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I think you have lots of permutations and tinkering ahead! Trying the Toppings as amps or dacs, L/R v frequency, where the sub cut off should be in the dsp etc..
Who knows what will sound best! Really interesting.. Keep us posted.. I'm really interested how the mismatched pricey amps fare against the chi-fi
I wonder if the new hifi paradigm is to spend all your cash on speakers, then drive with multiple chi fi amps, fed with cheap DAC and mini dsp
hurricane_run-
That’s part of what I’m hoping to find out. There’s the school of thought that there’s no perceptible difference between any digital devices up to the dac, also that dacs are so similar that you may as well buy the best value unit with the features you want, class D amps are pretty much transparent, so the only thing giving character to your sound is the speakers.
If that’s the case I’ll likely get rid of most of my home kit, get that Denon just-add-speakers streaming amp I linked to up thread and for the big rig at the shop look at installing all those mini boxes inside the speaker cabinets for a fully active setup. Or fuck all that off for a pair of OTP actives.
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spend all your cash on speakers, then drive with multiple chi fi amps, fed with cheap DAC and mini dsp
If you use digital-input Class D amps, you don't even need a DAC
Stevethecoffee
gbj_tester
Yeah, the levels are controlled in the DSP software so I can just leave the amps alone when they’re set. I will go for the amp per frequency band though because then I can connect up my 2 power amps (using the Toppings just as dacs) which don’t match, to see what that does. SS to the woofers and valves to the horns.