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First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
Perhaps I'm restating the obvious, but there was reporting on the 005 thread of using DDC conversion of USB to I2S outside of the 005 and comparing it to the same conversion inside of the 005.  One or two people preferred it even with a rather ine... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
Two corrections to my post on DDCs. 1. The Singxer UIP-1 PRO comes with a wall wart.  A good power supply is necessary to bring it anywhere near the Phoenix whose power supply is ample.  FWIW the device in its non-PRO version got a reasonably goo... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
Just a brief word about DDCs.  The Phoenix was diacussed towards the end of the Musetec 005 thread where it was compared to the far less expensive Singxer UIP-1 PRO.  IIRC the Singxer has about the same clock, galvanic isolation and a simpler powe... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@stuartk My Subaru is made in Japan and can be repaired in the US. Subaru America is the importer and I bought from a Subaru deler.  That is how most foreign products work when purchased in the US. Hegel is like that, but But Musetec products ar... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
For instance you can often hear an ambient noise floor in a hall before the music even starts. That sound is truly natural and is my preference. In its early days as a premier producer of great LPs, Reference Recordings used to record that ambi... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@westborn  The ES9039pro (and the Gustard uses 4) is designed to run at lower power consumption than previous generations of ESS DAC chips.  So overheating of the chip not likely.  Something else on the Gistard boards must be running hot and may ... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@stuartk I thought I’d chime in here as I have followed Chinese direct or semi-direct goods for a long time. I did once send a board back to Musetec for updating. I have a very high regard for Musetec née LKS, its products and how it does busine... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@sns It was said many years ago about audio that if your measuremens don’t correlate with what you hear, you’re measureing the wrong things. As far as I understand ASR has never presented any studies that correlate their measurements with sound ... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@dbb  One can almost see Bernstein dancing his way through the second movement tango.  The 1964 Columbia recording is remarkable.  My go-to version, since its release, has been the one by Kirill Petrenko with his former orchestra.   @yakbob  Yo... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@dbb  Thank you for your review of the 006 done in your usual comprehensive style.  I'll have to go back and listen to Gilbert's Mahler 7.   As others are finding, notably in this thread @jc4659, the 005 responds beautifully to improvements in t... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@sns You were among the first to go the 005 route and you were an accurate reporter. If you go the 006 route we’ll be eager to hear what you hear. @benzman There is a Musetec US dealer. He is Midwest Audio, midwestaudiophile.com  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
A New Musetec DAC, the MH-DA006 Flagship DAC is here. As usual with Musetec, a lot of new design and details offered in text and in interior photos.  Two ESS ES9039pro chips. The price at Shenzhen is $3900. No doubt it is worth a new MH-DA006 t... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@duchhart  Happy that you are liking the Musetec.  It's always been surprisingly good out of the box, but will get better with time, Interesting that you are getting good results with USB > LKS USB-100 > I2S > 005.  This has ben a topic... 
Any experience with Magna Mano Ultra MkIII streamer
About the Magna Ultra Mk III, does anyone know if it can play DSD files and put out DoP?    
Focal/Naim APP forcing digital front end change
@northbeach The Lumin is a good deal more expensive than the Revo. Both the Lumin and the Revo require a good external LPS to sound their best. Hans Beekhuyzen did an extensive review of the Revo on his youtube channel. In response to an inquir...