[GoRedwings19]

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Originally Posted by S_Dedalus Hmm, I have an opa2227 that I don't really need.

Ha ha I like you dude you are funny tell you what. I'll swap you the nordost valhalla for the opamps. Whaddya say????

 

[S_Dedalus]

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Originally Posted by GoRedwings19 Ha ha I like you dude you are funny tell you what. I'll swap you the nordost valhalla for the opamps. Whaddya say????

Nah, I like my present cables, and I'm sure you like yours.

 

[GoRedwings19]

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Originally Posted by S_Dedalus Nah, I like my present cables, and I'm sure you like yours.

Haven't heard them yet. They are being shipped to me as we speak. They are in the same container as my DCS delius/purcell. Expected to be here on Thursday/Friday. Will post pics soon as they arrive. My grace 901+hd650 should be with me tommorrow/tuesday. My Tri-vista SACD should be here Thursday as well.

 

[S_Dedalus]

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Originally Posted by GoRedwings19 Haven't heard them yet. They are being shipped to me as we speak. They are in the same container as my DCS delius/purcell. Expected to be here on Thursday/Friday. Will post pics soon as they arrive. My grace 901+hd650 should be with me tommorrow/tuesday. My Tri-vista SACD should be here Thursday as well.

Sensory overload alert! You're ears may not survive the week, congrats on your new setup.

 

[GoRedwings19]

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Originally Posted by S_Dedalus Sensory overload alert! You're ears may not survive the week, congrats on your new setup.

Thanks, I am really excited. Will post pics and impressions. No guarantee the tri vista and the DCS will have good synergy. But if not I will sell the tri-vista and try the DCS verdi transport.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Well take it from me, it is possible. I have been an unemployed student with no help from relatives for the last year, and yet have been able to amass the wealth of audio gear I currently have, starting from more or less nothing in that area. So it is possible, you just have to use your brain, get some good luck here and there, and hope for the best. If you're meant to have the new Grace, you'll find a way to it.

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer Well take it from me, it is possible. I have been an unemployed student with no help from relatives for the last year, and yet have been able to amass the wealth of audio gear I currently have, starting from more or less nothing in that area. So it is possible, you just have to use your brain, get some good luck here and there, and hope for the best. If you're meant to have the new Grace, you'll find a way to it.

hehe, i have burned a great chunk of my personal saving in this 9 months. i can't stop myself lol...in fact i am going to get a used VD nite II pc this week.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by tiberian hehe, i have burned a great chunk of my personal saving in this 9 months. i can't stop myself lol...in fact i am going to get a used VD nite II pc this week.

Good luck with that. Just don't overpay so you won't take a hit if you have to resell it. After blind testing against the mere quail I was pretty disappointed, though the physical impressiveness of the VD's cannot be doubted. Perhaps the results in your system will be better. Of course your wallet (or bank account) is hoping against that

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer Good luck with that. Just don't overpay so you won't take a hit if you have to resell it. After blind testing against the mere quail I was pretty disappointed, though the physical impressiveness of the VD's cannot be doubted. Perhaps the results in your system will be better. Of course your wallet (or bank account) is hoping against that

geez, i don't have the cash for a used VD master PC yet...

 

[gpalmer]

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Originally Posted by mbgrace Thanks for the welcome to this forum. Alot of good discussion going on here! Michael

It's good to see you here. I've mentioned the place a couple times when talking to your sales folks, but they didn't seem too interested in the audiophile market..

Sigh, makes me feel just like Rodney Dangerfield...

 

[mbgrace]

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Originally Posted by gpalmer It's good to see you here. I've mentioned the place a couple times when talking to your sales folks, but they didn't seem too interested in the audiophile market.. Sigh, makes me feel just like Rodney Dangerfield...

I actually got my start in the audiophile world working for a high end amp company. Then I got into recording and wound up in the professional world for a while. I designed the 901 as a selfish project because I needed a good monitoring device for when I am on location recording gigs. With the 901 finding some audiophile users it is refreshing to be back among people who like to sit down and LISTEN to music for fun. In the world of home theaters, Ipods and music as "content" this is refreshing!

 

[Hello]

Will the USB digital input work with linux?

 

[S_Dedalus]

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Originally Posted by Hello Will the USB digital input work with linux?

I almost posted something terribly offensive referring to selling my kidneys, but I'll shut up about that now.
Mr Grace, if the answer to the above question is yes, is there any decrease in quality? If not, you've got one helluva product there.

 

[mbgrace]

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Originally Posted by Hello Will the USB digital input work with linux?

Not sure. The USB interface on the m902 is a Burr Brown PCM2902 which uses generic audio codec drivers in windows and mac. It is limited to 16bit/48kHz.
I have tested the interface to be bit accurate with windows 2000/xp and osX (seems to be a little problem with osX at 48kHz though). With the s-Lock PLL any jitter from the USB clocking is basically eliminated. I have not tested it with LINUX yet but would be surprised if LINUX did not have these drivers. I am afraid my experience with LINUX is limited to file server applications but I'll plug an m902 into one of our Red hat boxes and see if it works (and verify that it is bit accurate).
Cheers,
Michael Grace

 

[GoRedwings19]

Hi michael does the balanced inputs of the grace 902 use the inverse signal of the XLR connection??? I was just wondering because I have a balanced cable and wanted to utilise it.