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| Six DAC Comparison We've been asked "why TOSLINK optical instead of AES/EBU balanced?" I think some people are confused as to what AES is and the difference between a balanced and a single-ended digital input. AES stands for "Audio Engineering Society" and they h... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ brbrock The Mystique Z is a single chassis DAC built in the same chassis as our Mystique Y. What that graphic is showing is that the Mystique Z chassis is 1" lower than the Mystique X chassis allowing the distances in both the signal and power... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Mystique Z DAC We're starting to take orders for the first production run. We're offering a $1,000 discount on our new top-of-the-line Mystique Z NC. Estimated ship date is late September or early October. We're currently in the process of as... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @brbrock Yes, every Mystique DAC since our Mystique v1 had a similar MSB zero-crossing trim adjustment. The single MSB adjustment on the AD1865 and AD1862 DAC chips we've been using did not require as sophisticated equipment to adjust them as t... | |
| Six DAC Comparison To answer some of your questions... Our new Mystique Z will have three inputs: USB, coaxial AES/SPDIF, and TOSLINK. Aside from the upgraded DAC chips and upgraded power supplies, we are makings quite a few upgrades to our AES/SPDIF and TOSLINK ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison An update on our new Mystique Z... Prototyping is going quite well. The PCM58 DAC chips we're using are the best sounding vintage R-2R DAC chips we've ever heard. Notably better than the AD1862N-Z chips (aka "Z chips") we offered as an upgrade ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ SNS Your DAC can have a very advanced USB input. But if the output from your digital source and your digital cables are not equal then you cannot make a fair comparison between USB and I2S. All the inputs and outputs on any component are not... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ Soix Clocking is just one of the many factors. Re-clocking doesn’t fix corrupted data. And as I stated, it is not the accuracy of the clock that matters, but rather how little clocking noise it produces that pollutes sensitive analog compone... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ debjit_g You are 100% correct, which is my point: You have to look at ALL the factors in order to evaluate what is potentially better. But there are some hard and fast facts... One of these facts is that the problem or advantage with this or... | |
| Six DAC Comparison I certainly would not want to offend anyone with my comments. But I'm reading a lot of opinions about I2S, OCXO clocking, and master clocks. I have no doubt that those of you who have heard this or that component with OCXO clocking or I2S inputs... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @brbrock We're never switching from R-2R to Delta Sigma. (I think I threw up a little in my mouth). The PCM58 is a 40-year-old Burr-Brown 18-bit R-2R DAC chip that was marketed as a direct competitor to the Analog Devices AD1865. It sounds an... | |
| Six DAC Comparison One more thing... Single-ended vs balanced outputs is quite system dependent. Our balanced output is an additional stage following the single-ended output, so all things being equal, the single-ended output should sound better. But when are al... | |
| Six DAC Comparison WOW! That's quite a review :^P To put my 2 cents in... I've had both our X and Y DACs in a variety of systems playing a variety of music. Depending on the specific system and the specific recording would depend on which one I prefer. And giv... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Benjamin from Mojo Audio again... I did want to mention a few things about our Mystique Y. First of all, Mitch has the middle-priced Mystique Y AM with amorphous core chokes. If he had our Mystique Y NC with nano crystal core chokes the sound qu... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Benjamin from Mojo Audio again. I hadn't read this thread in a while so I'm playing catch up a bit. I've been seeing things about USB input issue, I2S, and clocking, that I thought I should address. First of all, we've never had any problems wi... |