larryng

Responses from larryng

Chord Hugo ?
I have a HUGO and have 240 hours on it , the sound keeps improving and I intend to comment on it after 400 hours , be that, the HUGO is not thin sounding and give the battery 5-6 cycles of full charging and you will improve on the dynamic also , f... 
Parasound CD-1
Certainly , just look that small computer grade SW power supply , one can't help taking up a hot iron . The SWPS supplies also the DA board , there is a separate PS for analogue section which you can say adequate but far from Hi-end to me , the @9... 
Parasound CD-1
I have the unit for a while , I had it modified to improve its performance , mainly power supply and better USB inner connecting cable , to be frank , you can say it "top" within its asking price , but not to be compared with my MPS-5 , not even c... 
New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5
Just for everyone , MPS-5 Update available as #026 .Does anyone have any opinion on the USB-X box , seems little talks on this small add-on box , I have chance to get hold of one used , any advice on this little box ? 
Linn majik ds + mark levinson 360 vs akurate ds
If I understand you correctly , you want to use the Digital out from DS , if then , no diffference between both as the motherboard in both the Majik & Akurate DS is the same , just balance dac on Akurate , whether ML 360 is a better sounding d... 
Fidelizer
Fidelizer installed , admittedly improvement in sound but one thing that I loose control with JRemote in "Audiophile" mode is most inconvenient , hope network not affected if possible in the first 2 modes 
Oppo-105 vs Oppo-93 + W4S DAC2 for stereo.
Oppo 93 with Vanity93 board as a transport will amaze you !A lot better than 93 alone as transport . 
Playback Designs
024 update does make the MPS-5 more musical , bass more defined and overall makes the MPS-5 quite different sounding from what I first heard it (after run in) . I was updating from 020 (factory out) directly to 024 so the difference in sound is ve... 
New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5
Thanks all for their inputs !Cheer ! 
New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5
I own MPS-5 and never did any update though I have all files downloaded and stored in my PC . Hearing yours comments , it urges me to do my first upgrade , just wish to know , is it OK to jump to the latest update file and is updating real easy as...