I own the Stax SR-009/Woo Audio WES/Wyrd4Sound DAC, JH 16 Pro/JH - 3A/Chord Hugo DAC, and Audeze LCD-XC/Meitner MA-2 DAC/Rogers EHF-200 Amp .  They are all really different sound presentations.  The Stax are unbelievably fast and holographic, but lack slam and low-bass response.  The JH aren't...

I just fired up my new Woo Audio WES and Stax SR-009 with a Transparent Reference XL balanced interconnect and Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 DSDse - and it is just unreal.  I literally had to hold onto my chair today - the soundstage and transparency is literally a completely new experience - not...

Right fs/2.  After that - it's cats and mice.   The behavioral audiograms of two cats were determined in order to establish the upper and lower hearing limits for the cat. The hearing range of the cat for sounds of 70 dB SPL extends from 48 Hz to 85 kHz, giving it one of the broadest hearing...

Um - what's at 48 kHz or 96 kHz - even my dog couldn't hear that.  Audio for mice?

Thanks Xnor - so what about up sampling, over sampling and the other "fancy" DAC processing tricks that companies advertise - is that all snake oil as well.  Given Moore's Law - did audiophile processing power hit the wall - with NO appreciable improvement with continuing advances in computer...

Gregorio - thank you for this incredibly compelling and helpful discussion.  I'm not a sound engineer nor do I have any technical expertise - with that, two questions:   1.  Why are companies migrating to high resolution audio (see Sony, for example) when the real problem in consumer audio...

Are most people using their computers as a source for audio files - to a DAC -- or are there other options?  I've been purchasing HD Tracks files and using a Colorfly C4 with a SPDIF output to a DAC - any better options and does it really matter if the storage device is outputting a digital...

Thanks - some of the audiophile USB cables go for $600 or more. The Transparent USB cable is pretty - but sounds like a waste of money. I use audiophile cabling for my interconnects and speakers - and do hear a difference (primarily in reducing the noise floor and overall transparency). Nice to...

Last (silly) question - does anyone really buy expensive USB cables - seems crazy to me.

But the BHSE a year backlog - which is crazy!

ouch.

Wilson Audio is absolutely wonderful.  It pains me that I can't crank them - but they will be coming home soon.  

I just purchased a Stax 009 and Woo WES amp and need a DAC - what are the obvious choices in the $3 - $10K price range?   Thx

They will come home when my last kid heads to college.  

I own a big rig - but never get to play it a normal listening volume (in an office).  [Musical Fidelity KW 25 Transport/DAC connected to Jeff Rowland Pre Amp/Model 12 feeding Wilson Watt/Puppy 7s with Transparent cabling.]     So I just purchased a Stax 009 with a maxed out Woo WES, W4S DAC2...