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DACs --Red Wine Audio Isabellina, Lector Digicode
If anyone interested, I am selling my Red Wine Audio Isabellina Pro DAC on ebay now - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140848263871Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. 
USB cables
How does Audioquest Cinnamon or Kimber USB cables compare to Wireworld Startlight or Ultraviolet USB cables which are told to be ones with the greatest value?How important for the sound quality is the USB cable when using a USB/SPDIF converter lik... 
New Zu Mission cable
At the moment I have two analog interconnects - Blue Jeans Cable and Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference II.Blue Jeans sounds in my system quite decent. It gives me dynamic, full-bodied sound, but a bit grainy and tones are not as nice as in my Acoustic... 
Has anyone tried Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 RCA IC?
For me BJC are nice ones especially for the price, but they sound a bit grainy in my system and are not airy/spacious enough for my taste. They are not as refined as other cables either.IMO it's worth paying more to get better cables than BJC in h... 
Acoustic Zen MC2 -best digital cable for $300?
Agisthos,From reviews the Antipodes Audio Kokiri seems to be a great cable. The problem is, it's a bit too expensive. 
Acoustic Zen MC2 -best digital cable for $300?
That's very true, Rja.I've tried to go through as many reviews/opinions of cables as I could to get more objective information. I am aware I still don't know and I will not know until I listen to them myself and in my system. Anyway, I need to sta... 
Acoustic Zen MC2 -best digital cable for $300?
Thank you for the recommendation. I've read however that Oyaide does not excel in speed and dynamics, the features that are important to me. 
Rega DAC vs Havana DAC
Very helpful tips! Thank you Guys. 
Rega DAC vs Havana DAC
Tubegroover, after reading your and many others people's impressions of Havana, i start to believe there is some magic in its sound. This is very tempting to me to try it out myself. Although sonically both Havana and Rega seems to fit my taste. O... 
Rega DAC vs Havana DAC
Rob, thank you for your impressions.Thanks to my recent read, i realized that soundstage may be perceived differently on speakers vs headphones. I suppose the two can't be extremely different and some relation must exist, meaning good soundstage o... 
Rega DAC vs Havana DAC
Kbarkamian, appreciate your answer.I like everything what I read about Rega, but this one little issue with soundstaging bothers me. Deep and wide soundstage is important to me as I listen mostly through my headphones and headphones' inherent weak... 
Rega DAC vs Havana DAC
Tubegroover, thank you for your response.True that unless I listen to both DACs I will not know for sure which one suit my preferences better.Regarding the over-detailed issue, I meant the "over emphasized" details. It looks like Havana has this '...