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| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @melm The Okto dac I purchased some years ago was the streaming version, that streamer being a Raspberry Pi, never really experimented much using as streamer since I had the Sonore at the time, assumed it superior. After some time reflecting o... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @catastrofe I agree my experience is only anecdotal evidence, but then there are many others who assert I2S superiority. Others claim usb superior. Personally, I tend to put far more value on comparative reviews, and those comparisons should b... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship Almost forgot. Experiential evidence is an extremely valid form of evidence. For those disparaging I2S via DDC don't just assume or presume this is inferior interface, provide some real world experience via comparative analysis of optimized I2S vs... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship I'm not stating an overarching disparagement of usb, in many cases usb may outperform I2S, I keep on reiterating my experience with Singxer SU6 vs usb. I will continue to affirm what I believe to be inherent advantage of dedicated lines for data a... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @melm First off, as I mentioned previously reverse engineering required to determine quality of these clocks and power supplies, manufacturers rightly don't advertise their schematics and all part numbers. As for usb vs I2S I've never stated a... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @melm Its a crystal oscillator enclosed in an oven which makes it an OXCO. Both quality of XO and the quality of the power supply for the oven are critical for highest performance. The exact implementation within Gaia is only possible by reverse e... | |
| Should I add a DDC? Since the addition of Denafrips Gaia, Musetec MH-DA006 dac, Tubulus Ximius I2S and new power cables have been recent additions I've been waiting for system to stabilize (over 300 hours burn in) and for me to acclimate to particular sound qualities... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @debjit_g Check with @audioman58 , I purchased Gaia from Paul, he may be able to set you up with something, also got some consideration on the Tubulus I2S cable. I just got notification on the Laiv, unfortunately only Femto clock, still could be... | |
| DDC Recomendations I have Denafrips Gaia, also confused as to whether clock inputs work for any external clock. In any case I don't feel the need for any further clocking in my setup, sync/slaved to the fine OXCO clock in Gaia provides me with a wonderful analog/vin... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship Oh, and I forgot about Evo version of my JCAT XE Netcard, even further behind the curve! Like I keep on saying, streaming is evolving fast and furious, kind of fun, interesting, but frustrating at the same time. | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship My Gaia is 12th or latest version, seems I recall reading something about minor improvements. Often times manufacturers improve things in ongoing basis, may not mention this and/or designate as new version or model. All equipment subject to on... | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? HDMI isn't really the correct terminology for audio only use. Yes, the connectors are HDMI, the cable itself needs only be I2S, this means only 8 pins actually wired, the rest are superfluous for audio only. Plenty of nice audio only I2s cables ou... | |
| Six DAC Comparison By the way, being a curious person I decided to purchase Okto Dac some years ago, believe it held record at ASR for SNR at the time, one of the lowest jitter as well. And I owned Musetec 005 at the same time, relative poor measuring dac over there... | |
| Six DAC Comparison I've seen Golden Sound's measurements, also ASR, another instance of measurements not telling you the true story. According to ASR $1k dacs are right up there with state of art, and dacs don't benefit from ddc. Sound quality is the final arbiter f... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @mitch2 I previously owned Singxer SU6, this with Musetec 005, preferred usb over my OpticalRendu vs I2S with the Singxer. Now have Denafrips Gaia with Tubulus Ximius .5M cable, prefer I2S vs usb for both Laiv Harmony and Musetec 006. This with a... |