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| Has Anyone Auditioned an LKS MH-DA004 DAC? Just to have everything in one place, the LKS costs about 1/3 the cost of the Denafrips, and 1/7 the cost of the DAVE. | |
| Has Anyone Auditioned an LKS MH-DA004 DAC? @torinfI’m the OP and I like this DAC a lot, but you sound like a shill. You’ve sent your overly long post, in exactly the same form, to a number of different forums. It looks as though you have and agenda and a product to push and a seller to get... | |
| DACs that include ESS 9038 Sabre or ESS 9028 DAC ship Wyred4soundLKS | |
| DSD converted to PCM vs Original PCM I don't think the Oppo 105 (or even later) will do that either.The 105 manual says:Input: USB Audio: up to 2ch/192kHz PCM. Coaxial/Optical Audio: up to 2ch/96kHz PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, AAC. That’s one of the reasons I added a separate DAC to my ... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? @cheeg,Installing a better clock in your CXU would likely be cost prohibitive. Also, there's no telling if the rest of the CXU circuitry would reveal what a new clock would offer. If you want better digital performance then you get from the CXU, ... | |
| Delta Sigma DACs Can a Delta-Sigma DAC translate both DSD and PCM streams to analog? The answer is definitely YES.I would view with appropriate suspicion the views of those who assert that modern delta sigma chips are inherently inferior, even as applied to PCM. ... | |
| Advice on "Re-Clocker" for My USB Port to my DACs Here’s another shoot-out comparison of several different and different types of units to use between computer USB and a DAC.https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/30593-group-test-usb-gadgets-aq-jitterbug-uptone-reg...I use an Intona indu... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? My DAC is an LKS MH-DA004. There’s a thread about this DAC on this forum. Owning a Chinese DAC is a bit of an adventure, but worth it IMO. I believe there are other Chinese DACs out there for less money that also offer extraordinary value. It’s de... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? By my standards, the Cambridge is a fairly expensive (and well-reviewed) unit, but the sound it gives to a Redbook CD doesn’t compete with that of my more modest phono (Technics SL-D2 with a Nagoka MP-110). Can I expect to get comparable sound qu... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? Here is a video I often recommend with a simple explanation of what can go wrong with a digital signal fed into a DAC. It includes the topic of jitter. While discussing the signal passing into the DAC, its principles can also apply to the signal w... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? The issue posed by the OP was about a better clock. So my response was about clocks.At the current state of the art, a femtoclock, while not a sufficient condition is IMO a necessary condition to the best possible SQ.Also, generally speaking, if ... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? I suppose my response was an "all things being equal" one. Of course if the rest of the circuit is screwed up, the best jitter clock in the world will be of little use. So I assumed the circuit was otherwise competently designed and executed. A... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? In response to the OP, jitter never goes away; in the best DACs it is reduced to a minimum. The best way to keep jitter to a minimum is to see that your component has one of the high quality, high specification, clocks. If it doesn’t, sell it and ... | |
| Newbie Question FWIW I took a simple laptop that I use for traveling and a 2TB portable hard disk I that my daughter used for a photo course. Ripped all my CDs and SACDs to the hard disk. The hard disk goes into a USB port on the computer; the computer goes by US... | |
| TO BE OR NOT TO BE the user of a record clamp What made a real difference for me was the use of a peripheral clamp together with a center clamp. That takes you to another level of clamping! Great if your TT can take the weight. |