Have you asked Audio Advice in Charlotte for a home demo ?

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Ha ha. If I remember correctly 20 months old G3

No problem. I think Doug2507 got a real bargain.

Ir wasn't me that bought it but the eBay listing was £5995

I was looking at that very same listing....a really good price indeed. If you go for the G4 upgrade even better. I hope that you enjoy it

Perhaps it is perfectly fine in that it allows Dave to sound the way Rob deisgned it to, at least to his ears.

Thanks. The streamer in question is reviewed here https://www.fairaudio.de/test/metronome-dss-2-streaming-bridge-digital-transport/ No optical as you can see but the review is encouraging.

I am aware of one forum contributor who seems to prefer the sq of BNC into his DAVE compared to USB. I am looking at a streamer which lacks a USB output but has AES/EBU and SPDIF (coax) Just wondering if anyone has compared these inputs compared to USB.

Many thanks.I will do as you advise.

I may have the opportunity to purchase an upgraded CX/EX from a friend of a friend. On the basis of sq only any thoughts on how this combination would compare with the latest K21 ? Thanks in advance for any comments

Absolutely. Your generosity in doing that is much to be admired.

Not in the market for any brand just wanting to clarify what design copyright covers

Design copyright.....that relates to the appearance of the product ?

Goes to show why I have always agreed with @Christer that listening to well recorded acoustic instruments, ideally from a performance in a venue you are familiar with is the best starting point when auditioning or comparing equipment.

If I read his post correctly Rob Watts could hear no difference between the Lifatec and Kabeldirect. I am sure he has the ability and knowledge to diagnose his system. 😁

Most of the people who have done what you describe had the DAVE for years and raved about its SQ before messing with power supplies etc. As far as the MScaler is concerned there are some who hear no difference so it really would be better to listen before buying. Why not buy DAVE and after some...

So in what way did Chord say you had been negligent ? If they did not state something specific did you ask for clarification ? Also was this response from Chord in the UK or their USA distributor ?

So was your Dave left powered on or just plugged into the mains ?

Brain trying to compensate may have some downsides ! https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2022.821537/full

I agree greater bit depth in mastering allows more headroom for engineers in the studio but whether the resulting master released as hi res or red book is audibly different I am not so sure. In any case I must be careful not to stray from Dave thread.

Quite.This is why I am skeptical of claims of significant ( at least significant enough to be reliably identified ) audible differences between hi res and red book and particularly skeptical if the claim is made by a 60+ year old. This assumes same mastering.

I agree there is much more to the listening experience than an ability to distinguish higher frequencies. For most music we are talking about overtones and harmonics, as you say. However which do you think would be most noticeable to our theoretical younger listener, a recording stripped of...

I have posted before about hearing loss so found @Amberlamps original post on this topic very welcome. Rob is very lucky as most over 60's can hear nothing over 12khz, and many may not hear even that frequency. It would be interesting to play a younger person who could hear up to 18khz, a hi res...

I would be surprised if I am alone in finding the refusal of some posters to move on from the ASR review, becoming increasingly tedious.