On my Pink Faun Ultra OCXO USB have I have tried several commercially available PSUs, including iFi iPower X, SBooster and Farad3.
Farad3 wins hands down.
Interestingly, MojoAudio molex inline regulator, followed by a bank of UltraCapacitors from Ian Canada was as good as Farad3 and could be...
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I have both Jcat XE and Pink Faun Ultra OCXO USB cards.
In my system Pink Faun Ultra OCXO USB card is a step up from Jcat XE (as it should be, given the price delta).
Both cards can be further improved by using Jcat Optimo Nano, LT3045 based inline voltage regulator, which does some incredible...
I just got the Jcat Optimo Nano and it is every bit as good as I expected it to be (knowing that it is build upon state-of-the-art LT3045 voltage regulators).
Depending on the card you are using, the difference can be from jaw-droppingly-good to slight, but still worthwile.
If you were...
I have both cards at home now. I have just finished 3 days of testing.
If you were running the Jcat Femto USB card without a quality external PSU, switching to JCAT USB XE will be a true game changer.
Much better resolution, more transparency, deeper soundstage, much more palpability and more...
Are you talking about the current one (JL sounds) or the old one (Amanero) ?
Amanero had a million of firmware versions (which was one of the reasons they switched over to JL sounds).
Who told you DA2 V2 is any different to DV2? (apart from the VC)
I have discussed this topic at lenght with the distributor, who in turn have discussed this with EMM.
FYI - I had DV2 at home for 6 months. I also had the Select II dAC. For me there was no contest - MSB was vastly superior...
If you olny want to send money vs get great sound, then by all means skip the SOtM. I have 3 friends running SOTM-200 Ultra with their dCS Rossini DACs, as it sounds better than the in-built Ethernet card.
No idea. I have no experience with Esoteric. With with SOTM beeing so small, it is easy to borrow one from a dealer to try in your system. Make sure you get it with a power supply, preferably sth better than sotm's own SMS-500 (Farad 3, SBooster etc)
If you already have the Roon Rock server, I would try the SOtM SMS-200 Ultra Neo with PSU. Me and many of my friends had great success with this endpoint.
I don't think you will hear that much of a difference in this appclication.
I would rather try optical isolation (optical Ethernet) or a better switch, or a better PSU for the switch first.
Does anybody know what is the cut off for Transparent Audio Hi-Z and Low-Z speaker cables ?
A friend of mine has the Reference G5 speaker cables that have been custom calibrated by Transparent Audio as Hi-Z for his McIntosh Mc 1.25kW monoblocks.
He wants to repurpose them on his McIntosh...
I first met them some 15 years ago when they visited Audio Video Show in Warsaw. They have been returning every year since.
They were a lovely couple, with absolute integrity and a passion for music. They will be greatly missed.
Myles Astor just changed his amps from top of the line Conrad Johnson to Goldmund. So I guess they must be rather good.
See his review on Positive Feedback.
That is a great question ... I cannot answer.
I went with the 242 tubes from the start and haven't tried anything else.
But maybe I should borrow some tubes from ?ukasz ... that may be actually a good idea !
?ukasz lives just 20 min away from me. He even visited me just 2 days ago to have a...
AFAIK they have a backup date in early december. I hope everything will go to plan. The shows in Europe are starting to reopen now.
The audio biz needs this show.
I have talked with Dietmar many times. The case has always been the most expensive part of the DAC and a source of endless headaches.
I'm happy he intoduced a cheaper line in a more basic cases. The electronics inside those boxes is top flight and measures extremely well to boot - I'm sure...
Not in my experience. I have both the latest PuriFi and NCore based Nord amps. My MSB Class-A monos, not to mention tube Graff 20OTL, sound noticably meatier and lifelike, with more meat on the bones.
I second Superdad - the UpTone Audio JS-2 is an excellent dual output PSU. It can be further expanded with LPS1.2 for the EtherREGEN.
I have been using mine for over 2 years and have been always very impressed with the performance. Just another option to consider.
Let them play for like 400-600h. The transprency will greatly improve. This is much experience from owning S5, S5II and M3.
In fact, when I got my S5II and rolled out the S5 mk 1, I thought the mk2 sounded ... worse ! They were congested in the midrange - exactly as you describe. That went away...