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| Playing Hi-Res Files with SOtM SMS-200 Ultra Neo I have the LAN so that all of my own music files are available throughout my network. A good part of those files are derived from ripping CDs and SACDs. All of the work on those files is done from a different computer than the one from which I r... | |
| Playing Hi-Res Files with SOtM SMS-200 Ultra Neo A while back when I was setting this up I did a lot of close listening to determine, for example that hard wiring, even with ordinary cables, performed better than wi-fi. This was before the SOtM that requires hard wiring. But I don't do much of... | |
| Playing Hi-Res Files with SOtM SMS-200 Ultra Neo I also use an SMS-200 Ultra Neo powered by an SBooster unit. I am very pleased with my set-up and simply pass it along as a data point. I have about 2 tb of music files, PCM of all sorts and SACD rips to DSD, on a Synology NAS. It is hard-wired... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @mboldda1 These two DACs are probably very good, each in its own right. But they are very different, and really not comparable. The Border Patrol is an R2R DAC using a NOS Phillips chip. Its tube is a rectifier, not a signal tube. It is much... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @westborn You can see by the systems of others on this thread that the Musetec can play well with a variety of streamers and other components ahead of it on the digital chain. It will surely keep up; it will be revealing of the differences The... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @westborn I've been traveling and away from audio for a while and saw your post. Glad you find the Musetec as enjoyable as you do. Since most of us are using USB as the digital connection and you are using spdif, I'd like to ask what your digi... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Following up on the last post, I'd like to ask if anyone is using either of the two Musetec I2S inputs with any device at all in preference to the spdif or USB inputs. If so, are you using the RJ45 input or the HDMI input? If you're using the HD... | |
| What is your favorite Strauss The Last Four Songs? I've enjoyed Norman with Masur for a long time. Also Schwarzkopf-Szell. Another winner is the more recent Isokoski-Janowski recording suggested by Dave. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Hi @kishan Thanks for letting us know of your success with the Musetec. Break-in will make it even better. I'm glad you found this thread useful. One of the principal reasons for starting it was my own experience when researching audio com... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? Is it akin to what a good phono stage can do for a cartridge? Yes that’s very close. It’s much less about the chip or any other circuit that does the conversion from digital to analog. Like the phono pre or a preamplifier or an amplifier it’s m... | |
| Klemperer Mahler 7 mystery? Klemperer Bernstein (1) 27:53 20:45 22:12 16:55 10:29 9:30 15:49 14:35 24:30 17:50 | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @kishan What you write makes us all the more interested in hearing your impressions of this DAC. Just give it a reasonable break-in time. Earlier in this DAC's career the orders were probably flowing in more regularly and they usually had some ... | |
| TT Arm-base Unipivot vs Gimbal-base Designs... Yes, a lot of care to the beatings . . . but also to the bearings. Sorry for the typo. | |
| TT Arm-base Unipivot vs Gimbal-base Designs... Uni-pivot arms have zero friction. Period. That is their principal advantage. Gimbal designs have to be made with much care to the beatings, and with enough care (and expense) the friction can be made so low as not to matter. No doubt but that bot... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @kishan It's been argued here, and elsewhere, that the Musetec can complement any home system. If you go in that directiion please give us your impressions. |