I emailed Weng at Laiv. What a straight shooter he is..instead of convincing me that the new DDC is the bomb and I should immediately put my money down on it, he told me that using my Innuos Pulse with a Silent Angel Bonn 8 switch into the Harmony DAC is a pretty good chain. He also added that by adding the DDC I might hear very subtle improvements but not noticeable. Wow, impressed with Laiv..not many companies will be so straight with their customers. |
@sim_audio_nerd , Agree that not only does LAIV reply, but they reply promptly and honestly. It has been awhile, but based on the online reviews I read and watched last year, the majority preferred i2s to USB, so I am kind of surprised by Weng's reply as well. Noticed that they have pushed back Streamer release to Q3. I'm really hoping that they get this right and it is as good as the Harmony. I think at the $2.7k range, they can be really successful, especially if it features i2s and a good controller. |
I’m running an Aurender N200 USB to a Denafrips Gaia 12th and then I2S to the Harmony. All formats work fine except DSD128. The left and right channels are swapped and this only happens on DSD. I’ve tried every possible pinout configuration between the two. I also have a Denafrips Pontus 15th that works on DSD 128 so I’ve eliminated other components in the chain. Anyone else experience this? Thanks. |
Most audiophiles here claim they hear a significant improvement from adding a DDC. Do they have better ears than audio engineers, are they exaggerating, or do they simply want to justify their spending? |
