ross_carlson

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Black Discus - Free Sample Alert
I tried some BlackDiscus free samples. I gotta buy more of these!My first holy S#!T moment was from placing a small BlackDiscus on the XMOX chip of a WaveIO USB to IS2 board. The music was more real and flowing. I'm going to cut up one these to fi... 
Internet radio stations that sound really good
Jazz Radio, 128 kbps AAC+ (or 256mp3) with premium service @ $39/yr. Has 30 different genre of jazz from old to new to blues to vibes, etc. 
Why do digital coax cables matter?
I use Ethernet CAT-5e wire with quality RCA jacks. It sounded as good as if not slightly better than a $500 Nordost digital cable. I figured that a cable that can pass a 350mhz computer digital signal would work for audio digital connections. 
K and K Audio RAKK dac
I recently bought the RAKK DAC Mk III with the Lundahl passive outputs. I took a chance because there is almost no feedback on this DAC. After 300 hours of break-in time I am totally blown away by how musical and real it sounds. I will post more d...