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    Grimm MU1 vs Aurender N30SA vs Taiko Audio

    The timing of the bits is a red herring. It matters at the dac data input generally speaking (in many dacs the data input is not particularly jitter sensitive anyway), but it's really unimportant in the ethernet packets. There are all sort of mechanisms aligning, bufferring and reclocking data...
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    Hi-Fi is NOT a subjective hobby.

    Do you know what "objectively" means? Is there a metric for imaging? Out of all the qualities we attribute to a system, imaging is perhaps the most subjectively interpeted and most difficult to quantity. To many listeners it is also of the least importance.
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    Best phono stage?

    Oh, cmon, you cannot possibly be so uninterested in other manufacturers products. Prima Luna examples. The film caps are there only to reduce the switching spikes. The diodes only blockers are only good for offsets exceeding 0.7v, still sufficient for reasonably well designed toroids.
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    Best phono stage?

    Nothing i enjoy. Equally true of the versions with caps or just diodes. The ones with caps are also super sensitive to the cap audio quality. The issue of humming toroids is also unpleasant, so i guess one has to choose their own poison. My choice is a toroid designed for low flux density which...
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    Best phono stage?

    DC blockers are another can of worms, never liked what they do to the sound.
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    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    Please do tell more. Never heard that term.
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    Allnic's AUT-8000 Step UP Transformer now with variable impedance loading!

    And better resistors. Overall, much sexier look from the outside.
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    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    IME and obviously according to my taste it is the slate and not the Garrard that is responsible for: "The Garrard can overwhelm sometimes with certain records and get fatiguing and slightly harsh, too in your face and too ruthless with poor recordings" A Garrard on wood sounds nothing like...
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    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    What is the plinth on the Garrard? Material? Construction?
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    Are Ethernet tweaks/gimmicks turning out to be like the same in the USB space?

    IME disconnecting from both sides is much preferable than just from the dac. I guess between the two possible hypotheses explaining the audibility of LAN infrastructure i have chosen the one dealing with noise, both transmitted and radiated.
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    Are Ethernet tweaks/gimmicks turning out to be like the same in the USB space?

    I've written exactly the same a long time ago but nobody paid any attention. Not as sexy as adding a couple more switches and replacing an upstream ethernet cable. At the same time extremely sobering. One small thing: when disconnecting the ethernet in the experiment make sure both ends have...
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    Preamp shootout...Predictions on which will be the best?

    It is easy to peek under the Oppo's lid and see how little connection to reality this fantasy bears. Not only is the attenuation not passive, it is also digital, courtesy of the Sabre chip. Downstream there are a bunch of opamps, enough to exceed the signal path length of whatever is inside...
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    Volume Attenuation and low volume listening

    Looks like some responses to the thread do not discuss digital vs analogue attenuation but whether an active pre should be used vs a direct connection to amp. Not the same.
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    Volume Attenuation and low volume listening

    Even the earliest Sabre chips did attenuation using 48 bit maths. How many bits do you expect shedded this way?
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    Volume Attenuation and low volume listening

    Not imho. Well implemented digital attenuation sounds more transparent to me than even a premium resistive attenuator with just two resistors per position. Definitely less euphonic though. Which doesn't mean I find a direct connection between dac and power amp desirable. A preamp is still...
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