Beyond the obvious overwhelming importance of how it sounds, it’s physical and visual presence is sure to be polarizing.
I’m not a fan of “more is more” designs which I believe describes Wadax and much other gregarious gear in high end audio. I think the best designs are about what is left out...
That’s the intriguing question! I have Aries Cerat Ithaca dac.
I’ll try the Taiko dac Xdmi to Aries Ageto pre first and then compare to Taiko Xdmi digital AES to Ithaca dac.
I’m guessing the Xdmi interface that Stravos is building (with dedicated power supply) comes out to be the best.
But...
I tried the Schiit in the hope at might be useful for the occasionally over bright recording. It had absolutely no ameliorative effect! And in my system, I believe it took a hit on transparency.
I think Schiit’s a great company, though. And they made it easy to return.
I’ve always been fascinated by the visual aesthetics of turntable design. I feel the turntable presents the greatest potential for great Audio design, however what I see from high-end turntables is usually kind of grotesque in my opinion — the gigantic Air Force One being the most egregious...
Unfortunately Romy the Cat's tortured writing is too much a chore for me to plow through.
It reminds of the conventions of academic writing where convoluted run-on sentences predominate even though a clear, well constructed sentence would do the job (that is, to communicate) much better.
But...
I don't dismiss what ML is presenting because of a eastern or western medicine prejudice one way or another. Eastern medicine or meditation for example can be measured in many ways. And in many ways not measured as well.
What bother's me about ML and the selling of C Wave is the slap dash...
The more I read about what ML is doing with C Wave, the more it looks like bs. Maybe the reverb algorithm creates a pleasant sound. I suspect the more compromised the digital sound, the bigger the delta of improvement the reverb will provide.
For me, what really sinks the credibility of the...
Good to hear! But if, as you describe, you're not drawn into the music with you're digital setup, it sounds to me like it's under-performing and not just relative to your vinyl set up.
Rex, I’m guessing the What’s App group pushback was coming from BACCH users?
Levinson's Cello Pallette, C Wave , Mighty Cat and Master Class implementations are acknowledged by ML to be based on the work of Dick Burwen. https://www.burwenaudio.com/Biography.html.
I think (but may have this...
In your shoes, I wouldn’t want to play roulette either at a show.
On the other hand, my observation, from perusing many vids from shows, is that the large majority of exhibitors play a mix of soul crushing bland wallpaper music, very breathy girl/guitar, and baby boomer nostalgia classic...
I tried to Loki Max recently and did not find it brought anything positive to my system. I tried it on some problem recordings, but it couldn’t do anything other than dull them down a bit where the cure is worse than the disease!
I’m glad it’s working for you and I know it works really...
I think it could be interesting to hear a comparative video in a transparent system with and without the B2's. @sbnx?
This type of comparison would be simple to do and is the most useful application for system videos, imho. As evidenced by the Ted Denny video demonstrating his device (a...