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| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? For recent experiences, installing an AudioQuest Pearl USB between my DLNA bridge and DAC opened up the soundstage to the whole wall in front of me, and added depth. But it lacked realistic sparkle.Then moving to an inexpensive cable running two ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Since sns has written about the ESS Sabre DAC chip, and because Sabre chips were trashed by someone in the MH-DA004 thread as others have in other places, I'd like to share my reasons for going this route. The main reason for the trash talk, I thi... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @rh67,The list price is $3299. Googling the DAC, that's what comes up. The European distributer lists it on ebay.de for less when you remove the VAT and with free shipping to the US. But if I wanted another I might email the factory. Perfect E... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @auxinput,Thanks for the kind words. I'm not an engineer though I wired up a number of units long ago and used to do mods before the industry went to surfaced mounts. Screwed up a few and quit.As for the Musetec, FWIW as far as I can tell the si... | |
| CD vs.same CD ripped to HD We have different hardware, but I feel confident in saying that SQ can be better after the rip than playing from a CD drive. In my case it was an Oppo 105 going to a new DAC. After the rips, it was a USB hard drive to a desk-top running JRiver and... | |
| NORDOST vs CARDAS USB cables I believe in cable differences. I have heard the differences that different USB cables can make. I have listened to a number of USB cables, though not a large number. I use a custom made cable with solid core silver wires wrapped in Teflon and ... | |
| Need recommendations for 20' speaker cable If you can terminate them yourself, and if you don’t mind spending very little money for a quite excellent 9 gauge cable good for long runs you might try Furez FZ124AS 12-4 wired red and black to positive and green and white to negative.One of the... | |
| Amazon HD Lower Price The problem with Amazon (compared to Qobuz, for ex.) is that Amazon HD does not let the user initiate a WASAPI or ASIO session. So, unless you have another solution everything will be either upsampled or downsampled to the rate of your Windows so... | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? @bkeske Well good luck. It would be great if it works for you. I have a couple of HMV disks derived from EMI British productions, though not the Mahler 9. The German vinyl is very quiet, but the sharp edges seem rounded as compared to origin... | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? @bkeske You will probably love the Barbirolli Berlin Mahler 9. It's a great performance and a very good recording, if just a bit dry. If you do, and on the theory that the best pressings come from the country where originally produced, you migh... | |
| Berlioz Requiem @infection I only own the CD. It's a great recording. It was on the Absolute Sound list of great recordings. I can only suppose the LP is at least as good.There are many other fine recordings of this work as others have pointed out. | |
| Berlioz Requiem Shaw Atlanta Telarc Cat#: DG-10109-2 | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? @bkeske Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session is a digital recording. Surely there was a DAC somewhere in the process of producing the vinyl, that would have provided the same profound immersion, etc., as you found in the lp. That is, unless yo... | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? Not looking to pick a fight here. I am an old-time classical music analog lover still with major investment in analog. Until about 4 years ago I couldn't listen to digital for more than 20 minutes at a time. I would have been in full agreement ... | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? Is the "Paris" LP an all analog recording? |