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In the Thread: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC
Post Subject: Yes, I should compare it again periodically.Posted by Paul S on: 10/14/2007
True enough, Romy, and who knows, there might be a day or a late night when it sounds no different or even better with the wall power. Meantime, there is just no down side to using the battery for the iDAT-44+, despite my bad experience with the battery phono stage. Whatever the reasons, the battery powered iDAT-44+ just crushes the best I've gotten from the iDAT from wall power so far; but I'll keep plugging at it, starting the next time the phono stage sounds especially good.
BTW, readers, I am not "recommending battery power", per se, just reporting on this PARTICULAR situation. Like I said, I have not even had the cover off the iDAT-44+. Still, I can say that it is "not immune" to power grid nasties, and it just happens to sound great with the large-ish battery I happened to get. I would not assume from this that "battery power is the way to go"; except in this case it is. This is also a very good DAC, though, so it is not just the power I'm talking about but also the fact that the battery allows the thing to show its stuff more of the time. I really enjoyed a re-mastered (EMI) Callas 1965 France "Tosca". Unbelievably great pseudo-stereo from original mono.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site