Holography and Rube Goldberg Power Supply 2.0 I mentioned in a previous post that I like to start out with an enquiry and then apply it to my set up which leads to trying out various things... I was wondering if the Wi-Fi signal from my Comcast/Xfinity cable modem affected either the...

AMS 5.0 Despite any birthing pains with AMS 5.0 I'm pretty excited about the future of the platform. I didn't expect the sound quality jump using Roon Server / Player. I'm actually inspired by it. As a speculation - years ago Larry Owens, the US Repair Rep for AA mentioned that there was a new...

Hi naynay, Happy New Year to you. If you lived within driving distance I'd do the power mod for your G3 CX for you. But it'd cost you though... You bring the iPower Elite and I'd charge you maybe <$100 for incidentals and you'd owe me a pizza out afterwards over hi-fi talk. The CX power mod...

CX/EX Platform Discoveries... Considering the CX/EX is the only AA platform not utilizing earth ground [per Mark Cole]... - Galvanically isolating the USB to the Innuous Phoenix USB repeater using the TI USB repeater produced a noticeable SQ improvement. I don't have the distinction as to...

I always appreciate your welcoming encouragement and greeting Rich! Happy New Year! Not sure an A/B with OLADRA will ever happen but I don't think it'd be a stretch to say that with latest implementations, the CX/EX platform will never reach the refined presentation of AAs finest. I do enjoy the...

CX and EX "G3++" power supply Pics. - R Core transformers removed to fit iPower Elite 15VDC SMPS - G3 Board mounting plate shifts right by ~2" to accommodate iFi Elite extended chassis length - Elite SMPS 15VDC output connected to G3 upgrade board DC-DC Converter after [bypassing] bridge...

TI - ISOUSB211 High/Full/Low Speed Isolated USB Repeater evaluation module https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/sbou261/sbou261.pdf?ts=1705086356873&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Ftool%252FISOUSB211DPEVM%253Flogin-check%253Dtrue Pure Plug N Play. Sitting between the EX Player's 5V USB output...

I recall the "latest sensation" when modernly packaged Single-Ended Triodes became "the new" audiophile market focus back in the early 90s and Stereophile contrasted the debate between solid state vs. single-ended zero feedback designs. Then Cary introduced a feedback dial from 0-10% so...

I inquired to this forum a while back whether it was likely that my Mutec Ref10 SE120 with [I believe] transformer coupled outputs [BNC sleeve has no continuity to earth ground] feeding my Audio GD R8HE DAC with earth grounded BNC sleeve at that end would cause the 75 ohm coax [Harmonic...

I don't know if this is the same thing but, when music has been playing continuously and I start listening the following day it often sounds slightly irritable. The previous AA support tech Tony Devitt advised to clear the system cache and it would "wipe the windshield clean" so to speak. I do a...

This morning my CX EX combo was playing fine from Roon but I was checking up on an intermittent bug where from my iPhone, I access "My Antipodes" and the Player stops.. and my CX [server] was not showing up on the web browser. I did a hard reboot from CX/EX power buttons and it came up fine.

I bet those 2.5Watts sound quite spectacular! :)

Coincidence to my post or not, I have to applaud iFi for the recent HW revision change to add the chassis ground on the latest Elite shipments. If not coincidence, I'll have to add, "Respect and Wow!" to the iFi thread monitor for listening and responding... :)

Kingwa was kind enough to offer an "in-the-field" external clock upgrade for the first and second releases of the R8HE for about $60 or so. It included a new front panel display that displays sampling rate and provides the optioning for internal/external clock, a BNC connector that replaced the...

The Elite's hardwired grounded DC negative does raise inquiry about utilizing the included DC converter jack reversing the polarity of barrel and center pin... I'm not a marketing guy for this app so I am curious as to how many applications use a +12V supply where the DC jack barrel needs to be...