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Has Anyone Auditioned an LKS MH-DA004 DAC?
One thing here no matter how much anyone mods the unit and all the Hype Which everything is subjective .the saber chips yes even their new ines have a distinct personality detailed and for me a bit bold. There a re a bunch of Very good dac s out t... 
$10k DAC in a 3k system?
Having owned a audio store the sourse CD- Turntable  is very important If you can afford better buy a good dac , reason being if the clean signal doesNot reach the preamp correctly everything else down stream is Lost.This too applies to quality ca... 
What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems?
Personally I feel if you have your spend over a $1000on a digital cable something is seriously wrong  in the design of your dac. The P.S audio direct stream dac minimizes the added benefit  of  spending to much on a USB cable. I have a AQ a Diamon... 
PS Audio NEW Huron Firware upgrade. 😩😫😩
I will give it another week. I will say 24 hours later it is only more up front In character on transient attack yes micro detail is  better  as well as more defined imaging. It is not quite as analog  or as smooth as the original.if more run In t... 
PS Audio NEW Huron Firware upgrade. 😩😫😩
The good thing is I can revert back firmware any time I choose , and there is Sonic adjustments coming up in the near future . Sometimes progress has to Take s temporary step back to progress 2  ahead. 
High End Amp Price Collapse musings
If you do a little research Danish company Lyngdorf has several patents and has technologies that use far less feedback then most digital companies ,use the latest Hispeed Mosfets  and only a pr of Poly caps on the output the 2400 model I listened... 
Speaker jumpers
Without question if you have Good equipment the cheap Zinc jumpers for sure will mask the perfermanceat least a few % points .i have replaced enough crossovers ,connectors and wires to know .think about this .the internal wire on a 802 B&W spe... 
Sonus Faber Olympica II Speakers vs. something else?
I have found the Olympica-3. Gives a little more of everything vs the Model -2and gets Bass down to around 30hz  a lot of trickle down  technologies from their flagship line of course the $20 k and up Sonus Faber are a little more resolved and may... 
focal 1038 be or sonus faber olympica
The Olympica -3 are the most natural speakers I have ever heard in the $15k range.for sure more body and depth vs the Focal 938 the 938 will go lower in Scale into the upper 20hz region.  The SF-3 is just more 3 dimensional very conservatively rat... 
Power conditioner
Stop wasting your money this Balanced isolation unit does it all Your music will never be better especially st these prices .A 15smp unit if you get s discount around $1500,  the 1200 model around $1200www.corepowertechnologies.com 
Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker
J have s custom dual mono block  Pass Labs  F-6 which is 50wpc pure class A  and stable into 2 ohms.Do the Math depending how loud you need it Class A will bring a Tom more gripThen a AB amp of 2x the Power.  90db@1 w. Personally 90db  at output I... 
Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals
The ps audio Direct stream incredibly good across the board And even better in 3 weeks after firmware upgrade. 
Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord?
Hello Mark I have been  trying to reach you I am ready for  the Monster-1,800 😨🤤Thank you Paul L. 
Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord?
Each power cord has its own dedicated isolation,transformer- conditioning.Myself going a different route they have excellent new power cords with no  transformers just a very good awg 12 high purity Copper ,shielded, and solid Copper connectors fo... 
What are you using to rip your cds to a hard drive?
Bedt bang for the buck and then some.A tech st Bryston turned me on to it D B power amp .