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Passive vs Active...Again!
After watching Darko's videos on his expensive and evasive accoustic treatments, I'm almost ready to pack it in and purchase a Sonos speaker and call it a day! If I have to spend that much money and turn my house upside down to attain some decent ... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
  yyzsantabarbara - the Topping Dac retails at $750. Is the 005 worth $2,250 more?  
Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio
  toddalin - WOW!   jerryg123 - +1   jea48 - thx Think I'm going to go with this: 12AWG Cryo-Treated Romex Electrical Wire (ft) (audiosensibility.com) for my 30' run.    
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
auxinput - OK Dr. DAC, thank you for all the detailed and informative advice! With that, I have been in contact with Young at SHENZHENAUDIO. He says he will honor his Black Friday pricing on a L.K.S Audio MH-DA005 until I have finished the remodel... 
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
A couple of final contenders: https://aoshida-audio.com/products/gustard-dac-x26-pro?DIST=Q0U%3D http://www.economik.com/rme/adi-2-dac-fs/?gclid=CjwKCAiAqIKNBhAIEiwAu_ZLDvn_iaM5hEi__tTdCMU9ACEUGX-1CHg31A9WvnEVGJaI2LvJBbiHiRoCNRQQAvD_BwE Or the ... 
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
Touché auxinput    
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
yyzsantabarbara - any further impressions on this DAC? I am looking at his DAC as well, but you mentioned that your Topping D90se was pretty darn good (at a 1/3 of the price). Is the 005 enough of a game-changer to drop the extra cash? I was also ... 
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
auxinput - Thanks for your long & detailed response. I think  jerryg123 the MF and BP DACs in one sentence! If I were to go with the MF and add on their LPS I'm at $2250, $700 shy of the Musetec (BF Sale price) and I don't need an LPS with th... 
Cat 5 - 6 -7 or 8
Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but I was about to order some ethernet cables from Blue Jeans and Jeff stated this to me in an email this morning: "The only thing to avoid is mixing shielded and unshielded" I emailed back and a... 
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
https://www.linsoul.com/products/l-k-s-audio-mh-da005 - $3,134                                    OR https://almaaudio.com/products/merason-frerot-dac - $1,350 Hmm...  
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
  auxinput - sorry for not responding sooner, I'm up in the flood zone here and it's been a heck of a week for us all! Thanks for all the research. I will see if I can save up a bit for the LKS MH-DA005 DAC.   lemonhaze - Yes, thanks. I had nev... 
Cat 5 - 6 -7 or 8
  curlyhifi - Thanks. I found an old roll of unshielded cat6e at work, is that ok? Ans I see Blue Jean cable sells a cat6a, never heard of the "A" before?  
Cat 5 - 6 -7 or 8
craig - great stuff craig, thank you!  
Cat 5 - 6 -7 or 8
Thanks all, one more question: Does the cable need to be shielded through the entire house or is it just the shorter that runs from the wall outlet to the router, switch, audio equipment, etc?  
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Border Patrol DAC? https://www.borderpatrol.net/dac/