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Anyone HEARD the Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE upgrades?
Last October I had W4S perform Stage 2 upgrades on my STP-SE.I was satisfied with the stock unit but the upgrades took it to an even more pleasing level... A more coherent and better focused sound now comes from a totally black background.If the o... 
D-Sonic vs Wyred vs ....
For the last four months I've had a D-Sonic M3-3800 5 channel amplifier in my rack. The front L/R channels are 1000 watts each at 8 ohms and the other three channels are 600 watts each. The sound is impeccable with all sources.This amp replaced a ... 
D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?
The amp was initially placed in an isolation cabinet well away from power supplies and other RF/EMI nasties.At around 200 hours I upgraded the power cord to a Signal Cable Silver Resolution Reference cable with 20 amp Furutech female termination. ... 
D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?
With over 500 hours of burn-in, my new D-Sonic M3-3800 amplifier is performing at a very high level. Its power is only superseded by its grace with both movies and two channel audio. I'm extremely pleased with its acquisition and expect it to rema... 
D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?
So my new M3 5 channel amp configured as 1000/1000/600/600/600 watts arrived last week. Even with very few hours it easily bests each amp in a long line of succession in my rack in every conceivable metric... truly a stunning piece. 
Deliciously musical...Mytek DSD 192 DAC
Pradeep... when you get around to hearing DSD on this DAC your going to be significantly more impressed. 
EE Minimax DAC repair
Have you tried placing the stock opamps back into the EE DAC? 
Looking for a DAC that has..
For me, the Synchro-Mesh provides significant improvements in sound quality being placed between a Bolder modded Logitech Touch and an Eastern Electric DAC2 with DEXA discrete opamps. I've also used an OPPO BDP-95 at the front end of the chain wit... 
Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC
I have the Eastern Electric DAC Plus with Dexa Discrete opamps but have not had the opportunity to compare it to the PS Audio PWD MKII.With that said, I cannot foresee a time when I'd wish to replace the EE DAC Plus in its current iteration of con... 
Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC
Mrtennis,"Better" is simply the enemy of "Good"...Only your ears can decide between the two. 
Here comes the solar maximum.
Sounds like you get around, Dev...;>) 
Here comes the solar maximum.
OMG... now here comes a transit by Venus.What next? 
EE MiniMax Dac Tube Rolling?
In your search for the perfect tube for the EE Dac, you should consider no tube at all... or at least try listening for a bit without one.Many here seem to derive significant benefit from a swap to more capable opamps. LME49990's have worked out p... 
Important Re Opamp Rolling Plus Version of EE DAC
Doug, regarding the LME49990 opamps - please make sure that you have the chips properly oriented with single opamps in the U6 and U7 sockets and dual opamps in the U1 and U2 sockets... afaik, neither Morningstar nor EE has issued a warning regardi... 
EE Minimax Plus DAC vs. Rega DAC
My guess is that a large majority of audiophiles have performed a variety of tasks on their expensive gear far more challenging than removing, then aligning, and inserting a chip or two. Many more have done this sort of thing routinely with their ...