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In the Thread: Audio system: my path to dynamics
Post Subject: DAC Time domain responsePosted by Amir on: 9/18/2024
 Romy the Cat wrote:

Regarding dominance of Dynamics above anything else. I think this time you will change your mind. I think you are already changing it because you recognizing some time Dynamics might be too much, I'm talking with you switched from tl0 to tl1. I think it was the wrong move and it's only indicate that you had bad DAC. Tl0 cannot work this aggressive face and most of them are. However you clearly understood that tl0 clearly shred CDs apart and do not produce holistic musical sound. You went to a significantly more melow tl1. Yes, you accomplished your desirable dynamic balance but you lost ritm and bass. There is no other transport out there that can stand up against tl0 in term of ritm... I for years having this wet dream fantasy that I find some kind of $30 CD player is that food accidentally as a transport do something similar to tl0. I keep fantasizing....


Romy, I do not have CEC TL1 , I just have CEC TL0 3.0 , I listened to TL1 but did not buy it.I agree you TL0 has more dynamic than TL1 specially in bass and TL0 have much better pace and rhythm but the main difference of TL0 vs TL1 is about transparency.I think here we both agree on sound difference but our words are different.  in my opinion CEC TL1 give me less information from CD records so TL0 has more real/transparent sound. 
a-bit off-topic but I think this is very interesting subject to understand which is the right DAC for TL0 . I listened to many DACs with TL0 and although I am not sure but I guess the CEC TL0 has better sound with perfect time domain response DACs. some DACs have better time domain response (less ringing less overshoot) but some DACs have better frequency response. Bidat, TAD, Emm Labs, Old Audio Aero, Old Wadia, Audio Note and all NOS DACs have good time domain response. dCS and most modern DACs are not perfect in time domain response.
  
http://www.soundbsessive.com/the-meitner-idat-da-interpolation-algorithm/ 

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