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From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions

A Tubadour IV SE I ordered on 10/12 appeared today.  It replaces a stock Orchid fed by an n130 Node with PD Creative power board and Sbooster LPS.  I’ve just finished a half hour session, including 15 min of warm up.  Right out of the box it’s showing off.  Smooth, articulate and quick with much tighter bass.  It keeps the musicality of the Orchid and improves on the pace.
The soundstage is deeper with a more “You are there” feel than the up front “They are here” feel of the Orchid.  That’s all for now.   For three times the cost I hoped for a noticeably better DAC.  What I got was a major surprise and a huge upgrade.  Really anxious to put some hours on it.

wlutke
decooney
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@wlutke which connection type are you using? (AES, SPDIF/Coax, USB, Toslink)

I’m experimenting with another non-tube dac that formerly utilized a similar AD chipset and now on to something different. It’s good to read you are having favorable results with this proven r2r multibit chip design in this dac. Found some of these dacs are better than others by the connection type alone. Some not as good with USB compared to others. Not a big USB fan here.  What’s your preferred type on this dac so far?

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wlutke OP
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@decooney 

I use  Wireworld Starlight 8 coax, never tried the other formats.  Still new at this.  Been into analog forever.

decooney
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@wlutke Nice - I’m an old fan of digi-coax myself, I bet it sounds even nicer once everything settles in like @tvad mentioned. Enjoy!

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baylinor
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I have a question. Does anyone know the configuration of the I2s connection? I can't find it on their website. This unit interests me but It would need to work with the Jay's cdt2-mk3 configuration.

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