Oh, and I forgot about Evo version of my JCAT XE Netcard, even further behind the curve! Like I keep on saying, streaming is evolving fast and furious, kind of fun, interesting, but frustrating at the same time.
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
I have received the 006 almost a week ago and have been breaking it in. The price at Shenzhenaudio is $3,900.00 USD, $600 more than the 005. The ad copy states:
"DA006 is a new generation of flagship DAC developed by Musetec over three years and launched in 2024. During this period, it has undergone more than ten revisions and adjustments.
Compared to the previous DA005, the listening experience of DA006 has been improved in all aspects. DA006 has clearer and richer details, a stronger sense of texture, a more stable sound base, better detail control, a wider soundstage, fuller and more powerful, smoother and more natural. . ."
Some brief listening during break in has been very very positive. I will report back when it has run at least 300 hours.
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@sns i am glad that I was able to get out of the Copper ethernet and savings for the card as well as an expensive Ethernet cable. I still have the jcat xe (non-Evo) version lying around. I was thinking of upgrading the jcat usb xe to the Evo version but for the price, I might experiment with newer motherboards that might do similar trick. Will see one way or the other. Still not decided if I want to experiment with a good ddc like Gaia though I tried several cheaper ones earlier and did not like the result. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to audition it - a US tour of the Gaia will be much appreciated from Denafrips and their US distributor :-) |
@debjit_g Check with @audioman58 , I purchased Gaia from Paul, he may be able to set you up with something, also got some consideration on the Tubulus I2S cable. I just got notification on the Laiv, unfortunately only Femto clock, still could be good value if implemented well. |
"unfortunately only Femto clock" It seems that some of the best (and uber-expensive) clocks available for audio call themselves, or are called, femto clocks. For my I2S streamer I’m considering the purchase of 2 sc-cut crystal clocks described as femto clocks and considered bargains at $340 for the pair. Of course at $849 the Laiv is not going to have clocks like those. But "unfortunately only"? Inside the "oven" of a Gaia OCXO there is an XO, or crystal oscillator clock. Do you know anthing about it or its performance? Could it be, in fact, a femto clock, which I assume describes the bounds of an aspect of its performance? There are OCXOs in some pretty low cost devices. |
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