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| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @catastrofe There is the music data and there is the clock signal. Together with a third they constitute what we know as the I2S streams. A Raspberry Pi has I2S data available on its GPIO pins, allowing the connection of external audio codecs ... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @catastrofe The answer is that for most people USB is good enough. It also easily allows people to use their laptops directly into a DAC and a conveniently long cord. Their streamer and file storage are already at hand. We used to put a filter... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @sns First of all we agree that what matters most is the sound, and not measurements. Obviously, what triggered my last post was your "unfortunately only Femto clock" remark. But when you are talking specifically about clocks, you are focusing... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @sns But what is engineering? What is marketing? The bottom line is that we don’t know anything about the clocks inside the Gaia except that they are OCXOs. As I said earlier, inside the OC there is an XO clock whose properties seem a mystery. I t... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @sns "unfortunately only Femto clock" It seems that some of the best (and uber-expensive) clocks available for audio call themselves, or are called, femto clocks. For my I2S streamer I’m considering the purchase of 2 sc-cut crystal clocks descr... | |
| IAN CANADA CARDS @alessandrocat This is what I have so far: iFi iPower2, PurePi II, RPi 3b (Volumio), FifoPi Q7II (Accusilicon clocks), HdmiPi Pro II, UcConditioner Pro 3.3V I have now come to regard Iancanada as excellent in the digiital space, but unknown (to... | |
| IAN CANADA CARDS I’m running a "Gabster" steamer stack with I2S out using 2 Accusilicon clocks. For the moment using a $2 cable. I think it’s great. | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship My earlier post on DDCs referred to a report of perceived performance, not value. Notwithstanding, I have learned over the years that anything is possible in audio and only your ears can be your guide. And now @car123 says that his LKS USB-100 o... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship Saving $$ is always a good thing. The annual November sale brings the price of the 006 close to the standard price of the Musetec 005. For those who think a USB in-I2S out DDC is the way to go, substantial savigs may be had by considering the Au... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @aw118 I’m sure others will chime in as several folks went from 004 to 005. But no question, it is a real step up. The USB to I2S implemantation in the 005 is somewhat different in the 005 and should be better. Different power supply and sligh... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @sns Not sure I understand the value of fpga on a streamer, which should be a very simple device. The unit I am now using also has a fifo buffer and uses 2 clocks, but I'm not sure they qualify as OXCOs. They are easily user replaceable and I ... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @dbb I might mention that before going the Iancanada route I wanted to try the Magna Mano Ultra mk3 Farad network bridge that has both I2S and sp/dif outputs. It seems to be a very good unit (with a fine power supply) that doesn't break the ban... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship What I wrote about is a duplication of what is demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc_QfRTbb6U&t=1113s But without the screen. This is very easily put together. I first built something far more modest to test the quality of th... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship As I wrote earlier I am also enjoying my 005. With a couple of new components in the system, I am finding it has yet more to give. Knowng the designer, and the reviewer here, as I do, I am certain the 006 is a good step up. But I write now about ... | |
| 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... |