About Europe: I just saw it mentioned on the website of Audiophonics.fr for €3k. That is including VAT, which is a decent price. https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/dac-without-volume/laiv-harmony-black-p-19276.html It's not available yet but we knew that. I never ordered in France from them. It's...

And by presentation you mean how lifelike the musicians or venue is presented before your eyes (ears)? That's what I currently miss from the digital part of my setup. For instance when I play 'Get lucky' by Daft Punk from lp it's like there's a living breathing Pharrell Williams in my room...

Ok, but I already edited my post and removed my out of place remark. My apologies. There are so many people just shooting from the hip with one quick remark. I spend quite some time trying to explain (finding the right word in English oftentimes takes looking up) and then one person pulls the...

I just did.😋 But maybe you shouldn't talk to me like that. I understand I was rambling about statistics. Not everyone understands it so I tried to give a snap conclusion. But you blew that out of proportion with one quick snarky reply you didn't put any effort in. I was just trying to explain...

Lol 😁 Yup! Thank you for the amp. If you still want the Ares, just ask. I thought it was you. But we all like our avatars to have a little bit of anonymity.

You Just jumped to the (deliberately dumbed down) conclusion and pulled it out of context. What I meant to explain is that neither Holo Audio nor Denafrips use 0.005% tolerance resistors. I'd like to see your implication of an R2R dac made with high precision wirewound resistors. Bring a lorry. 😁

Geen kritiek op jou, wat je zegt doet me ergens aan denken. I bought my Gato amp150 (pure analog) from someone who thought it would be an upgrade from the Dia250s. But he didn't hear that much difference so he sold it off (lucky me). We had some more discussion about it later why and if this...

Don't forget that the 0.005 % you mention is done by software and parallelling 4 (?) resistors. That means the actual tolerance per physical resistor is 0.005/2⁴= 0.08. That's just an estimate because tolerances follow a Gauss or bell-curve. By handpicking resistors you decrease the standard...

I just watched a video by an older guy who has been in the business for decades, and reviewing for years. Je knows all the luxury brands and the people behind it. Notice the discrepancy. He just discovered SMSL. I think this is the reason 2ndH "chifi" does not command as much. He was even...

Correct. Denafrips has the same warning. It is a load issue. What I learned from working on my TDA1543 DACs is that it needs a certain resistance to ground. That's the most basic I/V stage possible. That's your output resistance. The value has a very large influence on the sound. Compare it to...

Ok, I have (or had) a different understanding of the word chifi. Look, I'm not a native English speaker so I tend to interpret words on face value (or etymology). Is hifi derogatory as well then? Compared to 'high end'? Hifi is just an old standard that doesn't mean much anymore. What I do know...

What you talk about has nothing to do with chifi. It was like that in the 70-ies and up with every year a complete new line from Sony, Akai, JVC, Philips, Sansui, Onkyo, and all the big brands. I kind of understand Jay Lee, but don't agree with him on that. I have been in Chinese audio for 15...

No need to be condescending. He does it as a hobby. And he is honest. I'd rather have someone who is overly enthousiastic than one that is dishonest. On those windows: he listens with the shades down. Do you really think he's an idiot? For shooting Video you need light. I have more issues with...

I don't disagree, but I like to nuance that a bit. And pull some definitions straight. On 1: Your hearing is not your ears. Perception is done by your brain. Your ears are just the receptors. The enjoyment does not rely on the ability of your ears. I know of a man who is totally deaf who...

No need to throw it away, just glue it. It's easy. All you need is some good glue and something flat 1" thick. A block of wood or a box. Put that on the platter, put the empty mounted headshell on it and push it flat. Then it's perfectly flat and parallel to the platter. Glue it in place like...