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| 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... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ brbrock Yes. I'm working on a Mystique Z that will be built around the PCM58 DAC chip and will have an external power supply. The power supply upgrades will be plug-and-play so customers won't have to send their DAC in to us for upgrades. ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Benjamin from Mojo Audio again. I very much appreciate Mitch as a customer as well as Mitch's efforts in this incredibly detailed review. That being said, I wanted to offer a bit different perspective. When our Mystique X just was originally re... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ brbrock Sorry it took me so long to respond...I don't go on forums every day. LC = choke + capacitor CLC = capacitor + choke + capacitor In a CLC they use smaller chokes than in an LC power supply. Most power supplies in audio gear are just... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ gavin1977 CLC is an excellent power supply and also stores energy similar to an LC power supply but the LC is still slightly better. With an LC power supply the rectification multiplier from AC to DC is only .9 vs 1.414 with a capacitive or C... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @ Mitch2 The Mystique EVO Pro (2018-2020) originally sold for $11,999 and with the Z chip upgrade it would have been $12,999. Originally we sold the Mystique X SE for $9,999 and the NC nano crystal core choke and Z chip upgrades are $2,500 makin... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Hi everyone. This is Benjamin from Mojo Audio, the designer of the Mystique line of DACs. I just wanted to give you a bit of a perspective on our DACs and I wanted to offer Mitch one of our new entry-level Mystique Y Fe DACs ($3,999) to add to t... |