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| Do I still need a DDC in between? @mattw73 My uDac suddenly opened up and delivered all the good stuff at around the 250-hour mark—this was a few days after I connected the U18 to the Ultra and swapped the USB/HDMI cables for a DH Labs Mirage and HDMI 2.1. Its ultimate performance... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @sls883 Same here, although it already has pretty low jitter and electrical noise at digital out — one of the best. I was more interested in either the U18 or the Micro DDC, since both support a 10 MHz clock, but the U18 offers much better value ... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @sls883 No worry. I need to part with the Ultra now, as it’s going to my son tomorrow. I’ve been holding on to it at home, but he finally bought a turntable. I really enjoyed having fun with it over the past few months. Thanks. | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @mattw73 Is your micro dac fully broken in yet? It should be about time, right. What is you verdict? I finally purchased the Rivo plue. Hans and many others were not exaggerating, it is on another league from those entry levels and on par wit... | |
| $500 used power cord for Lumin power supply A well-shielded power cable with conductors of good conductivity and sufficient gauge like this is all you need. Save $450 for something that really matters to the sound like power conditioning. I believe in cable but you got to spend the money ... | |
| My impressions of the much Hyped LAIV Harmony DAC (I ordered one and Listened to it.) Strictly speaking, Laiv is a Singapore-based company in terms of product design and operations, but its manufacturing, like many others, is done in China | |
| Best audiophile file converter? Audacity can perform batch conversions using its Macros. | |
| $500 used power cord for Lumin power supply Which Lumin model? | |
| Walk-in soundstage @pindac Adding a Subwoofer is a failure in the demo's received for both 57's and other Quad ESL's. Myself detects the change in the sonic of the Bass and this becomes a detractor as the presence of a sonic trait that differs is detected. I wa... | |
| Walk-in soundstage @pindac Thank you for introducing Q Sound. You must refer to The Happiest Days of Our Lives on The Wall by Pink Floyd for the helicopter spatial sound effect. Q Sound was subsequently used in, for example, The Division Bell, to achieve 3D effects... | |
| Speaker recommendations welcomed I guess for $5k, this is the best floorstander you could get in terms of value. TAS, in particular, did a fantastic job of describing its sound character. But, you probably need to invest multiple times that amount in electronics to unlock its fu... | |
| volumio rivo plus and lineo5 - who has heard and can comment on this unit? Running into a few more minor bugs in app but SQ wise no reservation. Still waiting for LPS to show up. | |
| Linear power supply Mid-tier? Wait until you tune into 7:45 of this review by TAS! Essentially, the host is saying the $35k combo of a $28k DAC and highly raved Aurender N200 here sounds better than ICON but the difference is subtle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... | |
| AliExpress order issues My experience with AliExpress has been positive—fast shipping and very good updates, much better than USPS. There was only one time when my shipment didn’t arrive as indicated in the update. And guess what: USPS, the last-mile carrier, messed it u... | |
| Linear power supply Yes, more big players like PS Audio are shifting toward SMPS as well, because of higher efficiency, lower noise, compact size, and faster transient response to dynamic power demands. But the question is whether the one used by ICON is up to that l... |