. It becomes confusing when picking tradeoffs of sonics for feature sets at certain lower price points. Is it better than a Pulse Xfi+LPS would be my question. I doubt it but I haven't heard for sure yet as it's not yet shipping. Maybe we just need to separate SABRE DACs into their own category.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #466 on: January 01, 2015, 02:18:54 AM »
Quote from: n3rdling on January 01, 2015, 12:55:49 AM
Is the X-Sabre the DAC we compared to the PWD2 in Anax's rig at that mini meet?  I thought that thing sounded awful.

That was the Vega. Luis hated it too.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #467 on: January 01, 2015, 02:23:29 AM »
Quote from: marvey on January 01, 2015, 02:18:54 AM
That was the Vega. Luis hated it too.

We had something like 4 DACs stacked on top going into the Super 7 didn't we?

Would I take an XSabre over the Vega? Hmm...I'd have to think about that.

Agreed with MArv about the PWD. Just too hard to protect people from the PWD box o chocolate effect.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #468 on: January 01, 2015, 02:24:01 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on January 01, 2015, 02:15:15 AM
Yeah. it was noticeably softer among other things. Maybe a fw update can help? :P

The machined casework is brilliant though. It becomes confusing when picking tradeoffs of sonics for feature sets at certain lower price points. Is it better than a Pulse Xfi+LPS would be my question. I doubt it but I haven't heard for sure yet as it's not yet shipping. Maybe we just need to separate SABRE DACs into their own category.


If QH had made the meet, I would have compared the two. I think the XFi + LPS was superior to the X-Sabre.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #469 on: January 01, 2015, 02:27:58 AM »
Here's the pic and thread (yes, that's my laptop lol. Thx Alex!):



http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,1364.msg35788.html#msg35788
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