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| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit Back in the day I used to run push pull amps, can't believe anyone likes 6550's, all balls, no subtlety in my amps and setups, much preferred EL 34 or lower powered KT family. | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @car123 I'd estimate this review is as much about the Gaia as it is about 006. I'd expect a lesser DDC or less optimized I2S interface to bring less to the table so in my mind the Gaia is an absolute necessity to extract maximum potential from 006... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship I may be forgetting something? In any case, nothing is ever perfect. I'm still hearing just a bit of flatness or lack of micro dynamic expression with 006, I continue to hear just the slightest improvement here, long, long development phase here, ... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship So now we come to presentation, 006 more natural than 005, Laiv Harmony more holistic than 006, this all via usb. Laiv/Gaia combo via I2S beats out 006 via usb, and now we have 006/Gaia combo beats out the Laiv/Gaia. The most noticeable thing here... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship First off, I'm a relatively seasoned, somewhat jaded audiophile, decades of changes has informed me vast, vast majority of changes are only incremental, they can be negative, lateral, in that change is simply that, or positive. The way it normally... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship Ugh I'm so ticked, had an in depth review of nearly completed and my tab crashed, frickin Firefox! Now I don't feel like starting all over! For now, suffice to say what I'm hearing with Gaia/006 combo is totally freaking amazing! | |
| LAIV Harmony @kereru Your welcome. I changed my order at last minute from the Concentus to Ximius, Ximius is their new reference I2S cable. I expect you'll find optical conversion to be worthwhile, I started with the generic converters with the wall warts,... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones I did really like the Pass XP-22, just couldn't justify having two preamps. My greatest issue was the more tightly drawn images, this means outer edges of images more defined, with my Coincident pre, images more slightly blend with oth... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @melm This will explain, https://www.denafrips.com/gaia Hans B. also has youtube video. Custom termination I2S cables available at https://audiolund.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooxNn3WUk6YELU-7beiANY2By6w0AmymaEPdGRGGa84ZK9NN_Y2 These are I2S cables, o... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @car123 Not really a complete review, rather more impressions, more thorough review earlier. Thread is under Laiv Harmony. I agree an I2S directly out of streamer, avoiding usb altogether would be a simpler solution. Issue is the quality of th... | |
| Six DAC Comparison I find it extremely curious Mojo doesn't provide I2S input. On one hand I understand optimizing usb inputs as seems to be de facto output on most streamers. On the other, why do the extra conversion vs. native I2S path in dacs? Recently I purc... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones This not about you running tubes hard, some tube equipment runs plate voltages somewhat high, this shortens life of tube, someone mentioned CJ pre's as running tubes hard, this may be issue here. Someone else mentioned high home voltage... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit First off, no quality tubes, NOS or new should be getting noisy that often, either you're getting close to end of life tubes or pre running those tubes hard. Last year I tried SS pre after decades with tubes, so purchased Pass XP-22 based on P... | |
| LAIV Harmony @dandion Certainly having a streamer with I2S output negates the need for DDC. I could output I2S from my custom streamer via Pink Faun I2S board, this would be less costly solution but went with Denafrip's superior technology here. No doubt a hig... | |
| In the sand box I've tried many isolation schemes over the decades, I prefer sand boxes to granite, concrete, various woods, soft and hard plastic products. The platform which sits on top of the sand is critical, I have platforms made of various thickness alumin... |