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Mola Mola Tambaqui Roon vs Separate Streamers
@fastfreight  No, nothing so fancy.  I've been using SOtM.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@charles1dad I would not be at all surprised if during part comparisons during design development he had parts that measured better yet sound worse. I bet if he were asked, he would admit this to be true. Well, no surprise. In my "summary" of... 
Low Frequency Rumble from TT between songs
This sounds very much like a worn bearing issue.  I was pleasantly surprised when I had my VPI bearing worked on some years ago. I'm guessing you are writing about a used Aires.  Am I correct?  Do you know how old it is?  The bearings of VPI TTs ... 
Mola Mola Tambaqui Roon vs Separate Streamers
@fastfreight  FWIW, a long while back when I changed from a small USB hard disk for my files to a NAS I had to decide whether to rely on wi-fi or drill a hole for ethernet.  So I bought a cheap 50 foot ethernet cable on ebay and tried it against t... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@charles1dad This is almost exactly why I chose to buy the Musetec, sight unseen (and unheard) at the time. In the first place I believe that great parts make great sound, and the designer had proved his product to a cost with the 004. When I lo... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@charles1dad It’s just the three set of jumpers from board to board that are wired with short discrete silver wires. This is in place of the standard thin gauge ganged copper jumper connections. The O-Ring transformer powering the analog board i... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
organic for me does not imply some form of added warmth or coloration, to others who use this term it surely does imply this.  . . . . .  So again it is obvious (And understood) organic means different things to different people.  @charles1dad ... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@charles1dad Well, describing sound in words has always been difficult. Wise writers have given us some guidance from time to time. "Organic" and "musical" are too often used by audiophiles simply to mean, "it has a sound that I like." I have us... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@sns ​@charles1dad "Screaming deal"? Perhaps so, but not so fast, please. Yes the Bricasti has a built in streamer and an analog volume control. But are these appropriate to the fine quality of the DAC function on the unit? In the first place I... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@jjss49  That was a major effort and excellent writing.  I appreciate it, especially as your own system is definitely at the very high end and you were not, yourself, looking for a new DAC here.  In many ways the Musetec has been a mystery DAC wit... 
Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired
Now that it has been compared to the Bricasti M1SE MDX, this review becomes even more relevant in placing the Musetec solidly within the community of DACs.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@debjit_g  What matters is the clocks, power supply feeding it and isolation. With an external DDC, you bypass the additional processing inside and go almost directly to ESS. The theory is this additional processing can put strain and induce noi... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
I’ve written this before, but it’s worth repeating as Audiogon does not have a search within thread function. The Amanero board within the Musetec does the conversion from USB to I2S just like the external boards. It does that with an excellent po... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@lordmelton  @daci Or if you want electric bass sounding real as it might in a medium size venue, Steve Lucas in "One Witness" on Ray Montford’s "Shed Your Skin."  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@daci  As I don't play much rock I probably can't answer directly.  But the bass of the Musetec goes very low and is clean and clear.  Low enough to easily provide organ notes you can feel as well as hear. Some of the best illustrations of the cl...