lordmelton
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| Musical Fidelity M3SCD My suggestion would be to go and listen to it if you can. However I've owned several MF products including DACs and they have all been excellent and very well built. | |
| SPDIF vs. AES/EBU Sound Quality? Yes, IMHO AES/EBU will provide the best quality up to 24/192 kHz and single rate DSD, for higher sampling rates you'll need USB or I2s. I've never compared it to I2s but it's been better than USB in every comparison I've done. | |
| For All You Musetec MH-DA005 DAC Fans I remember @soix said he has a Musician Pegasus | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice If you are not using XLR connections on your pre-amp maybe give that a try, because many of these new dac companies favour XLR, but I'm still sure it's a break-in issue. | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice Sounds like it's breaking in, assuming you've had it less than a month or so. | |
| Streaming music sounds better late at night. Is this just me? This has been going on for ages with Radio. Radio always sounds better at night even in the car. Since the major factor removed is the Sun and another factor added, the Moon, both of these are probably involved by influencing electrical noise. I... | |
| Upgrade to dcs bartok. You would get a much better sound if you got an Aurender N20 or N30 if you can stretch that far and use the Sim Audio for DAC/Pre until you can get a decent Pre-amp (Pass Labs?). Then if you're still searching upgrade the DAC (Musetec 005?). Go a... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I just came across this article regarding Rick Schultz modding the 004. If Rick was involved it must have got his respect. Rick was the CEO of Virtual Dynamics a company that made some fantastic cables. He made a one off XLR IC for me many years a... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Lots of haters..from Aurender to Musetec and beyond...lol. Been waiting 10 days for mine already and it hasn't shipped yet so there must be quite a long queue. After I've run my Musetec in for a month I'll give you my thoughts. | |
| Does IN Player Upsampling Benefit Older CDs More Than Newer CDs? Older '80s (bought in the '80s) CDs sometimes benefit from engaging De-Emphasis if you have the facility on your player or DAC, because they can sound muddy compared to more recent CDs. Otherwise there is no hard and fast rule it's all down to pe... | |
| New streamer or dac? @bikeboy52 One box solutions have been discussed but what is often overlooked is the cost savings in cables. Decent cables are going to cost around $1000+ DAC Power, IC and Digital $3000 Server Power $1000 Pre Amp Power, IC $2000 Power or Inte... | |
| New streamer or dac? @pwayland Regarding I2s I really believe it'll be the USB of the future but it hasn't received mainstream support yet. It's mainly PS Audio and the Chi-Fi companies that are in full support. AES/EBU, provided you have a quality setup it will USUA... | |
| Has anyone tried Napster? Maybe they're out of gaol now? | |
| New streamer or dac? @pwayland If you are using a PSA DS DAC with built in streaming card you have already done away with the I2s unless you want to connect a CDT by I2s. There is an advantage to having a streaming card in a DAC, Mola Mola and DCS do this also but I ... | |
| New streamer or dac? @bikeboy52 Aurender make fantastic products and from a convenience standpoint they are super easy to operate and even internet radio sounds great. Where they do excel is playing back ripped music SQ is superb and streaming is state of the art. T... |