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| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @car123 I'd like to understand what you are doing, but I haven't quite made it. Perhaps you can help. As I understand it the Sonore is a DDC and has a USB in and an I2S out. The Aurender is a combination server and DAC with analog outs, a U... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sns I’ve also tried taping over USB pin 1 with no effect before I realized what was going on in th 004. Obviously there’s nothing in the LKS or Musetec at the other end of line 1, so taping has no point. As for power. The LKS 004 had all but t... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @raddoctor Thanks for your response. That's great. Do let everyone know what you think. There's no published review; there's no advertising. Just a bunch of guys who bought the unit and are sharing impressions. | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @raddoctor Also just saw the announcement of the new AKM 4499EX chip which looks quite impressive. May wait for new DACs with this chip before jumping on Musetek bandwagon. I’m not sure there’s any "bandwagon" here. One thing some of us thin... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @jeony Although it seems not everyone will agree, my own thoughts on this subject, specifically for the Musetec, is that using a DDC that converts USB to I2S is not an optimal way to increase SQ. Musetec has put a lot of engineering and quality ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @lordmelton @debjit_g I am not here to doubt the perceptions of others. Nonetheless it is a strain on my own understanding of how things work to believe that the 10 year old separate LKS USB to I2S device can outperform that very same function ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Hi @lordmelton, If I understand you correctly, you are NOT comparing going from the (Aurender by USB to the Musetec) to going from the (Aurender by USB to the LKS and then by I2S to the Musetec). Is that correct? While that comparison does not ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Great that @benzman settled in with a DAC he really prefers and that seems to integrate well with the rest of his system. And kudos to him for getting that fine DAC at an advantageous price. No one has ever claimed the Musetec was the best DAC ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @kclone At the beginning of the digital era some CDs were recorded with a slightly different eq than most as a noise reduction technique. That was called pre-emphasis. CD players automatically look for the pre-emphasis "flag" on the disk and mak... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers @prof You might have earlier been thinking of John Sollecito who was JSE Speakers. He licensed two technologies from Richard Modaffari, the infinite slope crossover and a special bass crossover . The latter used two bass drivers, usually of dif... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @theatro A CR2025 works. A very easy battery to find. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Hi @wharfy Good to know things are going well. Using either the extreme right button on the DAC, or the 3rd button down on the right of the remote, and while the DAC reads out PCM, the DPLL cycles, going up until it reaches 15, and then going t... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @benzman The Musetec DAC is, I believe, a true balanced design. Whether you achieve a significant benefit from that may depend upon your related components. Glad it appears to be working for you as you like, it will get better as it breaks in, ... | |
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| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC As for gifts to reviewers, it’s called an "accommodation" price, essentially the wholesale price--50 to 60 per cent of retail if it was new. So when a reviewer writes that he liked it so much he bought it, that’s an entirely different value assess... |