mitch2
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| Six DAC Comparison Benjamin's take on clocking can be found in here - scroll down to Myth #1-Clocking. Regarding I2S, it was primarily designed for internal use - short runs inside of equipment, which may be a reason there is still no universal standard. When I ow... | |
| Six DAC Comparison I believe Benjamin has spent quite a bit of effort on the quality of the USB input in his DACs and especially since his newer, Mystique Y DAC offers only a USB input. In my case of owning five different Mystique DACs, I heard pretty much the same... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @zmann007 - you are correct about the XMOS receiver chip, although JLsounds is apparently still involved wrt drivers for Windows. I used to see JLsounds come up when I opened mysonicorbiter but since I now run the USB into a DDC and then use S/PD... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @debjit_g -Below is a quote from this review article. “Along with all the premium parts mentioned above, the X SE employs JL Sounds’s USB–to–I2S input module. In macOS’s Audio MIDI Setup, it was nice to see the unit listed as “JLsounds Hi-Rez Au... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit I can offer three suggestions to consider that are not the usual candidates. All three can stay powered up all the time: SMc Audio VRE-1C - This is one of the most natural solid state preamps out there. Unfortunately, it is above your price r... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Little Feat - The Last Record Album | |
| Holy Holostages!! I am certainly no expert (unless you consider I have had Shakti Stones sitting over the power supplies in my equipment for years - too lazy to sell them), but my dumb, common-sense logic makes me believe anything to be affected by crystals would n... | |
| Holy Holostages!! Marketing word salad from the MC write-up: The exact content inside each Holostage is proprietary(1). But it is fair to say it is a complex(2) matrix of piezoelectrically(3) active crystals(4), nano size(5) rare earth elements(6), and cryogenica... | |
| Retirement System Finally Completed: Impression of the Mola Mola Tambaqui @devinplombier - This is a thread where folks are celebrating with a poster who recently retired and has already "made the last upgrade to my system for enjoyment in retirement". The OP isn't looking for a new server so the unsolicited interjecti... | |
| Retirement System Finally Completed: Impression of the Mola Mola Tambaqui Even if your system hardware is all set, don't neglect the music threads on this site. By reading them, I sometimes learn about some really good music that I wasn't aware of. Enjoy that system, it looks great. | |
| Six DAC Comparison @stuartk See below from Mojo Audio's website. You can/should read the whole policy here. 45-day no-risk audition: Any product manufactured by and sold by Mojo Audio comes with a 45-day no-risk audition. It does not matter if the item is sold... | |
| Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews? To imply a company has a “lack of integrity” simply because they chose not to make changes to their midrange driver is ridiculous, and weird. I am curious why you even care. If you don’t like the magazine and/or the speakers, then vote with your... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @brbrock - I both stream and play local music files. My digital front end is outlined on my virtual system page and essentially consists of playing either files recorded in FLAC and stored on a SSD inside of my sonicTransporter i9 (Gen 4) server,... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @stuartk "do the Mojo DACs require tube amplification to sound "natural?" Not in my system, which is posted here on Audiogon. SMc Audio solid state preamp and two SMc Audio solid state monoblocks. Another interesting article/post on that sit... | |
| Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews? Is this thread about magazine reviews, YG Acoustics, or just weird? |