kairosman
Responses from kairosman
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Weakest link is the place to start. But if I had to choose, the source is the more important foundation than speakers. A $10K source with a $5K amp will sqeeze every drop of performance out of a $2K speaker and make it sound like a $5K speaker, r... | |
| DAC diminishing returns To get the most from the Pontus you need a streamer transport like a Lumin U2 and the Denafrips DDC like an Iris or Hermes running I2S to the Pontus, otherwise you are driving it or even the Bifrost in 2nd gear. | |
| This is good Schiit... @audiofreak32 if "a great deal" is your lodestar in chasing better sound you will always be citing the infamous excuse of "the law of diminishing returns" that disappointed midfi enthusiasts make when their "great deals" don't result in significan... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? Your Luxman integrated deserves a quality digital front end, if your DAC is on par with the Luxman, purchase as follows: ADOT MCO1 fiber optic kit LHY 25A LPS with dual 5v outputs Uptone Audio EtherREGEN switch Audioquest Forest ethernet cable... | |
| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range Lampizator Baltic 3 is very good in a different way than my Lumin P1, which is the new little brother to the X1. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I am having issues with the 005 unable to lock on DSD 128 below BW06 DPLL, do I have a ethernet streaming rate bottleneck? I am at 150 Mbps which is max over copper in my building/neighborhood. | |
| Integrated Amp Suggestions CODA CSiB is awesome and so is Gryphon 120. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sns agreed it is indeed a small box with mostly poor sounding gear although i will admit the D90SE sounds good just a little sterile. @yyzsantabarbara ya the 005 so far in my system is a big winner on par with my Terminator II albeit with a diff... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I suspect that part of why the guys on the ASR forum excoriate guys like me with "too much money and not enough brains" is that they don't have the money to buy higher end gear. This might sound unduly snobby but IME, system resolution generally g... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @lordmelton no offense taken, you could be right, I might have old-man hearing (I am 59). The guys over on ASR certainly have suggested as much more than once. BTW the dude on here who has returned his 005 is not a hero over on ASR, all he has sai... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Err my last post which contained an expletive was deleted by the moderator, the main point of that post was to support @toddk31 and his return of his 005 on principal based on the fact he purchased it partly?/mainly? because of the Jinbo’s publish... | |
| Gryphon Diablo 120, Luxman L-590AXII, Other? For KEF R11 Parasound gear is nowhere near Gryphon. The Gryphon 120 and Luxman 509 are on another level from the JC5. I auditioned the 120 and 509 extensively and went with the Gryphon 300 only because my speakers are a tough load. The 120 is a sweeter soundi... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC As per some others here I feel that Jinbo should only publish consistently reproducible measurements, otherwise it is difficult for potential new customers to trust him otherwise. I get the temptation for a small company to publish attractive spec... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I just bought the Topping D90SE (ASR's darling DAC) as a baseline means of a/b comparisons between my Musetec, Lumin P1, and Terminator II, will be doing this experiment for some time probably before I will have something meaningful to say, will c... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @melm yes the Musician operation is undercutting Denafrips’ worldwide distributor Vinshine (Singapore based) on price/performance/build in cahoots with Denafrips. As in Musician is Denafrips’ B brand and another means of creating work and revenue ... |