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| I2S Recommendation Auriostick, The Holo Red Streamer outputs I2S and the LAIV Dac accepts I2S. If I remember correctly from when I read the DAC manual. it automatically adopts the right pins, which is too complicated for me looking at all those pin charts. Gives me... | |
| I2S Recommendation Audiostick, My streamer is a Holo Audio Red streamer. Sounds grand to me, far better than my Bridge II streamer in former PS Audio DSD DAC. And at the time, around $800, and has much more capability than I can use. Cheers. Neal | |
| Old SS amps I own and use daily a Krell 300cx amp. Original owner since 2002, capped by Krell about 8 years ago, never had one hiccup with this melodious but powerful amp. Won't leave it until it leaves me. So if an amp is well-cared for and from a high reput... | |
| I2S Recommendation And the (interim) winner is: DH Labs 2.1, .75 length. Will burn it in a for a few weeks and see if it beats my LessLoss RCA digicable. If the I2S is a big winner, I may move up the ladder. (Does it ever stop?) Neal | |
| DAC suggestions? Save your $$. For $2700, the LAIV Harmony could be a $10,000 DAC if they charged at this price. It sings melodiously and is a beautiful piece of industrial design. Look it up. Neal | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables Another vote for Silversmith Fidelium cables. Real ear-openers. My Magico A3's smile with these cables. Neal | |
| AQ Dragonfly The Type A USB worked with the Cobalt Dragonfly. Strangely, the sound quality with the iPhone 16 with the USB C connection is audibly superior to the sound on my iPhone 12 with the Lightning connection. Is the USB C a better connection than Lightn... | |
| Best RCA Digicable Thanks for all recommendations. And the winner is . . . . LessLoss RCA digicable with Entropic process. Not cheap, but beatifully made and sounded great out of the box. I admire LessLoss products and one does not pay for the middleman seller. Just... | |
| Shunyata interconnect cables experience I use the Sigma V2 AES/EBU interconnects and they are the best I have heard in my decades of audiophilia. Expensive but fab. Neal | |
| Advice on a good Digital Coax Cable to run between my Transport and DAC? I just received a LessLoss RCA digicable with the Entropic process, and reasonably priced. It sounds grand right out of the bag but improves with burn-in. I have several PC's too. LessLoss has the special sauce on its products. Neal | |
| Best RCA Digicable Thanks, Comrades. Neal | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs Save your money on the Fidelium speaker cables and use that money towards IC's. In your list, Audience IMHO is the finest, trailed by Purist. You cannot go wrong with Audience. Neal | |
| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? After trying quite a few, landed with AQ Vodka Ethernet cable, and it is superb. I need 3M so AQ Diamond is out of the question price-wise. | |
| Streamers under $1500 If you can find it, grab a Holo Red streamer. I paid about $800 new and waited about a month for delivery, and far exceeds the streamer card in the PS Audio DSD I. What a steal! NEAL | |
| Neat "Tweaks" to improve the SQ of your streamed music!!! Based on some reviews, I ordered and installed an iFi i.Silencer. I attached the Silencer to my Holo Red streamer, and my Vodka ethernet cable from the router into the other end of the Silencer. Streamer to PS Audio DSD I DAC. Immediate audible im... |