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Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@arafiq To add to your store of information and knowledge, IIUC the reviewer is a manufacturer of, among other things, an ethernet filter held in very high regard on this board. He continually needs and uses a DAC of very high quality to test his... 
Emm Labs DV2 versus Tambaqui
@arafiq To add to your store of information and knowledge, IIUC the reviewer is a manufacturer of, among other things, an ethernet filter held in very high regard on this board. He continually needs and uses a DAC of very high quality to test hi... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
There have already been 2 comparisons of the Musetec with the $4800-5600 Holo May DAC.  However in another thread here reference was made to a comparison at head-fi to the $13,000 Mola-Mola Tambaqui favoring the Musetec.  As I thought it would be ... 
DACs and more. Is there a good analog sounding DAC.
With all respect, IMHO you may be asking the wrong question.  I have a pretty good analog system, but the last thing I want from it is to sound like what most people describe as an analog sound.  I want it to sound like music, the kind I hear when... 
Emm Labs DV2 versus Tambaqui
The Musetec is compared very favorably against the Tambaqui in the Musetec thread by teknorob23.  He's a very credible reviewer. You may be unaware of what the ESS can do, properly implemented.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@jc4659  Can you help with a question asked of me about break in.   About how long did it take you to accumulate 100 hours of actual listening?  Thanks. By the way, are you continuing to count?  
AKM makes the best DACs
Notwithstanding the evident quality of the SW1X DAC (and it is a $13,000 DAC after all) the last place I would look for objective technical info is in on the PR pages of a manufacturer.  No one does that better, probably, than Chord's Rob Watts wh... 
AKM makes the best DACs
And now for a controversial comment.😅 I think FPGA is basically a marketing tool used to differentiate some DACS from the rest of the field. I find it almost impossible to believe that it can be feasible for an ordinary audio electronics company t... 
Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired
The recent establishment of a US dealer/distributer for the Musetec adds an additional dimension to the comparison.  
Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch?
One feature that distinguishes the better USB implementations in a DAC is that the 5V power is supplied internally by the DAC and not by the power line in the USB cable. Among other things it makes the selection of a USB cable easier, and allows i... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
There was a short article about Midwest Audio in Stereophile. The article located it in South Bend IN, of which Mishawaka is a suburb. Finally a US dealer; that’s news https://www.stereophile.com/content/welcome-midwest-audio    
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@blang Thanks for the info about the US dealer and congrats on your purchase. As for break-in, I responded to someone else: In his first post after receiving the Musetec, @pt999 compared it to his fully broken in May Holo KTE DAC. After one we... 
AKM makes the best DACs
@milpai  You might want to ask sns about the Okto DAC8.  He has one and thinks very highly of it.  
AKM makes the best DACs
@milpai  For some reason you are discussing posts appearing on another thread.  I don't know why you are doing it here rather than there: "But when there was a communication issue on the manufacturer side that some one reported, you guys pounced ... 
AKM makes the best DACs
@alexatpos When you say, "if you are trying to compare architecture of dacs (R2R, Sigma-delta or Fpga) and bring some conclusions out of it, yet alone trying to conclude something on bases which model of chip is in some dac." you seem to miss th...