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| 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... | |
| 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 ... |