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| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara I don't have mine set up that way. However, since there's no switching between the RCA and the XLR outputs, they are all "live." I don't think you'll have a problem, but you'll know with absolute certainty in a short while. | |
| Measuring Turntable Platter Speed The short answer is . . no! But that doesn’t mean you’re at the end of the road. While you can’t measure the fluctuation, you can probably fix it. New bearing, new bearing lubrication, repair of worn bearing, new belt, new motor. Somewhere in the... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @wharfy Shenzhen tells me that were I to order today, the DAC would be shipped out by the end of next week. By the way, the Shenzhen price is back to the full list price, but they tell me that their Black Friday sales begin on Nov. 22. I contac... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @mboldda1 Of course that should work. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @mboldda1 As noted there is not yet a standard for I2S, so I'm not surprised it did not work correctly. Many units intended to output I2S have dip switches within so that the proper connections are made. That is generally done at the I2S out l... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara Regarding your comment about I2S: When I first got the LKS 004, which also had 2 I2S sockets (so enticing!), I also thought of finding an ethernet to I2S device to bypass the USB entirely. While this appeared to have a theoretic... | |
| Different R2R DACs Though R2R DACs represent the current flavor of the month, it may just be that they’re not your cup of tea. I know that they’re not mine. I personally value clarity and detail and look elsewhere to dial in a preferred sound--though I personally tr... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @warfy I had been using a solid silver cable with the LKS 004. As opposed to other cables it gave it some extra body and high frequency extension. For the Musetec I found it was unnecessary, and am now using Audioqest Pearl which is simply a so... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @wharfy As dbb wrote we are especially eager to have your evaluation. While I think you will hear something very special within the first day or two, be sure to run it hard for the 30 days. It can use a lot of break-in, and the break-in is not... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @wharfy I read your posts with interest. I use all tubes (Rogue) but for the Musetec DAC. I am surprised by your comment that age brings about sensitivity to higher frequencies, as I’ve always thought the opposite. In any event, some tube rollin... | |
| Capital Audiofest, save thyself! It's been a while since I was at a show. Then I would bring some tracks cut on a recordable CD and got them played when things were slow. In what digital form do people bring their own music to play these days? Will tracks on a flash drive do? | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? @spitzfish (if there really is a spitzfish who has come here, it seems, only to do a job on the LKS DAC)I am the OP on the original LKS DAC thread. Of the unmodified LKS DAC Ric Shultz wrote in the Audio Asylum, "Also the LKS has fully discrete ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio @jjss49 You are quite right to speak if the importance of imaging. I just picked up on what verdantaudio had written about accuracy to the sound of a piano, to wit, a piano should sound like a piano, Better still, a particular pian... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio I agree with @dbb in that accuracy to the sound of real instruments is essential for an audio component to be recommendable.You have written, "I had an interesting conversation last night on the topic of 'accuracy' with a gentleman w... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @metaldetektor Actually his latest review, of a Gustard, was done thanks to a loan from a Chinese retailer. For a Musetec, perhaps he can contact Musetec's European distributer in Cologne. Though with his viewership and subscriber numbers he may... |