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SpectralBacon
23
Mar 30, 2018
This or the CTH + SDAC?
junki
327
Mar 30, 2018
SpectralBaconSDAC is great DAC but the CTH is one of the noisiest amps you'll get. It's noise level is so high that its actual SNR is -78 dB and not the -97 dB as advertised.
ItsAeolus
58
Mar 31, 2018
junkiSo you would say the CTH DAC/amp over this??? I’m just using some akg K712 pros... not hard to drive but I would like a hybrid or a tube amp... Ive heard they take really well to a tube and I like the idea of the hybrid tube
junki
327
Mar 31, 2018
ItsAeolusBased on the wide positive reception of the CTH, it's likely you'll be happy with it, yes.
Jaggi
737
Mar 31, 2018
ItsAeolusHow the hell did you manage to interpret this:
"but the CTH is one of the noisiest amps you'll get."
into this:
"So you would say the CTH DAC/amp over this?"
ItsAeolus
58
Mar 31, 2018
JaggiHonestly I wasn’t paying much attention to “noise” at the time I was interpreting it as how loud this thing could get and not the correct definition of noise in this case.... but yeah I get it I didn’t read into it like I should and ignored the SNR portion. He mentioned the DACs I was comparing so I threw a question out and glazed over it And I glazed over it. No need to be rude though. A simple correction would suffice but thank you for the correction
Jaggi
737
Mar 31, 2018
ItsAeolusHeh, well at least that makes sense. Maybe they should use this as a selling point on future CTH drops:
* Rated "one of the noisiest amps you'll get" by @junki on the massdrop forums!
ItsAeolus
58
Mar 31, 2018
JaggiI mean at least he said the DAC was a solid choice lul
vpfish
21
May 14, 2020
JaggiProbably from the equally bewildering answer he got: "the CTH is one of the noisiest amps you'll get" therefore "it's likely you'll be happy with it, yes." ?????
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