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What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC?
@timothy468 You’re very welcome. Glad you landed on the Innuos products. Their system updates are frequent and are driven by user interaction/requests from their user Forum. Happy to hear the Zen MK 3 has worked well for you, love mine, I feel it’... 
Best affordable Linear Power Stage
@sizzitrail84 what I’m hearing is as follows: very big sounstage, wider; deeper and more depth. sounds develop from a black background, fills out with weight and decays back into the background.    every instrument is placed in the soundstage w... 
New Review on Pine Tree Audio cables
 I Have their USB braided cable. Sounds great and solid construction.  
Pairing streamer
@mikhailark oops missed the Wi-Fi reference. Innuos doesn’t support Wi-Fi, my issue was with the IP address as noted earlier.   
What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC?
I just got the LHY LPS from Vinshine Audio today and what a great addition to the uDDC. Really kicked things up sonically. You might want to check it out.  
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So received my LHY LPS for the uDDC. As advertised it’s like putting the uDDC on steroids, great product and result. I ordered this from Alvin at Vinshine Audio, this one is specifically noted on the site to be the preferred LPS for the LAIV uDDC ... 
Pairing streamer
I had this issue also, fixed as per @kennymacc advise.  
What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC?
@timothy468 ive gone trough some Streamers and DAC’s and my current set up blows me away, these are nice pieces but the synergy is what’s magical to me. I landed on the following.   Innuos Zen MK 3, great OS and fantastic sound, warm, weighty gr... 
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@sizzitrail84 i don’t know the difference just went with the one specific to the uDDC.  
network switches and cables.
My original set up was Innuos Zen MK 3 to Denafrips Terminator 2, which sounded quite good, connected by Pinetree Audio USB cable. I have since added as follows:  SmoothLAN Network Filter>ZenM3>Pinetree USB cable to LAIV uDDC>I2s cable Wi... 
SmoothLan Regenerator from Stack Audio
I have a SmoothLAN Network Filter and have experienced similar results. The next step up for me was the LAIV uDDC experiencing very similar results on a large scale to what you describe, the combination of the SmoothLAN with the uDDC. Is outstandi... 
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@scp I found the better resolving your system the better the uDDC will deliver. Great addition to my system. I just ordered the LHY LPS, from Vinshine Audio for $185.00, seemed to be a great value and has been advertised to be linked with the LAIV... 
Best affordable Linear Power Stage
@tyray  @trivema    Thanks went with LHY as you both noted, the specific one for the LAIV uDDC noted on Vinshine site.  
Best affordable Linear Power Stage
@steakster thanks for the Aura recommendation, looks very interesting will check into it.  
LAIV uDDC Arrived
Another finding, the DDC really benefits the presentation of the soundstage and inner micro details at a low volume. Really enjoying this relatively modest priced unit. Everything sounds better through it including my CD player. Hope to see some m...