What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC?


Beyond the title, not much to say. I am somewhat new to (some) digital equipment (though I have used it a lot at work in other realms, so some of the techno-babble sort of makes sense to me).

So I want to stream music (Qobuz) via a transport or streamer (DAC need not be part of it) to a DDC to a Laiv DAC (which arrives tomorrow!)(not the mini-DAC).

Other than the often-mentioned Rose RS130, can anyone comment on a streamer that would fit into this well? I think the uDDC opens the door to more inputs (it outputs as i2S or USB to the DAC).

Thanks.

Tim

timothy468

Tim you’re welcome.  Glad the Zen is working well for you and is providing the sound you wanted.  Enjoy!

@timothy468 You’re very welcome. Glad you landed on the Innuos products. Their system updates are frequent and are driven by user interaction/requests from their user Forum. Happy to hear the Zen MK 3 has worked well for you, love mine, I feel it’s the sweet spot in the product line. Works great with my LAIV uDDC and Network Acoustics SmoothLAN. Enjoy the music. 

Thanks for the follow up and glad you ended up in a happy place.  Just shows some things are just worth paying for. 

@timothy468, what is the length of the Laiv Harmony µDDC’s supplied I2S interconnect from end to end? Have you had a chance to burn in the µDDC with the Harmony DAC? Thanks

 

I jumped the gun and spoke too soon, in error.  It is the similar sized LExt phono expansion module that is paired with the Laiv HP2A headphone/pre-amp OS what comes with a proprietary “LE-LINK” connection. I looked for it and finally realized my confusion. I am ordering those two items next so I shall soon find out how that cable works. In the meantime I grabbed an HDMI I have (an audio quest maybe cinnamon) and started playing the Innuos through the DDC and am very happy with the sound. I shall likely get a tubulus concentus - as short as possible - to upgrade that connection.