Cable Matters Premium 2 pack XLR cables. They are OFC cables and have good reviews but are advertised as microphone and speaker cables. That could be why there was improvement when I replaced them.

I use the PYST Snake Oil XLR cables that Schiit sells. Found them to be a significant improvement over the previous Amazon cables that I was using although they're not very expensive. I believe in quality cables but it's not rocket science and you don't have to break the bank to get good sound...

I've had both and there was no difference in sound. The black glass were made a little bit later, I think in the 60s and were used to reduce the light signature for military application. Other than that, everything is mostly the same.

The other thing to remember is that system synergy matters more than how much something costs. A $20K system that has synergy will sound better than a $100K system with no synergy. One can use an $18K DAC that sounds great with one amp and sound terrible with another amp. A $3K DAC might be...

Humming should not occur using RCA or XLR. I have not experienced humming using either.

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I've been considering May KTE. Is it true that I will need external upsampling to get the best out of May?

It's unfortunate that you have the hum issue. I have an OG A2 that's almost 2 years old and I have never had an issue.

Do you have a link for the review?

I'm going to go back to his review and check it out. I usually enjoy his reviews but I've never heard anything too bad said about the Envy previously so I'd be interested to see his thoughts.

That appears to be the case. I can only assume that the quality is on par with the EDIS power transformer or Feliks would not have selected that manufacturer.

My Envy is on the way back to me due to the very slight hum that I was hearing and as promised, I wanted to provide an update. The tech said that when he put my Envy on the bench, he heard higher than typical hum. This is odd too because as I stated, I could only hear the hum if I put my ear...

I took it as "if it costs more". I don't see it getting significantly better than OG Envy.

I've heard some people with Red October say that the OG Envy shouldn't be categorized or compared against Red October because of the higher price point and quality of parts in Red October and that a fair comparison would be with the new Envy AE. Granted, the people who made those comments...