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Ocoeur- Everything  Trippy electronics ala Blade Runner   
New AES3/USB interface?
@hedkase- Just out of curiosity- what happens when the reset you’re describing occurs? I assume you’re sending USB from Mac to Mutec- does a sample rate change ever trigger this?   
New AES3/USB interface?
I believe the Mutec has two AES outputs- one XLR and one BNC. The reset thing is an interesting problem though. Following because I’m thinking of buying an MC3+USB.  
So I was changing a lightbulb last night…
@durte30  Did you just say that you plugged in a fluorescent bulb? Are you light fixtures meant for CFL lighting? Some LED’s will work with this type of lighting if they are compatible with the fixtures ballast. My guess again- the dimmer. I’d ch... 
Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts
@dpetr- I’d like to hear more about this! Sending you a pm  
So I was changing a lightbulb last night…
@durte30- I would first bypass the dimmer completely and check to see if the issue remains. I’m not familiar with the type of LED fixtures you are using but there could be the possibility of noise if a frequency inverter is involved. I’d start wi... 
DAC Input Topology
@vonhelmholtz- I’m not a “clocking” expert by any stretch of the imagination so take this for what it’s worth but as the N20 you’ve inquired about isn’t functioning as a master clock (meaning there are not clocking outputs and the Holo has no clo... 
DAC Input Topology
@vonhelmholtz  taken from your post- ”I was questioning if the Holo can take advantage of this given that the clock quality/stability is very good, but 4-10 times less stable than the Aurender clock”. How did you come to realize that the clock ... 
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE MUST READ
Apparently he listens to the clicking or thumping of square waves (depending on the duration of course).  
Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts
@jjss49- Thanks for the note. I had read your impressions on the ANK 4.1 earlier and even though it sounded as if from memory it gave me the impression you were liking what you heard (at least for a while). Seems like you’ve found something speci... 
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Ludovico Einaudi- Seven Days Walking: Day 5  
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Straight Up- Badfinger  
Butcherblock Acoustics "feet" effecting sound and isolation
All good suggestions with regards to decoupling and/or the application of mass but be weary of how Sorbothane can interact with your surrounding surfaces when under compression. The plasticizers used in the formulation can stain and actually adher... 
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Playing now- Stone Temple Pilots “Purple”  
SW1X Audio Design DAC III balanced S
@mresseguie- If that DAC is the same one that came up a couple of days ago from a seller in Orange County I have say Well Played! I saw that ad and had mentioned to my wife “someone really wants to move this”- I looked again later the next morni...