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| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio I agree with @dbb in that accuracy to the sound of real instruments is essential for an audio component to be recommendable.You have written, "I had an interesting conversation last night on the topic of 'accuracy' with a gentleman w... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @metaldetektor Actually his latest review, of a Gustard, was done thanks to a loan from a Chinese retailer. For a Musetec, perhaps he can contact Musetec's European distributer in Cologne. Though with his viewership and subscriber numbers he may... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @ja_kub_sz Welcome to the club. Glad that you’re enjoying the DAC. Your initial response was similar to my own. I hesitated to say exactly why I liked my new DAC. It was just . . . everything! A very similar dropping jaw. Found it hard to believe ... | |
| For SACD fans only Use your Oppo to rip your SACDs. It's very easy. Then feed them into any good DAC. You can easily beat the one in the Oppo. That's how you get the best sound out of them. | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl You likely have a mismatch between cartridge compliance and cartridge/arm mass. Do a search. | |
| KT88 in Rogue ST-100 amplifier What did you swap the 12au7 and 12ax7 tubes to? What changes did you hear? Thanks. | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @sruffleAs to how the Musetec would fare being fed upsampling by HQPlayer, you might look at the experience with the LKS MH-DA004 DAC made by the same company. From the ESS chips through the analog stage the basic design is similar. However the ... | |
| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. Some of the best, and best sounding, Shostakovich by Haitink was recorded by the London Philharmonic. I am thinking specifically of Symphony 15 which is a demo quality recording.The Ashkenazy Rachmaninov First symphony at the Concertgebouw is anot... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @skyscraper Since you say "pressing" I assume you are looking for vinyl. Two that I have enjoyed are Solti/Chicago on London/Decca and Davis/Concertgebouw on Philips. These are true analog recordings. Both are fine performances with great, but ver... | |
| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. It is interesting to me that in the early vinyl days the Philips Haitink Concertgebouw recordings were often considered dull. But as analog equipment became more sophisticated (somewhat after the analog golden age) they started sounding better an... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired In a way this thread has become one of the more interesting as it gets to the heart of what different listeners want in a sound product. I believe that stretches well beyond DACs to all manner of audio equipment. I remember similar discussions in... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @milpai I think it is the Bricasti M1 (at about $10,000) that is the closest competitor in that line to the Musetec. The Bricasti, though, has an additional streamer feature with an ethernet input. As for local dealership, I think of myself as... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @redlenses03 I'm afraid you did it (showed your biases) again.Can we agree on: Clear/detailed > naturalistic side, warm/sweet = analogue'ish? That would be more . . . . . . . clear.I can think of deprecating adjectives for both sides, but ... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @redlenses03 As I read this review and with the OP evidently trying hard to make it fair, I think each DAC was tested with each laptop set up the same. If I’m incorrect, I trust the OP will be heard from.You describe the OP’s conclusion somewhat d... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @milpai Re: your question about using the I2S inputs on the Musetec. My old DAC had I2S inputs as well, and I did some research thinking that if one used an ethernet to I2S converter you might gain something by bypassing the USB stage altogether. ... |