azwill
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| Battle of the Older DAC @ceennison53, Possibly a PS Audio Direct Stream MkII may be available for substantial discount as preowned, but less than $2000 seems too low for current market to me. The referenced link you provided is for a MkI, not MkII. | |
| Lumin X1 or dCS Bartok I have several DACs including the X1, which I have had for several years. It has been a very solid and good sounding piece for me. I have not heard the Bartok. I have thought about selling it, but have not acted on that, Lumin has been exce... | |
| Esoteric K03XD @bubinga, Have you had a bad experience with Esoteric? I note both here and the N-01XD SE thread in this forum that you seem down on Esoteric. In reading from users that have compared Esoteric sound of the discontinued AKM chip DAC units to th... | |
| Esoteric N01XD SE Esoteric does release upgraded units, but it appears to me to be more like 3 year intervals and often trickle down upgrades based on their higher end offerings. Sometimes audio companies make "new and improved" due to shortage or non-availability... | |
| Master clock generator With the Esoteric K-03XD SE now having the Esoteric Master Sound Discrete Clock for Digital Player discrete clock module, I would suggest first evaluating the performance through break-in without an additional master clock. I would also suggest ... | |
| Esoteric K03XD While I do believe eventually the K-05XD will be upgraded to SE model, others do not believe that will be happening near term. It came out later in the K-XD line, and reportedly already has the Master Sound Discrete Clock which is part of the SE... | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui Roon vs Separate Streamers I have the Mola Mola Makua with installed DAC (Tambaqui). My opinion in my system is the DAC presentation does not have a bright nor aggressive top end. I have found that cabling, including power cords, IC's, and ethernet cables do have some inf... | |
| New Luxman DA-06 doesnt sound so great. Will it get better? It continually surprises me how much difference of opinion people can have over same pieces of audio equipment. I have had a number of DACs. One of them I still have is the Luxman DA-06. It has not been active in my chain for some time, but ... | |
| Surge Protectors I, too, had an EP2000 installed around 15 years ago. I also added a plug-in fixed cord unit, EP2450, in audio rack for additional noise abatement from internal home sources. My area had been experiencing power interruption with new housing and ... | |
| Is it still worth buying a Lumin x1 in 2023? Congratulations and happy listening! | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? Thank you and congratulations on your soon to arrive new DAC. | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? @waltersalas, I may have missed it, but saw in this thread you were evaluating USB cables. Did you come to a decision on the Muon USB? I would be interested in your USB evaluation conclusions. Thanks in advance | |
| Is it still worth buying a Lumin x1 in 2023? I anticipate you will receive additional DAC suggestions not on your list plus suggestions to change other components in your system. I have an X1 plus other DACs--unnecessary extravagance I know. I have not owned nor listened to the other DACs... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio, Christiaan Punter at hifi-advice.com very recently did highly favorable reviews on Playback Designs MPS-X and then later on MPD-6. I have been a fan of his review style. The MPD-6 in his review had the Steam-X2 option installed. ... | |
| Lumin X1 and Upgraded DC umbilical cord for power supply. ozzy, It has been over 2-1/2 years since I purchased the EVP's and only a week separated getting shipment of them in for X1 and then power supply. Your comment makes me think I should check on the X1 power supply with and without the EVP's unde... |