IEMCrazyToday at 12:21 pmYeah, I know the whole jitter thing is definitely overblown. Or at least for non-USB is overblown. But I'm thinking between a digital transport, and an EQ, there's probably some noteworthy jitter going on by the time it gets to the DAC. Or in this case the DEQ/SRC outs.
I'll definitely let you know how the comparison goes. I'll probably compare it to Bifrost and the mighty WDS-1. Not a fair contest there between a $170 DAC and a $1200 DAC, but it'll be balanced vs balanced where Bifrost vs SRC is balanced versus unbalanced into MJ (whenever I get the MJ in... )
For pro audio gear, cheap or not, I'd think "textbook" is the way to go. I would have thought it comes down to component quality from there. Inventive is for audiophile fluff-pieces like my WDS
A lot depends on the tubes in question, too...the PCC88's in the Lyr just have a habit of being noisy period. Between hiss, whines, and whistles, it takes a lot to find a quiet pair, and I realize not all tubes are like that. I was interested in WA22 as well as MJ originally but decided I just don't want to deal with noise floor issues and tube rolling for my more expensive rigs. Even if those tubes are a lot less prone to noise issues. That and, who knows when tube stock/pricing will just become too problematic. If todays tubes/prices were around forever.... I think I'm prone to pick up on
any tube noise and let it drive me crazy. Others tend not to hear the odd whistling I tend to hear...but those darned GEs picked up that faint "whine" that would fade in and out after a month or two of use over several pairs before I found one that didn't. One of mu Tungsram sets got
crazynoisy (hiss.) One of my Matsus and both of my Mullards are clean though. No doubt the high gain is the core issue there though. Lyr made a horrible mistake in being so high gain. Trying to target HE-6 was a loss, and that left only HE-5 and HE-4 as the only ones that needed that high a gain factor.
That makes Statement sound like a super-Lyr. Heck if it weren't for fear of blowing them, I'd just plug HD800 into my 7025 too. The 7025 + WDS-1 is an amazingly clean sounding setup for an all-SS solution. But 140wpc, even with mild resistors is just a little too scary for the 300ohm 106db@1W HD800 Statement was intriguing me for a while, I know there were rumors of both an SS and a tube version....but that of course, is rumor!
Hmm, warmer & lusher than Bifrost? That's got to be pretty lush... Then again the PM6004 is a
very lush amp and IMO that made it a poor choice for HE-6, and an ideal choice for HD800....were it not for the odd crackle issue with low input signals and high output impedances. I'd be very happy with that amp were it not for the that strangeness I experienced. But if that's the case then maybe DCX/SRC + MJ would be a good HD800 match. IMO. When EQ'd, I'm learning to love HD800, however, while I love it's high detail out of the WDS-1, I tend to like it with "mushier" amps to make it feel less "headphone synthetic" and a bit more speaker-like. Since MJ is supposed to be anything but mushy, a mushy DAC could be a good mix...
