I have a wavelight up for sale, if anyone is interested. . I'll be picking one up again in a few months. PM me if interested. https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/rockna-wavelight.60996/

Rockna Wavelight Excellent condition. Firm on price. Easily the best DAC that I have heard so far. Paypal plus fees. Shipping is free.

My mom got severe Tinnitus after the Covid shot (Left ear). This is a fairly common side effect of the vaccine, in fact the most common of all the side effects. https://med.stanford.edu/hearinglosscure/news/higher-incidence-sudden-onnset-tinnitus.html...

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A lot of these "Reviewers" are "sponsored" by manufacturers, and have very close relationships to them. This is true in a lot of other industries as well, Astro turfing is what they call it. The Chi-fi mid price flavor of the month, that is a giant killer is just a just a part of the hype cycle...

I've been lurking on this thread for a while, and just have to say that this is the best resource on Head-fi for honest impressions from people that just love music. No egos, no graphs, no fights and no overbearing rankings etc :) I've enjoyed reading these posts and living vicariously through...

Probably 1 bit processing for DSDs, and a R2R mode that further lowers noise etc and improves sound quality. The FPGA processor should allow for that to happen. Just based on the time that this is taking, it must be a very substantial update.

Let's see what happens :) The wavelight is sounding incredible in my system, so I can wait...I'm in no hurry. By the way, not to create problems for people using Roon, but in my experience, it has the worst sound quality out of all the audiophile media players that I have used so far, even...

Talked to them a month ago, they said the Hybrid mode is a few months out. They are actively working on it. If Hybrid volume is anything to go by, this Ladder mode should be a nice upgrade from the current R2R mode. At least I hope that's the case.

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Cheapest Power cables I've ever made. They are 10 foot cables, because my speakers and amps are 8 feet into the room, away from the walls. The first 9 feet 8 inches are home depot 14 gauge solid copper romex wire, the last 4 inches is the mundorf silver gold foil, double folded onto itself...

Only 2 things left for me to do.. 1) Capacitor upgrade on the Rockna 2) Build an audiophile computer from scratch, using Linear Dedicated power supplies and Audio note capacitors. Open Chassis, no fans, solid state hard drives, liquid cooling. GTX 4090, Solid core internal wiring. Chasing...

Don't forget the power cables on your source. I ignored the cables on my computer for a long long time, just built some out of Mundorf Silver Gold foil 17mm, they are just as important as the ones going to your DAC or your Amps. I have a dedicated USB card powered by an external battery, the...

https://martech.org/study-finds-61-percent-of-electronics-reviews-on-amazon-are-fake/ https://collider.com/rotten-tomatoes-paid-reviews/ https://time.com/6192933/fake-reviews-regulation/ Paid shill reviews are a huge problem everywhere. It's a massive industry :) If you people don't think...

Some of the "S" class IEMs I wouldn't use if given to me for free. Some of them sounded downright broken. I judge IEMs and speakers by their ability to reproduce sound that mimics real life, timbre, tonality, speed, weight, and coherency. I listen to a lot of live music, especially Jazz and...

You think I'm coping? For what reason? Just because I think that someone that has been using IEMs for decades most likely has Hearing damage? Explains the list to be honest.... Anyways, do whatever you think is best. Not everyone has to agree with me, it's a free country.

I think most of these Long term reviewers are suffering from hearing loss. They've damaged their hearing from constant IEM use. I wouldn't take anything any of them say seriously :) Plus it's a business, they're hype men mostly. YMMV, but that's what I think.

This is my last reply to you. The fuse pictured in my mod is a DIY silver Filament fuse, the cylinder is filled with heat sink paste. Arctic paste, non conductive. That fuse cost me a dollar to make, and I can make 100's for the cost of a single audiophile fuse. The science of filament dampening...

I accidently replied to you. The last post was directed towards Ruby, which I've corrected. I don't usually reply to trolls, it's a waste of time in my experience. what you have is not an opinion, an opinion implies that you've personally listened to the equipment that I'm talking about, what...

Yeah that's it. This mod does not interfere with the fuses function. This mod lowers the noise floor quite a lot. Blacker background, higher resolution, better instrument timbre, more front to back layering. Crisper and more shimmering highs, cymbals sound tangible and hang in the air. Bass is...

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I bypassed the fuses, just to see what it would sound like. The SilverGold 18 gauge soldered onto the fuses sounded better. The full bypass had a thick syrupy sound in comparison, with a saturated timbre. The fuse filament, if dampened properly, has no discernible degradation of the sound as...

Putting the fuse holder back in takes about 5 minutes. It's an easy soldering job for most people than know how to use a soldering iron. Having said that...the stock fuse holder is really cheap tin plated brass, and the contact on the fuses is light at best. I don't know why Rockna does what it...

I tried all sorts of wires, 18 gauge Mundorf Solid SilverGold in like this^^^ is by far the best in it's presentation. Really opens up the sound and has a very nice timbre and layering. Audio fuses help with distortion etc, but this hack is at least 2 steps higher than just a fuse swap.

Did Rockna ever say what the Hybrid Ladder Mode will actually do? The Hybrid Volume was quite a big upgrade for me, changed how the DAC sounded, clarity, stage, Depth etc. Can we expect something similar?