One for the PC and one for the HTC...That's my excuse. A third? We need one the baby room because it will help with cognitive development...Going to try that one soon!

Sunny’s Home Theater & Music Systems in Covina always seems to be hosting events. Second to the last time I was there, Dynaudio, Straight Wire and Wilson were present. The last time I dropped by, the LAOC Audiophile Society was holding an event. 

Count me in. I'll be rolling by +1, if possible :)  

MSB  Diamond Platinum IV + FemtoSecond Galaxy Clock. Soundstage and instrument separation were its hallmarks. But then again, I knew the price the owner paid for the system. A severe case of psycho acoustics was certainly at play during the audition. Regardless, the Diamond Platinum IV...

  Proper gain staging dictates that volume should be controlled by the last component in the chain. This is not the case with the your intended usage of the Twin6 Be as they are meant to be used in conjunction with a mixer. There are only two input sensitivity selections available with the...

Nobody else? Certainly more difficult than BLIND TEST: Lossless vs. MP3 320 owing to the fact that the sample was selected from a more conventionally mastered release as opposed to the more dynamic DCC and unlimited HDtracks versions.               

Exactly. If anything, consider it a contest between you and your own system. The sample was pulled from what is widely considered the best mastered and thusly, the best digital version of the song. So sit back and enjoy :) .  

  Depends on the definition of good mastering. In the case of past and present pop, good as in replayable with consistency across general consumer devices (limited and denoised), or good as in a dynamic flat transfer from well-preserved tapes (in the case of analog recordings) with only a...

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Correct. That is how 24-bit media is handled for CMI8788 cards (Xonar ST/STX) under OSS4 and ALSA: 24-bit samples are required to be aligned in 32-bit words in memory.    That statement represents my personal golden rule of source improvement: It's all in the mastering. Seeking the best...

    A transient look at differences in feature sets and comparative sound quality (less phono output) is what this versus was meant to achieve. You get what you pay for? It depends. Here I recommend the MH 25.3 as a workaround for additional attack and sparkle (at the expense of fatigue)...

Very clean sounding DAC. Though if the upgrade-itis is serious enough, bye-bye DAC-2! 

Or a DAC with a a shade brightness up top to add a bit of pseudo-extension. I auditioned the Excite X12 several months ago and listen to the Focus 110 on a monthly basis. At the time, I found the X12 was not quite as smooth in the midrange as the 110 and not quite as forgiving with poorly...

Nice list. However, the line outputs for the DacMagic Plus and the NFB-10SE are variable in the digital (versus analog) domain.

$1100 for a DAC? Audiolab M-DAC, or a Benchmark DAC1 (if remote control operation is not on your list of desired features). Both offer preamp volume control. I have heard both extensively and no, they do not sound the same despite claims to the contrary. $3300 for a pair of active speakers? As...