I'm looking for additional sources of Hawaiian music. I am streaming from Qobuz and they have a nice selection and I'd like to expand my sources. Any recommendations?

Really nice review.

I saw this on Amazon and was wondering.

I'm running a W4S DAC 1 with balanced and RCA outs. I can't hear any difference between the two. However, I do run balanced because of common mode rejection.

Do you do your own work, or is there a shop you use?

I'm using a Macbook Pro as my music server. My music server apps are Audirvana and Qobuz. Using a Synology DS1515+ for storage (not shown). I going into a W4S Remedy and then into a W4S uLink with a coax out to my W4S DAC. I'm using a Granite Audio preamp for my WA22 and a Clearaudio...

Not sure about the WA2. Here is a picture of work that 2359glenn | studio did for me years ago. I really liked the results.

Sorry to hear. Which tube was it?

Quote: Jazzfan, this is a really great writeup and I'm certain that it will be of value to othes.  Nice.  

Quote: If you are using the W4S DAC2 via USB, how come you are not using their drivers?  They put the computer into slave mode to the DAC and reduces a lot of jitter.  Music through their drivers always sounded better than everything else.    

Quote: I have a preference for the HD800 headphone.  From my perspective and tastes I find that they go down as deep as you can go while at the same time remain delicate to transmit detail and nuance.  I find them netural sounding and fast.  Just my 2 cents.   Also, think about a...

Quote: No prob, SS.  I noticed the name change myself.  Who really knows the mysteries of our board's software.  I think they need servers with tubes in them and that would solve all of their problems.  

Quote: Interesting how the source has such an impact.    

Quote: Nice report, thanks.  You are experiencing just what I did.    

Quote: I have a wife for that.     Quote: I really need to learn to detach from my hardware.  I've been thinking about selling my LCD-2 r2 and I put it off and now there is the 3 out there.  I'm really glad to hear the three is a home run as the Audeze guys are cool and...