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| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @sruffleAs to how the Musetec would fare being fed upsampling by HQPlayer, you might look at the experience with the LKS MH-DA004 DAC made by the same company. From the ESS chips through the analog stage the basic design is similar. However the ... | |
| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. Some of the best, and best sounding, Shostakovich by Haitink was recorded by the London Philharmonic. I am thinking specifically of Symphony 15 which is a demo quality recording.The Ashkenazy Rachmaninov First symphony at the Concertgebouw is anot... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @skyscraper Since you say "pressing" I assume you are looking for vinyl. Two that I have enjoyed are Solti/Chicago on London/Decca and Davis/Concertgebouw on Philips. These are true analog recordings. Both are fine performances with great, but ver... | |
| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. It is interesting to me that in the early vinyl days the Philips Haitink Concertgebouw recordings were often considered dull. But as analog equipment became more sophisticated (somewhat after the analog golden age) they started sounding better an... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired In a way this thread has become one of the more interesting as it gets to the heart of what different listeners want in a sound product. I believe that stretches well beyond DACs to all manner of audio equipment. I remember similar discussions in... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @milpai I think it is the Bricasti M1 (at about $10,000) that is the closest competitor in that line to the Musetec. The Bricasti, though, has an additional streamer feature with an ethernet input. As for local dealership, I think of myself as... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @redlenses03 I'm afraid you did it (showed your biases) again.Can we agree on: Clear/detailed > naturalistic side, warm/sweet = analogue'ish? That would be more . . . . . . . clear.I can think of deprecating adjectives for both sides, but ... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @redlenses03 As I read this review and with the OP evidently trying hard to make it fair, I think each DAC was tested with each laptop set up the same. If I’m incorrect, I trust the OP will be heard from.You describe the OP’s conclusion somewhat d... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @milpai Re: your question about using the I2S inputs on the Musetec. My old DAC had I2S inputs as well, and I did some research thinking that if one used an ethernet to I2S converter you might gain something by bypassing the USB stage altogether. ... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired One of the interesting things about this review is that it takes those of us who can remember, back to a different time in audio reviewing. This was when a review was based, not on the reviewer’s preference for particular sounds, but on his determ... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired Brilliant! Why can’t the "professional" reviewers attain this level? | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point You said nothing about budget. If you're buying new, the best values are the direct import Asian DACs. | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? I agree that setting SRA should not be used as a tone control. There is just one correct setting. It’s like adjusting the play-back head of a tape recorder. The purists are correct, though, that it could be different for different record labels. A... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara First, I don’t know what you mean by the 007. If you mean the Musetec 005 we would all be happy to see a review. However, a comparative review with the Gustard X26 Pro would probably not be a fair comparison. The direct import Chi... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara I didn't know very much about the Giscard, but it looks like a fine unit and a good value. After reading a bit about it, I think a closer comparison would be to the LKS MH-DA004 which I had and liked very much. In fact I start... |