Buffalo III - flexibility without compromise.

[Erlend Sæterdal]

Are your fellows drunk ? Come on keep working.

[jp2300]

Assuming you had both lying around would you recommend the IVY-III over the Legato for use with a Sympatico amp? I noticed in the integration guide that it mentions the IVY-III measures better.

[tyk]

Originally Posted by Russ White

"B" is connected to the base of the trigger transistor.

You can connect the supply to ~5V the relays are active when you pull up "B" via a switch on any other mechanism.

I will post the schematic later today. There is not much to it.

The integration guide explains the use of sidecar.

Thank you for your information.

[tubeme]

Buffalo III DAC Integration Guide 1.0.2 says that for stereo mode best measured performance is reached when the quantizer is set to 6 bits. Isn't it a typo? Is it better to use 6 bits instead of 9? Thank you.

[tubeme]

What is better to power BIII 1/2 of LCDPS V.2.0 or Placid HD V.1.0?

[Russ White]

Originally Posted by tubeme

Buffalo III DAC Integration Guide 1.0.2 says that for stereo mode best measured performance is reached when the quantizer is set to 6 bits. Isn't it a typo? Is it better to use 6 bits instead of 9? Thank you.

Yes it measures better to use 6 bits instead of 9. But use whatever you like best.

[Russ White]

Originally Posted by tubeme

What is better to power BIII 1/2 of LCDPS V.2.0 or Placid HD V.1.0?

Both have advantages.

The advantage of the LCDPS is simplicity, ease of use, and lower total current draw.

The advantage of Placid HD is lower noise and both better line and load regulation.

The nice thing about Placid HD is that it gives you the best basis to start. every bit of noise reduction you can add prior to the tridents does help. Also the shunt reg is better at isolating regulators from each other.

[Russ White]

Originally Posted by jp2300

Assuming you had both lying around would you recommend the IVY-III over the Legato for use with a Sympatico amp? I noticed in the integration guide that it mentions the IVY-III measures better.

Both work marvelously. I would personally (and do personally) use both.

The IVY-III does measure better, and is much easier to build and to adjust output levels etc. So the average builder can't go wrong with IVY-III. It sounds awesome.

Legato sounds excellent and only measures very slightly worse than IVY-III (only dynamic range is worse - THD is almost identical) but is not necessarily the best choice for beginners. It not as simple to build or adjust.

[tubeme]

Russ, thank you.

[angcl]

Hi Russ,

I want to connect to unbalanced tube iv stage ,understand the BIII is balanced output .

just using +v & ground ?