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Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
Just a note about a sale price on the Musetec from Shenzhenaudio.com from August 22 to 26.  $2,969.10. They run this store-wide sale from time to time.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
Once again @jjss49 and @lordmelton have given us very valuable insights into the sound of the Musetec and other DACs. Any of the DACs mentioned together with care in digital signal delivery, I believe, will give the listener a real taste of what d... 
Chord DAVE DAC
As for objective fidelity and measurements ASR, has recently trashed the Chord DAVE. Objectively speaking, if you follow what's been going on in the forums it is clear to me that one doesn't have to spend more than the cost of the Holo May to get... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@debjit_g  Comparison is only to the best Supra power cable that I terminated.  I don't believe what power cables have to do is all that complicated: deliver and shield.  If we are able to look inside a DAC and make some assumptions about what we ... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@sns I gather that the Muon ($1312) is an Ethernet filter at a higher level than the Eno filter ($704) from the same source. Both are entirely passive devices. Have you (or anyone else here) used either of them? Do other devices in the chain hav... 
IFI DIABLO
In his comparative review video Goldensound says the ifi iDSD Signature sounds better than the Diablo. And it costs less. The audio marketplace is littered with products that made a strong first impression and got great reviews but which, upon lo... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@debjit_g  I've been happy using Viborg VP1606 power cable first recommended by a cable guru on another site.  My first was long and I had to terminate it, not so easily done as it's a big cable.  Since then I see that they are available terminate... 
Dvorak Cello Concerto
@goofyfoot  In many ways I am partial to the older (stereo, of course) methods of recordings.  We don't have to span the universe of recordings to compare a few mentioned here.  I said earlier that I am partial to the Starker/Dorati Dvorak recordi... 
Dvorak Cello Concerto
@goofyfoot  The definite advantage to newer recordings is the sound quality. Always?  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@rrboogie Just a reminder about the USB in the Musetec, in that it doesn’t use the 5 volts from the USB cable. I mention this because most of the Sablon 2020 USB cables shown have a double cable configuration keeping the 5 volt, line one, wire se... 
Dvorak Cello Concerto
I guess I'm partial to some of the older ones.  Consider Fournier with Szell and the Berlin Philharmonic.  Playing is great.  Accompaniment is also great.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@rrboogie Not a good idea to use one set of interconnects from DAC to sub-woofer and another to preamp. One set to preamp and two sets out from preamp to amp and sub-woofer, even if you have to use Y-splitters. That way your preamp volume control... 
Dvorak Cello Concerto
  If you look at how Starker at 11:40 handles what is written as a single bow, it is an  unusual practice at what is an emotional highlight of the concerto.  It is even more brilliantly done in his famous Mercury recording with Dorati.  The o... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@rrboogie  Thanks for the post.  What has kept it going are messages of satisfaction like your own.  
Mundorf Supreme Vs. Supreme SIO and SGO?
Is this the same as the so-called GAD gold and silver foil capacitors made by Mundorf, a pair of which is in the Musetec MH-DA005 DAC? The designer of the DAC writes, "In the analog circuit, there are two particularly important capacitors. We com...