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Tony's had an input into my system for a couple of years now, we had a queer steer with an eVo 4 a while back which didn't quite cut the mustard in comparison with my Krells, but his modified eVo 2's used as monoblocs have now done the trick and have finally surpassed the Krells. Hopefully with this next round of modifications I can cross amps off my list of upgrades for the the foreseable future.

If you decide to go for a PowerMaster 2 you want the one with a pair of 'red' sockets for the Bel Canto, it's an extra cost option over the standard PowerMaster 2 but well worth the upgrade.

In your situation I would give some serious consideration to selling your current transport and DAC and replacing it with a Wadia 850/860/861 in preference to having the DAC modified for balanced operation. I've spent a considerable amount of time A/B testing the BG DAX Decade against the Wadia DAC, the Wadia has a very similar sound but is just better, and, a conbined transport and DAC in a single player will save you the cost of the extra power cable needed when using two seperate boxes.

Picking up on Tony's comment, I took an Empirical Audio USB Offramp Turbo USB/SPDIF convertor (http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frComputer_Audio.html) with me to try in Tony's system along with an Apogee Big Ben. I was keen to have Tony do some work on it with the intention of using it as a replacement for my 270 transport. In my system it's very difficult to tell the difference between the convertor and the transport but the difference in Tony's higher resolution system easiliy showed up that computer based audio still has some way to go to match a dedicated transport.

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Gary

<blockquote data-quote="GaryG" data-source="post: 631989" data-attributes="member: 1525">DittonTony's had an input into my system for a couple of years now, we had a queer steer with an eVo 4 a while back which didn't quite cut the mustard in comparison with my Krells, but his modified eVo 2's used as monoblocs have now done the trick and have finally surpassed the Krells. Hopefully with this next round of modifications I can cross amps off my list of upgrades for the the foreseable future.If you decide to go for a PowerMaster 2 you want the one with a pair of 'red' sockets for the Bel Canto, it's an extra cost option over the standard PowerMaster 2 but well worth the upgrade.In your situation I would give some serious consideration to selling your current transport and DAC and replacing it with a Wadia 850/860/861 in preference to having the DAC modified for balanced operation. I've spent a considerable amount of time A/B testing the BG DAX Decade against the Wadia DAC, the Wadia has a very similar sound but is just better, and, a conbined transport and DAC in a single player will save you the cost of the extra power cable needed when using two seperate boxes.Picking up on Tony's comment, I took an Empirical Audio USB Offramp Turbo USB/SPDIF convertor (<a href="http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frComputer_Audio.html" target="_blank">http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frComputer_Audio.html</a>) with me to try in Tony's system along with an Apogee Big Ben. I was keen to have Tony do some work on it with the intention of using it as a replacement for my 270 transport. In my system it's very difficult to tell the difference between the convertor and the transport but the difference in Tony's higher resolution system easiliy showed up that computer based audio still has some way to go to match a dedicated transport.RegardsGary</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GaryG, post: 631989, member: 1525"] Ditton Tony's had an input into my system for a couple of years now, we had a queer steer with an eVo 4 a while back which didn't quite cut the mustard in comparison with my Krells, but his modified eVo 2's used as monoblocs have now done the trick and have finally surpassed the Krells. Hopefully with this next round of modifications I can cross amps off my list of upgrades for the the foreseable future. If you decide to go for a PowerMaster 2 you want the one with a pair of 'red' sockets for the Bel Canto, it's an extra cost option over the standard PowerMaster 2 but well worth the upgrade. In your situation I would give some serious consideration to selling your current transport and DAC and replacing it with a Wadia 850/860/861 in preference to having the DAC modified for balanced operation. I've spent a considerable amount of time A/B testing the BG DAX Decade against the Wadia DAC, the Wadia has a very similar sound but is just better, and, a conbined transport and DAC in a single player will save you the cost of the extra power cable needed when using two seperate boxes. Picking up on Tony's comment, I took an Empirical Audio USB Offramp Turbo USB/SPDIF convertor ([URL]http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frComputer_Audio.html[/URL]) with me to try in Tony's system along with an Apogee Big Ben. I was keen to have Tony do some work on it with the intention of using it as a replacement for my 270 transport. In my system it's very difficult to tell the difference between the convertor and the transport but the difference in Tony's higher resolution system easiliy showed up that computer based audio still has some way to go to match a dedicated transport. Regards Gary [/QUOTE]

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