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| AA for us Should the AA include counseling and support groups based on the specific affliction, i.e.: excessive system cost to income ratio tweaks and cables infatuation flavor of the day compulsion connection cleaning mania golden ears delusion fea... | |
| Six DAC Comparison The “Z” in X SE NCZ means the X SE unit I own already has the Z-chips, as well as nano-crystalline chokes (“NC”) making it essentially Benjamin’s current “flagship” DAC. I did talk with Benjamin some time ago about moving the Z-chips from my EVO ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Benjamin brings up a very important point in that with any of this stuff, the subjective opinions of reviewers, manufacturers, equipment owners, and others are predicated by the personal experiences and preferences of the individuals providing the... | |
| Good quality SPDIF 75ohm BNC and RCA plugs - which ideally match aesthetically too! If you want to save time, and like the Oyaide connectors, you could buy this cable for not a lot more than the cost of the connectors - about $200 for 1.3M.the | |
| Passive preamp question Certain Hattor preamps also offer the options of passive operation or variable gain. | |
| Good quality SPDIF 75ohm BNC and RCA plugs - which ideally match aesthetically too! I used to make cables and probably wasted a lot of time and money using “just the right” connectors on new, untried, builds. Nothing worse than finishing a build with new connectors worth $300-400 and not liking how it sounds. Plus, I have never... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @brbrock - pretty sure the LTA Aero uses chokes but not the big Lundahl chokes used by Mojo Audio. I will look into it. I suggest reading the links I posted that have direct comments from Benjamin Zwickel if you haven’t already. | |
| Six DAC Comparison Mojo Audio Mystique EVO Pro Applicable Articles and Published Reviews Dagogo – Benjamin Zwickel on the Mojo Audio Mystique v3 Enjoy the Music – Jeremy Kipnis’ review of the Mojo Audio Mystique v3 Audiophilia - Karl Sigman’s review of the Mo... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Preamble My next post will consist of my observations of the Mojo Audio Mystique EVO Pro DAC. This will be the longest write-up of the DACs being compared since I have owned this one the longest and I am very comfortable and pleased with the sou... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @moonwatcher - I am just finishing up my write-up on the Mojo Audio Mystique EVO Pro, which will be my baseline for comparing against the others. LTA Aero will be next. All the nice end of summer weather we have had this week is getting in the wa... | |
| Unplated copper spades/banana @megabyte - I agree with your post but would add that in my world bare copper is fine too as long as you clean it occasionally. @logistics There are bigger fish to try, such as upgrading to better quality electronic components within your curr... | |
| Unplated copper spades/banana @dougthebiker As I read all these posts, I can't help but wonder what the systems of the people posting are like. I often wonder that too. Mine is posted, as is yours, and it is nice to have that perspective about the system a poster is list... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @soix - Galvanic isolation - good add. In the digital audio world, a decent DDC offers tangible improvements for an $800 box! In the world of DACs, I believe there can be quite a variance in the quality of the USB input, which can also be negated... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @brbrock - Here is a list of DAC chips from 2012 with performance comments by Antonino Scozzaro of Soundbsessive The SMc DAC-2 uses the CS4328 chip (good odnobitnik) The Mojo Audio DACs use dual AD1862 chips (20-bit – one of the best of the w... | |
| Unplated copper spades/banana The overwhelming majority of wire in audio components is made from copper. In a perfect world you would have continuous copper wire with no connections or switches so the question becomes how to provide the best continuity/conductivity across the ... |