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| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS @lordmelton Your setup is an example of topic I raised above, You prefer your 005 with I2S vs usb, and for exactly the reasons I stated. While your Aurrender does have somewhat upgraded/optimized usb, it is not 100% galvanically isolated, does no... | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS @verdantaudio +1 Server/streamers you mentioned are indeed the cream of the crop, add Wadax to list. These designers/engineers understand highest quality rendering, minimize noise and maximally diminish jitter. Far too many lose full potential of ... | |
| How Audiphiles are Different Well, certainly tube equipment seems to be moving in the direction of the mean IME. The tube equipment I owned in early 2000's was of the golden glow variety, extreme colorations. More recently various push pulls and SET's more alike than differen... | |
| Does remote control degrade the sound of tube preamps? I have Coincident Statement linestage, dual manual transformer volume control. They offered stereo volume control via remote for a short period, inferior sound quality vs dual mono. In some cases, this linestage being one, fully balanced, even to ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC And for those wondering about dsp volume control via software like Roon. It sucks compared to any of the three volume schemes listed above. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Very nice, optimizing everything and ensuring level playing field is critical in comparative evaluations I use Coincident Statement linestage with 005, dual manual volume control via transformer (TVC). So, in order to not have to get up consta... | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS For servers, no rendering except for those with optimized usb, I2S or SPDIF ports, meaning no direct connection to motherboard and isolated power supply. Also like servers with two network ports such as Antipodes or custom atx builds. Streamer... | |
| Quality of recording What about all the remasters and remixes out there. Is this attempt to satisfy audiophiles or simply to extract more money from consumers? I presume many of these producers/engineers paying attention to sound quality, bean counters couldn't care l... | |
| How Audiphiles are Different I agree we can train ourselves to be better, or at least more discriminating listeners. So, for those who've gone through many systems and system iterations over the years, I wonder if those systems have progressed in such a way to only be subject... | |
| 300B Advice Direct comparisons are difficult to come by, and seems most reviewers enjoy the tubes they purchased. This could mean all are pretty nice, been my assumption. After much research over at least a year, I found it pretty much a crapshoot on which of... | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? I often hear talk about bad recordings and good recordings, but what are the particular qualities that qualify a recording as bad or good for you? The only recordings I qualify as truly bad are those with totally quashed dynamics, generally victi... | |
| Turn down the Volume! Higher ambient noise levels mask micro dynamics, hearing the full measure of micro dynamics contained within a recording is what makes the music come alive and creates engagement. 20db differences in ambient noise levels, lets say from daytime to ... | |
| 300B Advice High grade 300B tubes will provide far more of what you're looking for than the lower cost variety. Full potential of good 300B amp will never be explored with these lesser tubes. Add Elrog, Psvane Acme, Linlai Elite, Takatsuki to your list of sup... | |
| USB Noise filter on R2R DAC ? While dac may have optimized usb, vast majority of servers don't. Rendering or filtering needs to take place outside of server if this case, this via usb filter or streamer/usb renderer. IME, renderer/streamer superior to filters. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @jjss49 That's impressive considering your chord stack, msb, Weiss. Obviously you hear 005 as I hear it, yet to find a single sin of commission. It's all balanced in a very nice way, can't think of a single thing I'd change. As more comparisons a... |