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New Emm Labs TSD-1/Dac-2 vs DCS Puccini
On the other hand; I had Emmlabs cdsa and switched to dCS Puccini and the sound was more powerfull, organic and with bigger soundstage; after latest firmware update and adding u-clock the sound improved more IMHO. 
Stealth Indra vs Stealth Sakra
Hi Ertur,Sakra needs more burn-in than any other Stealth cable I know of. Right out of the box the frequency extremes are "shy" especially the top end treble needs 200hrs to open and then is more musical treble than Indra.But in the begining you c... 
Stealth Indra vs Stealth Sakra
Hi ErturI have both; it's nice to put Sakra to hte source and Indra between premamp-amp.Sakra is very very good in direct comparison with Indra it is more liquid sounding and more naturall overall. Maybe more musicall than Indra but Indra is more ... 
Stealth Dream SC
Go to a show or in a demo room in very good system (any kind) and remove the cables out of it......then tell us if cables matters or not....it's sp easy! 
Stealth Indra vs Purist Proteus Provectus
You can try the Stealth Sakras which do what Indra does but are smoother and more liquid.. 
Which components knocked you out on first listen?
when first heard viva audio products I shocked with realism and I was in the same company with the musicians.I have and had many big audio "high-end" machines but viva audio lifted my system to new ground for me. 
Most musical integrated amp you have heard?
I'd agree with Larryi.....Viva Solista mkII (August 09 upgraded) is one of the most natural music machines ever build. 
Stealth Dream SC
It is better argyro; unfortunately....much better. 
what is the best power cable for the dCS Puccini
I found Stealth Dream digital and Jorma Prime power to be among the best power cords for Puccini (Uclock as well). 
Wilson Maxx 2 vs Sonus Faber Stradivari
which is... 
Wilson Maxx 2 vs Sonus Faber Stradivari
I'm proposing Stealth and Jorma among others... 
USB DACs with 24/192 via USB
upconversion is wrong way.....native is needed 
SACD Player with hi-rez digital input
Perrew can you measure the jitter from spdif?Who will do the resampling and recloking?I guess top engineers of top brands (dCS, Weiss, Esoteric, Wadia...) choose usb or firewire (along with anti-jitter devices) for hiresolution and these engineers... 
USB DACs with 24/192 via USB
This is a transition period for hiresolution audio and highend.You can use any dac you like in the market and connecti it to dCS Uclock, with its asychronous usb you can have full bandwidth and native 24/96.For the moment if we had all of our digi... 
SACD Player with hi-rez digital input
Technically it's not possible to pass native 24/192 through 1 rca input or 1 toslink input.