Quite strange you're not hearing much of a difference with the Havana, I noticed a difference between my cd player and an inexpensive dac like the Maverick. Granted my cd player is a POS but the techincs your using isn't exactly reference material either, the rest of your gear isn't too slouchy though and you should definitely hear a difference. Are you sure there isn't some type of setting on your pre that may be bypassing the havana somehow? If not try swapping out or borrowing another pre and then experiment with another cd player. It's all process of elimination. FWIW I don't think a PC is going to make much of a difference. Good luck
Power cord for MHDT Havana
My system
Paradigm S4(fronts)
Rel Strata III sub
B&K 7270 200X7 amp
B&K ref30 preamp
Blue jeans cables ( interconnects)
Speaker cables (Blue jeans)
Transport Technics SL MC7(12 year old)
Recently purchased MHDT HAVANA.
No After market power cords purchased or tested yet.
It has been probably 150 hours of MHDT havana, while doing A & B switching, I dont see significant difference in the sound quality between with or without the DAC. I saw the bigger difference when I removed the grills from the speakers.
Now My question is what could get me best improvement from here on.
Let me know your opinions.
Thanks
Sandhya
Paradigm S4(fronts)
Rel Strata III sub
B&K 7270 200X7 amp
B&K ref30 preamp
Blue jeans cables ( interconnects)
Speaker cables (Blue jeans)
Transport Technics SL MC7(12 year old)
Recently purchased MHDT HAVANA.
No After market power cords purchased or tested yet.
It has been probably 150 hours of MHDT havana, while doing A & B switching, I dont see significant difference in the sound quality between with or without the DAC. I saw the bigger difference when I removed the grills from the speakers.
Now My question is what could get me best improvement from here on.
Let me know your opinions.
Thanks
Sandhya