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Streamers and their Fuses
Every upgrade to my setup has increased transparency and holographic imaging or it is removed and sold or returned. I listen on average 4 hours a day, it’s all about the music for me, but experiencing the music through distinct separated holograms... 
Streamers and their Fuses
@lalitk  Loving it! 10% increase in clarity and detail. Benefits were immediate on both the W20SE and the MK3. Using pro cables now,  and just coming to the end of the 400 hour burn in period. Will be upgrading cables to Shunyata Sigma Word Clock... 
New FARAD Level 2 Silver Mod for Chord DAVE!
Mscaler pulls requires 12-15 watts. It runs perfectly on 12 watts from lifepo4 batteries. When on full 1 million tap upsampling it only pulls 10 watts total. So a medium sized lifepo4 battery will give you 24 hours of use. I use the Bluetti EB55, ... 
Streamers and their Fuses
@lalitk the pang audio clock muddied the system terribly, sold it already and bought the Mutec ref10 se120. The Mutec should be a considerable upgrade, but like you said the pang had a worse clock than what was already in the W20SE and mk3.  
New FARAD Level 2 Silver Mod for Chord DAVE!
@nkj Once you get an Mscaler put it on galvanic isolation with the OPTO-DX from Audiowise, then next level is putting the transmitter and receiver and Mscaler on separate lifepo4 batteries! Ultimate setup with DAVE!       
Streamers and their Fuses
@fastfreight congratulations! incredible upgrade. @smatsui i've thought about this too, why would a fuse affect a lifepo4 powered streamer, that level of understanding is beyond me as well, but I'm telling you, it does, and it's not subtle. There... 
Chord Dave and lInear power supply
OK friends, did the FARAD silver level 2 upgrade today to my DAVE today. Funnest HiFi project of my life. FARAD technicians talked with me through the whole build of the 3 power supplies, and shipping process, highly recommended for their customer... 
New FARAD Level 2 Silver Mod for Chord DAVE!
@carlsbad  awesome! Yea awesome upgrade. I have my mscaler on lifepo4 batteries with Audiowise OPTO-DX which I believe is the biggest upgrade possible for our DAVE Mscaler setup.      
Streamers and their Fuses
@lalitk I listened to the N30 at his house on his system, about a 300k system, all flagship components, flagship cables, the W20SE is immensely more transparent and detailed and holographic on my 55K lifepo4 system. He's an Aurender licensed deale... 
Streamers and their Fuses
@snadeauu Welcome to Audiogon. I see you joined today. Selling a 30k piece with no history on the site might be difficult. My friend Juan at Bliss HiFi near me in the Twin Cities has the N30 30k flagship Aurender streamer. We both agreed the W20SE... 
Please share pics of what inside YOUR power conditioners
Shunyata Everest 8000  
Streamers and their Fuses
@audioman58  Audio Magic Masterpiece M-1, made with black diamond and beeswax. Best of the best, top audiophile fuse in the world right now IMO.      
Which power cords have high resolutions and separation??
In that price range I'd absolutely go with GR-Research's 24 strand power cables, they are around $400 each and I've tested them outperforming cables many times their cost. They are very open, accurate and transparent sounding. And if you don't lik... 
Jays Audio cdt2 mk3 burn in and user experiences
I purchased the Jay's Audio MK3-CDT3 back in August, after continual listening it's just begun being broken in now... 😂  
Bigger rooms better for sound?
My listening room has 16ft ceilings and is 45 feet wide and 35 feet deep, I've found the huge space to make the sound absolutely amazing as well, great discussion.