I have rediscovered vinyl -- and it is AWESOME

Opinions may differ, of course, but I think few would compare the Denon 5910 to any current DAC's in the $1500-2500 range (apparently the current "sweet spot"), and perhaps not even to the best of the $500-$1000 ones.

 

I haven't heard the 5910 and it's implementation of the Burr Brown DAC, but my answer is yes. If you are interested there is no shortage of information our there on DACs and their usage in audio. There are many many different implementations and chipsets. As an example my Hugo uses FPGA. Schiit has a new take on a DAC never before used in audio but commonly used in other industries.

I think this is digressing the thread away from the intent though, so I'll stop here. A good vinyl set up is truly fantastic IMHO.

 

Enjoy every minute of it, JohnnyK--and don't let any of the naysayers wreck it for you. Every thread need not devolve into a digital vs vinyl debate. There are plenty of threads about members' great new cd players/DACs and I bet you have no plan to spoil those parties.

 

Welcome back

 

Great sounding record!

 

You have a promo copy like I do. I gave mine a spin just last night. Great sounding album.

 

Candy-O is a great sounding album, but I've had a weird experience with it. I have a Japanese pressing and the Mobile Fidelity version. The MoFi is a little too clean...there's great separation, but the instruments don't bleed together the way they should. I prefer the Japanese pressing, although I can only assume it's farther down the generation chain than even the standard pressing.

The debut MoFi, though, is jaw-dropping.

 

They did do a nice job on the debut, have not heard their others.

 

I'll take your word on that as I have not researched. Also, I was not talking directly about the player, more about the DAC's it uses. I'm sure a dedicated unit would have a better overall presentation than a do-it-all unit as was the Denon in it's day.

 

By the numbers, the vast majority of SH Forum members have no idea what digital can sound like. My player from 2008 will take a pretty good beating from any number of options today, but I'd wager a great deal that the performance would drop jaws within seconds. Our collective expectations should be higher and they are being met. Gotta stay informed though.

 

Glad to see you made it back, enjoy!

 

Welcome back and enjoy your records.Today my Dutch first pressing copy of Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind has arrived finally.All I can say is that as if Bruce is in the listening room right now with me, the vinyl is that good.No competition with the cd version, again a first press! I have nothing against cds, I have hundreds of them, they can sound great also with proper mastering but for analog recordings vinyl is the best way to hear them and it's unbeatable.

 

As one old geezer to another "It took you this long to figure out that vinyl sounds great?"

 

Welcome to the Dark Side. Give up all hope of savings accounts, he who wanders here.

 

I've compared vinyl to $5000 converters. Sounds great ! Still prefer vinyl easily however. Digital and it's mastering practices is still what it is. Dosent matter what you use for conversion. The room acoustics matter 1000% more than any of that stuff anyway.

 

Lol! Hey, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Or reappear.

 

I thought my response was clearly about DAC's, not players?

 

...and looking

 

Well done, dude, well done...

 

This is a Chris Farley-approved thread.

 

Welcome home, brother!

 

Really? Wow, I must've got a defective copy or something. It's one of the crappiest sounding records I have. My original copy from back in the day beats it easily. It was the first and last MoFi vinyl I bought, figuring they were over-hyped and not worth the extra money. Quite disappointing, really.

 

I think that you must have gotten a bad copy as my Mofi Candy-O is quite good. Do you really have Mirage 750s? How cool! When I was in high school, I bought an all rosewood cabinet Luxman system and was going to buy Mirage 750s, until my buddy told me I would be crazy not to buy these amazing Cerwin Vegas that he heard at a party! Oyyyy. I regretted that decision for years!

 

Actually, he was referring to the Cars debut album, not Candy-O. I have the debut from MoFi and that's the one that doesn't sound very good to me. I have an original copy of Candy-O that kicks ass, so never bothered looking for another.

Yes, I really have a pair of Mirage 750's. I understand they are getting quite hard to find now with the original drivers still intact. Unfortunately, I've never been able to find the stands that were designed for them but I have them about 10" off the floor. I will say this - they image better than any other speaker I've heard. Unbelievable, really. I had heard great things about them and when I saw a pair pop up near Ottawa, I jumped on them.